Hockey Operations Staff

Prior to joining the Bears, Carbery coached in the AHL, ECHL, and OHL. He most recently spent the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach with the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins, helping the club to an impressive 45-26-3-2 record.

The native of Victoria, British Columbia had previous ties to the Chocolate and White, serving as the head coach and director of hockey operations for Hershey's ECHL affiliate, the South Carolina Stingrays, from 2011-2016. In his five seasons at the helm, Carbery compiled a 207-115-38 record with the Stingrays, making him the all-time winningest coach in South Carolina history.

Carbery was the winner of the John Brophy Award as the ECHL’s Coach of the Year in 2014, and was the runner-up for the award in 2015 and 2016. South Carolina qualified for the Kelly Cup Playoffs in each of Carbery’s five seasons as head coach, and he helped guide the Stingrays to a pair of division titles, and Eastern Conference Finals appearances in 2015 and 2016. Carbery’s 2014-15 team registered an ECHL-record 23-game win streak during the regular season and advanced to the 2015 Kelly Cup Finals, falling in seven games to the Allen Americans. In each of the five seasons under Carbery’s direction, the Stingrays improved their point total.

Carbery's ties to Hershey and Washington also include coaching multiple players who advanced in the organization, including three members of the 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals: Pheonix Copley, Philipp Grubauer, and Nathan Walker.

Carbery served as the head coach of the OHL's Saginaw Spirit in 2016-17, and also earned a nod as an assistant coach for Team Canada Black in the 2017 U-17 World Hockey Challenge, working with fellow assistant coach and former Hershey enforcer Louis Robitaille.

A forward, Carbery had a four-year professional playing career in the Central Hockey League and the ECHL before joining the coaching ranks. The graduate of St. Norbert College served as an alternate captain for South Carolina during his tenure with the club, and helped the Stingrays to a Kelly Cup title in 2009. Following the conclusion of his playing career, Carbery spent one season as an assistant coach with the Stingrays under former Bear Cail MacLean before being promoted to head coach in 2011.

Prior to joining Hershey, Allen most recently served as an assistant coach for the two seasons seasons with the Arizona Coyotes, overseeing the team's defense and penalty kill units. The Coyotes were tied for the top penalty kill unit in the NHL in 2018-19 at 85%, and the team tied for 5th in the NHL in goals against. Allen has additional NHL experience as an assistant coach with Florida (2016-17) and with the New York Islanders (2009-12).

The New Bedford, Massachusetts native has vast experience coaching in the AHL, most recently with the Portland Pirates. He started the 2015-16 campaign as an assistant coach, and was promoted to head coach of the Pirates on Jan. 1, 2016, helping guide the club to a playoff berth. In addition to Portland, Allen has worked as an assistant coach with San Antonio (2002-04, 2014-15), Lowell (2004-05), Omaha (2005-07), Quad City (2007-09), Peoria (2012-13), and Chicago (2013-14). He twice took over head coaching duties mid-season with San Antonio in 2002-03 and 2003-04.

With his hiring in Hershey, Allen returned to the state where he started his coaching career in 1996-97. He served as an assistant coach with the ECHL's Johnstown Chiefs that season, and took over head coaching duties the following year. A former forward, Allen played professionally before moving behind the bench, including claiming back-to-back Kelly Cups with Carolina in 1989 and Greensboro in 1990.

Elenberger served as a coaching staff intern with the Washington Capitals in 2017-18, and throughout their playoff pursuit to the 2018 Stanley Cup. With the Capitals, Elenberger helped breakdown opponent’s tendencies and track in-game events, while also supporting the coaching staff by maintaining statistics and analytical trends. Prior to his time in the hockey operations department, Elenberger served as a marketing intern with the Capitals in 2016-17.

A native of Folsom, California, Elenberger played ACHA club hockey at Gonzaga University, and also worked as a special hockey instructor in Spokane, Washington. He has also worked with the NBA's Washington Wizards where he served as a basketball operations intern in 2017. He received his master's degree from Georgetown University later that year.

Stuck became Hershey's assistant trainer in 1983, and then took a year away to become the assistant equipment manager for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers. The following season, in 1985-86, he was named Hershey's Head Trainer, a position he held until moving into a new role in 2018. The man they call "Beaker," has witnessed championships in 1987-88, 1996-97, 2005-06, 2008-09, and 2009-10 under John Paddock, Bob Hartley, Bruce Boudreau, Bob Woods, and Mark French. Stuck, one of the most decorated trainers in the league history, is a veteran of over 2,600 games and worked seven All-Star games.

Stuck's main responsibilities include working with the hockey operations staff to help maintain the rich tradition of Hershey Bears Hockey within the locker room with the players and coaches. He coordinates team travel, and assists with the team’s community efforts.

Stuck lives in Palmyra with his wife Janice. He has a daughter, Alexis, as well as a son Dustin, who serves as the athletic trainer with the Providence Bruins.

Luatua's experience with the Bears extends back to his time with Pivot Physical Therapy where he served as a Certified Athletic Trainer starting in 2014. Working with former Washington head athletic trainer Greg Smith at Pivot, Luatua would travel to assist with Bears practices and games before joining the team full-time. Prior to the 2018-19 season, he was named Head Athletic Trainer.

Also at Pivot, he served as Head Athletic Trainer of Westminster High School. From 2012-14, Luatua worked at McDaniel College as the Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer. He received his Masters Degree from McDaniel College in 2014, and attended Bridgewater College for his Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training.

Luatua resides in York with his wife Megan and daughter Amelia.

Riedel joined the Bears from the Greenville Swamp Rabbits of the ECHL. He spent the 2018-19 season with the club, serving as head athletic trainer. He held the same title with the Peoria Rivermen of the Southern Professional Hockey League during the 2017-18 campaign.

The native of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. During his time in college, he worked closely with the school's men's hockey team.

A Hershey native, Wagner has experience working with the University of Maryland, Millersville University, and most recently Villanova University. Wagner has a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion with a concentration in Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement. He resides in the Hershey area with his wife Katrina.

Carter has been around the Bears his whole life, and worked as a stick boy and locker room attendant for the Bears from the time he was 12 to his graduation from Elizabethtown High School in 2010. Carter is a 2013 graduate of California University of Pennsylvania, where played hockey for the Vulcans and served as their equipment manager.

He spent the 2013-14 season as an Assistant Equipment Manager for the Anaheim Ducks before returning to Hershey to take the position of Head Equipment Manager. His uncle, Doug "Sluggo" Shearer, was the equipment manager for the Anaheim Ducks until 2018, and was a former equipment manager for the Washington Capitals (1983-2007) and Bears (1981-83).

The Elizabethtown native and is no stranger to the Hershey organization. He returned to Central Pennsylvania with the Bears after serving as the head equipment manager for the 2017 Clark Cup Champion Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League. With the Steel, Filepas was responsible for all team equipment needs including skate sharpening, jersey embroidery, equipment repair, and overseeing the team's ordering and inventory.

From 2008-12, Filepas worked with the Bears as a stick boy and locker room attendant, assisting during Hershey's Calder Cup Championship seasons in 2009 and 2010. Additionally, he worked at ProSkate, a hockey pro shop at Klick Lewis Arena in Palmyra.