David Carle Introduced as 澳门娱乐场鈥檚 New Hockey Coach
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Jon Stone
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Carle becomes the ninth head coach in program history
础蝉办听听what he thinks about being the youngest active head coach in college hockey and he鈥檒l tell you age is just a number.
On Tuesday, the 28-year-old was introduced as the Richard and Kitzia Goodman Head Coach of the 澳门娱乐场 hockey team. He takes over for听, who earlier this month was named head coach of the NHL鈥檚 Dallas Stars. For the past four-and-a-half seasons, the Anchorage, Alaska, native has served as an assistant coach with the Pioneers.
鈥淚 have learned a great deal from Jim over the last five years, and I would simply not be ready for this position without his guidance,鈥 Carle says. 鈥淲e will always have our friendship, many great memories here that we built together in Denver. He will always be a Pioneer.鈥
Those memories include one National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) regular season title, two NCHC Frozen Faceoff titles, five NCAA Tournament appearances, two Frozen Four appearances and the 2017 National Championship.
Carle first came to the 澳门娱乐场 ten years ago, recruited to play for the Pioneers. However, he never had the opportunity to lace up his skates. He was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, best known as a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. His playing career was over at the age of 18, but his coaching career was just getting started. The Pioneers honored the scholarship he had been offered, and Carle joined the program as a student-coach. With the exception of a two year stint as an assistant head coach in the United States Hockey League, Carle has spent his entire coaching career with 澳门娱乐场.
鈥淭he 澳门娱乐场 is really special to me,鈥 Carle says. 鈥淚 did not think I would be sitting here 10听years ago. I knew when I came here I was going to have a great opportunity, that this is a great school. I just tried to make the most of it. The more I grew in my four years here as a student, the more I knew that I wanted to be a hockey coach.鈥
澳门娱乐场鈥檚 familiarity with Carle helped immensely when deciding who would replace Montgomery.听, vice chancellor for Athletics, Recreation and Ritchie Center Operations, says the decision went beyond just finding someone who has a great deal of experience and success in the sport.
鈥淭he thing that stood out the most for me, he has impeccable character and his values represent exactly what we want 澳门娱乐场 to be,鈥 Creech says. 鈥淭hey don鈥檛 come much better than David Carle. He鈥檚 a great person, and that will translate into recruiting student-athletes, coaching student-athletes, connecting with alums and connecting with the community.鈥
The first-time head coach is not na茂ve to think that he knows everything there is to know about his new role. He says he will rely on the other coaches on his staff and his experiences from the past five years. One thing he appears to have learned well came when Montgomery, who was in attendance for the introductory news conference, asked Carle if he anticipates yelling at the referees as much as his predecessor?
Carle鈥檚 answer came quickly: 鈥淪omeone鈥檚 got to do it.鈥