Both the Washington Capitals and Hershey Bears have new coaches

One of the surprises of the Washington Capitals surprise season, winning the Stanley Cup, was that a couple of weeks after they won, Coach Barry Trotz resigned, and ended up getting hired to coach the New York Islanders.  Assistant coach Todd Reirden was promoted to head coach.

Well, I knew that.  But I also knew that the Hershey Bears, the AHL affiliate team that has been a big, big reason for the Capitals success, didn't have a great season last year, and they fired their coach.  So obviously they had to hire a new one.  I hadn't remembered to find out who he was until a few days ago.

His name is Spencer Carbery.

Spencer Carbery Named Head Coach of the Hershey Bears

"The native of Victoria, British Columbia has ties to the Chocolate and White [Hershey's colors, of course], serving as the head coach and director of hockey operations for Hershey's ECHL affiliate, the South Carolina Stingrays, from 2011-2016. In his five seasons at the helm, Carbery compiled a 207-115-38 record with the Stingrays, making him the all-time winningest coach in South Carolina history. "

Sounds good.

Well, I wish him luck.  B-E-A-R-S Bears!  Bears!  Bears!