Promotion
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. FORMER RAYS HEAD COACH SPENCER CARBERY NAMED FINALIST FOR NHL COACH OF THE YEAR

FORMER RAYS HEAD COACH SPENCER CARBERY NAMED FINALIST FOR NHL COACH OF THE YEAR

Friday, May 2nd
FORMER RAYS HEAD COACH SPENCER CARBERY NAMED FINALIST FOR NHL COACH OF THE YEAR

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC. – The National Hockey League announced today that former Stingrays head coach and current Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery is one of three finalists for the Jack Adams Award, presented to the head coach who has been "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success" as voted by members of the NHL Broadcasters Association. 

Carbery, 43, first joined the Stingrays as a player midway through the 2008-09 season after then Stingrays head coach and current Colorado Avalanche head coach, Jared Bednar, recruited him. Carbery served as an assistant captain on South Carolina's 2009 Kelly Cup championship team, and he also played for the Stingrays for the entire 2009-10 season. He then served as South Carolina's assistant coach for the 2010-11 season before being promoted to Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations. In Carbery's five-year tenure as head coach of the Stingrays, he compiled a record of 207-115-19-19 (.628 point percentage), helping the Stingrays qualify for the Kelly Cup Playoffs in each of his five seasons. Carbery led South Carolina to two division titles, two Eastern Conference Finals appearances, and a Kelly Cup Finals appearance in 2015. In 2013-14, Carbery became the first Stingray head coach to win the John Brophy Award, which is awarded annually to the ECHL Coach of the Year.

Carbery guided the Capitals to a record of 51-22-9 (111 points) this season as the team finished the regular season first in the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference and second in the NHL. The Capitals recently won their first Stanley Cup Playoffs series since 2018 and will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round. Carbery is in his second season behind the bench for Washington.

A native of Victoria, BC, Carbery also spent three seasons as the head coach of the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League and won the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL's outstanding coach in 2020-21. This season, Carbery has the chance to become the first coach ever to win coach of the year awards in the NHL, AHL, and ECHL.

Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel and Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis are the other two finalists for the award this season.

Upcoming Home Games

Full Schedule
Norfolk Admirals
South Carolina Stingrays
Saturday, October 18th
Norfolk Admirals @ South Carolina Stingrays
Puck Drops:
6:05 PM EDT
North Charleston Coliseum
Norfolk Admirals
NOR Norfolk Admirals
at
South Carolina Stingrays
SC South Carolina Stingrays
North Charleston Coliseum
Orlando Solar Bears
South Carolina Stingrays
Wednesday, October 29th
Orlando Solar Bears @ South Carolina Stingrays
Puck Drops:
7:05 PM EDT
North Charleston Coliseum
Orlando Solar Bears
ORL Orlando Solar Bears
at
South Carolina Stingrays
SC South Carolina Stingrays
North Charleston Coliseum
Orlando Solar Bears
South Carolina Stingrays
Sunday, November 9th
Orlando Solar Bears @ South Carolina Stingrays
Puck Drops:
3:05 PM EST
North Charleston Coliseum
Orlando Solar Bears
ORL Orlando Solar Bears
at
South Carolina Stingrays
SC South Carolina Stingrays
North Charleston Coliseum

Latest News

More News
FORMER STINGRAYS DEFENSEMEN JON MCDONALD AND ANDREW PERROTT SERVING AS KEY CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE HERSHEY BEARS IN THE AHL PLAYOFFS
FORMER STINGRAYS DEFENSEMEN JON MCDONALD AND ANDREW PERROTT SERVING AS KEY CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE HERSHEY BEARS IN THE AHL PLAYOFFS
STINGRAYS ANNOUNCE 2025-26 SCHEDULE
STINGRAYS ANNOUNCE 2025-26 SCHEDULE
GOALTENDERS GARIN BJORKLUND AND SETH EISELE JOIN HERSHEY BEARS
GOALTENDERS GARIN BJORKLUND AND SETH EISELE JOIN HERSHEY BEARS

Get Hockey Updates

Sign up for our email newsletter to be the first to know about news and upcoming games!