NBC Sports Washington to Broadcast Press Conference with Spencer Carbery

NBC Sports Washington, the official sports network of the Washington Capitals and the region's leading source for multiplatform sports coverage, today announced it will provide comprehensive coverage surrounding the Capitals introductory press conference with head coach Spencer Carbery on Thursday, June 1, at 11 a.m. Hosted by NBC Sports Washington Caps pre and postgame show host Alexa Landestoy, analyst Alan May, Capitals broadcaster Joe Beninati and reporter Al Koken, the one-hour show will air the press conference in its entirety and provide exclusive interviews with Carbery and Capitals senior vice president and general manager Brian MacLellan. The Monumental Sports Network App, the Capitals social media channels as well as Audacy's 106.7 The Fan (WJFK-FM) will also stream the press conference.

In addition, NBC Sports Washington will re-air the press conference at 10:30 p.m.

Carbery was announced as the 20th head coach in Capitals franchise history on May 30 and returns to the organization after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Carbery will be introduced to the media in a press conference at District E Powered by Ticketmaster, adjacent to Capital One Arena, on June 1.

With Toronto, Carbery was responsible for the team's power play and oversaw the team's forwards. In his first season with the club in 2021-22, the Maple Leafs ranked first in the NHL in power play percentage (27.3), a 7.3-percent improvement from the previous season. Over two full seasons, Toronto converted on 26.6 percent of their power-play opportunities, the second-highest rate in the League during that span. In addition, Maple Leafs forwards ranked fourth in the NHL in goals (251) and points (589) during the 2022-23 season and second in goals (277) and third in points (652) in 2021-22.

Prior to joining Toronto, Carbery served as head coach of Washington's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate the Hershey Bears for three seasons from 2018 to 2021. Under Carbery, Hershey posted a combined record of 104-50-9-8 (.658 point percentage), including an AHL-best 24-7-2-0 record (.758 point percentage) in his final season behind the Bears' bench in 2020-21. Carbery received the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL's outstanding coach for the 2020-21 season, becoming the fifth coach in Hershey franchise history to win the award. During his three-year tenure with Hershey, Carbery coached and aided in the development of several players that appeared in games with the Capitals during the 2022-23 season, including Martin Fehervary, Aliaksei Protas, Connor McMichael, Alex Alexeyev, Beck Malenstyn, Lucas Johansen and Joe Snively.

The Victoria, British Columbia native spent five seasons as head coach and director of hockey operations for the South Carolina Stingrays from 2011 to 2016, with the Stingrays serving as the Capitals' ECHL affiliate in Carbery's final two seasons in South Carolina. Carbery compiled a record of 207-115-38, leading the Stingrays to the Kelly Cup Playoffs in each of his five seasons. In total, Carbery guided South Carolina to two division titles, two Eastern Conference Finals appearances and a Kelly Cup Finals appearance in 2015. In 2013-14, Carbery won the John Brophy Coach of The Year Award after leading the Stingrays to their first division title since 2000-01. Carbery is one of four coaches to ever win coach of the year awards at both the AHL and ECHL levels.

In addition to his time with the Maple Leafs, Bears and Stingrays, Carbery served as head coach of the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2016-17 and was an assistant coach with the AHL's Providence Bruins in 2017-18.

Carbery, whose coaching career began in 2010-11 as an assistant coach with South Carolina, played parts of two seasons with the Stingrays and helped the team capture the Kelly Cup in 2009. That same season, Carbery was honored as the Stingrays' inaugural Jerry Zucker Community Service Award winner for his work in the Lowcountry community. Carbery, a forward, played 181 games over three ECHL seasons with Bakersfield, Stockton, Fresno and South Carolina and 63 games in the CHL with Tulsa. Carbery graduated from St. Norbert College, where he played for three seasons after playing one season at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Carbery and his wife, Casey, have two children, Hudson and Vivian.

About NBCSW

In the fall of 2022, Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) acquired NBC Sports Washington (NBCSW), which is the exclusive local TV rightsholder for Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals games. NBCSW is also the TV and digital home to the WNBA's Washington Mystics, the NBA G League's Capital City Go-Go and the NBA 2K League's Wizards District Gaming. In 2023, NBCSW will be integrated with Monumental Sports Network, the current digital broadcaster for Mystics, Capital City Go-Go and Wizards District Gaming games and exclusive behind-the-scenes content. A new television and digital brand will be announced soon.