The Maple Leafs have hired former AHL head coach Spencer Carbery as an assistant coach for the NHL team.
Originally from Victoria, BC, Carbery played in the NCAA III league and then went on to a multi-year career in the ECHL. He finished up wearing the A for the South Carolina Stingrays in 2010. And then he just never left.
He became an assistant coach of the Stingrays the next season, head coach the next, and immediately assumed the role of director of hockey operations. He stayed at the helm of the Stingrays for six years before taking a job in the OHL with the Saginaw Spirit where he coached former Leafs draft pick Keaton Middleton on a team that was always lacking in talent.