Spencer Carbery (born November 9, 1981) is a

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former professional

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and is an assistant coach with the

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Playing career

Born in

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, Carbery started his Junior Career with the Peninsula Panthers in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League in the 1999/00 season. He was a key factor in the Club going to the League finals and put up 34 goals, 42 assists and 76 points to become the leading Rookie Scorer in the Panthers franchise history. The record stood until being broken by Payton Braun in the 2021/22 season. Carbery played junior hockey with the

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of the

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for the 2000–01 season, scoring a combined 58 points in goals and assists during regular season play. In 2002, Carbery attended the

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, where he netted 1 goal and 2 assists in 26 games. Carbery attended

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from 2003 to 2006, finishing out his

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career with 103 points in goals and assists in the regular season. Carbery turned pro in 2006, signing with the

Tulsa Oilers The Tulsa Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and play in the ECHL. The Oilers played their home games at the Tulsa Convention Center until 2008 when they moved into the new BOK Center. For many years, the Tuls ...

of the

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. During the 2006–07 season, he earned 44 points (16 goals, 28 assists) over 63 games in the regular season. In 2007, Carbery moved to the

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, where he split the season between the

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(18 games, 3 goals, 3 assists), the

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(20 games, 0 goals, 2 assists), and the

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(20 games, 2 goals, 2 assists). Carbery also saw

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action with the Falcons in 2008, playing 1 game in the National Conference quarterfinals. Carbery remained with the

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for the beginning of the 2008–09 season, pulling down 13 points in combined goals and assists over 29 games in the regular season. Following suspension of Falcons operations, Carbery joined the

South Carolina Stingrays The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Co ...

' roster, scoring 29 points (12 goals, 7 assists) over 39 games.

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action with the Stingrays culminated in 5 goals, 8 assists, and a

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championship for Carbery. On September 11, 2009, Carbery re-signed as a free agent on a one-year contract to return to South Carolina. In the 2009–10 season on January 7, 2010, Spencer was selected to represent the Stingrays as an

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. To positive effect he quickly responded in achieving a

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on January 16, 2010, against the

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. On January 25, 2010, his goal against the

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aided the Stingrays in tying the

record for the most players with a point in one game. All 15 skaters registered a point in the 8-5 victory over the Royals.

Coaching career

On August 31, 2010, Carbery announced his retirement from professional hockey and was named the Stingrays' assistant coach. He served as assistant coach for the 2010–11 season, helping lead the team to a 37–29–3–3 regular season record and an appearance in the

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. After head coach

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resigned to accept a position with the

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in July 2011, Carbery was named the team's sixth head coach and Director of Hockey Operations. At the age of 29, he was the youngest head coach in the ECHL at the time. He would eventually leave the Stingrays in 2016 to become head coach of the

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in the

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. After one season, he left the Spirit to become an assistant for the

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in the American Hockey League (AHL). Returning to the

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farm system where he had begun his coaching career, he was announced to be the head coach of the

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in the AHL on June 26, 2018. In 2021, he led the team to the

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in 2021, the AHL's regular season league championship, and won the

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for coach of the year. On July 17, 2021, he was hired as an assistant coach by the

Awards

*ECHL 2013–14 Coach of the Year *Named to the NCHA All-Academic Team for 2004–05 and 2005–06. *Awarded the South Carolina Stingrays' first

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Community Service Award in March 2009. *

for coach of the year for the

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Personal life

Carbery was married in August 2009 to Casey Carbery.

Career statistics

References

External links

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