St. Lawrence University has announced the appointment of Greg
Carvel to the position of Charles W. Appleton II Head Men's Ice Hockey Coach,
following the retirement of 26-year head coach Joe Marsh in March 2012.
Carvel, a 1993 graduate of St. Lawrence and a former Saint hockey
captain, joined the staff in the fall of 2011 and with Mike Hurlbut coached the
team during the 2011-12 season while Marsh was on a medical leave.
Carvel came to the Saints after a 15-year professional hockey
coaching career that included assisting coach duties with the Ottawa Senators
and Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League, helping both teams reach the Stanley Cup finals. He began his professional
career as director of hockey operations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the
American Hockey League and joined Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. He
added video coaching duties to his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted to
assistant coach in 2003. He joined the Senators in 2004.