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Carlson was born in Virginia, Minnesota.
He appeared in the movie Slap Shot as one of the Hanson Brothers.
Carlson played in the World Hockey Association with the New England Whalers, Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota Fighting Saints and in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, scoring nine goals for the Kings.
While playing for the Edmonton Oilers in the WHA, he was the roommate of Wayne Gretzky during his rookie season.
Carlson is the only player to ever be on a team with Gordie Howe and on a team with Wayne Gretzky.
Since retiring from hockey, Carlson runs a power skating school in Northern California.
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With the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team, the Chiefs are sold to a new owner who gives them a female coach and puts them in a league in which they are to be regularly humiliated by an opposing Harlem Globetrotters-like team.