Spencer Carbery was expecting to do a television interview and ended up being surprised with the Jack Adams Award.
On Saturday, the Washington Capitals coach was announced as the winner of the award given to the top coach in the NHL as voted on by the National Broadcasters' Association. The 43-year-old was recently in studio with Capitals play-by-play announcer Joe Beninati of Monumental Sports Network, who was also in on the surprise.
"He is under a ruse that he is coming here to do an interview for Monumental Sports. I think he is going to be really, really shocked," said Carbery's wife, Casey, who was backstage along with his son, Hudson, and daughter, Vivian.
Beninati proceeded to ask Carbery about his success this season, after guiding the Capitals to a 51-22-9 record and the top s