Nick Carpenito enters his second season as the Assistant Women’s Ice Hockey Coach and Head Women’s JV Ice Hockey Coach. Carpenito, a 2011 graduate of Northeastern University, was a four-year member of the Men’s Club Ice Hockey team.
During his time playing he also served as the Head Coach for the Northeastern University Women’s Hockey Club. He was responsible for the development and execution of practice plans, instituting systems and strategies into game situations and recruiting prospective athletes. Under Carpenito’s tutelage the program won a wide variety of recognition including the ACHA Division II National Championship in 2010, ACHA Division II Third Place finish in 2009, ACHA Division I Runners Up in 2011, 2011 ECWHL Regular Season and Playoff Champions, 2010 NEWCHL Regular Season and Playoff Champions (as well as Eight ACHA All American Awards, 10 ACHA Academic All American Awards, and a World University Games Participant). In addition to team awards, he was the recipient of the 2011 ACHA Women’s Division I National Coach of the Year Award, 2009 ACHA Women’s Division II National Coach of the Year Award, and a 2010 ACHA Women’s Division II National Coach of the Year Award finalist.
In addition to coaching the Northeastern University Women’s Club program, he also served as an intern coach at the USA Hockey U-16 National Player Development Camp in St. Cloud, Minnesota in 2010 and 2011 where he was responsible for assisting head coaches with practice planning and execution, player evaluation, and on-ice drill set up. He is also USA Hockey Coach Education Program Level Four certified.
Carpenito brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the EC Women’s hockey program and will look to help the Soaring Eagles remain a perennial powerhouse in Division III hockey.
Carpenito is pursuing a Master’s degree in General Education at Elmira College.
