Top 3 takeaways from Spencer Carbery’s introductory press conference

#2 His coaching identity

Carbery is no stranger to the game of hockey. Before his coaching career began in 2010 11 as an assistant coach with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL he played parts of two seasons with that team and helped them capture the Kelly Cup in 2009.

That same season he was honored as the Stingrays inaugural Jerry Zucker Community Service Award winner for his work in the Lowcountry community.

The forward played 181 games over three ECHL seasons with Bakersfield, Stockton, Fresno, and South Carolina and in 63 games in the CHL with Tulsa. He graduated from St. Norbert College, where he played for three seasons after playing his freshman year a the University of Alaska Anchorage.

“From watching and my philosophies on the ice the two words I think I will use a lot early on are pace and being connected. A lot of people equate pace with speed. To me, pace is a lot different than just players that can skate fast and play quick,” said Carbery.

“Pace, to me, is you can show it with the puck or without the puck… The connected term I use I think it is important that we have five guys all together that are on the same page with what we’re doing.”