The Washington Capitals have named Spencer Carbery the team’s new head coach.
Carbery returns to the Capitals organization after spending the last two seasons as an assistant with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Carbery previously served as head coach of the Hershey Bears from 2018 to 2021 and was voted the winner of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding coach in 2020-21. During his tenure in Hershey, Carbery oversaw the development of current NHL players such as Vitek Vanecek, Ilya Samsonov, Pheonix Copley, Jonas Siegenthaler, Liam O’Brien, Brett Leason, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Martin Fehervary, Travis Boyd and Nathan Walker.
“It’s a tremendous honor and privilege to be named the head coach of the Washington Capitals,” Carbery said. “I would like to thank the Capitals organization for affording me the opportunity to lead this team. I look forward to working with this group of talented players and building upon the winning culture in place. I would also like to thank the Toronto Maple Leafs organization for all their support over the past two years and wish them all the best in the future.”
Carbery is the fourth Hershey head coach to advance to become the head coach of the Capitals, joining Gary Green (1979), Bryan Murray (1980-81) and Bruce Boudreau (2005-07).
“We are extremely pleased to name Spencer as our new head coach,” Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said. “Spencer is one of the best young coaches in the game who’s had success at every level at which he has coached. We feel his leadership, communication skills, ability to develop players and familiarity with our organization will be a tremendous asset as he makes this next step in his coaching career.”
In addition to his time with the Bears, Carbery served as an assistant with the Providence Bruins in 2017-18.
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