KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Professional Hockey League announced on Friday that Ice Bears head coach Jeff Carr has been named the League's Coach of the Year.
Carr, in his fifth year as head coach, led Knoxville to the best record in the SPHL this season and a league-record 40 wins in its 42-10-4 campaign.
He joins former Ice Bears head coach Scott Hillman as the only Ice Bears coach to win the award. Hillman won the honor over a decade ago at the end of the 2008-09 season.
Top-seeded Knoxville continues its postseason push on Saturday, April 16. The team will look to defeat Roanoke on the road to advance to the second round of the President's Cup Playoffs. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
