Carder first joined the Pontiacs in 2024 as the team’s goalie coach and assistant coach.
After two seasons with the team, Carder has been promoted to associate coach for the upcoming 2026/27 season.
Prior to the Pontiacs, Carder was the goalie and skills coach of the West Kelowna Warriors for 12 seasons, including a National Championship in 2016.
Coach Carder has also spent time as the goalie coach for fellow AJHL team the Camrose Kodiaks from 2011 - 2014 and was the head coach of the OKHC Warriors U18 team.
This was his first tenure as a U-18 head coach and resulted in a league Championship in the 2023-2024 season.
Growing up playing minor hockey in Calgary, AB, Carder played four years of juniors in the AJHL, winning Goalie of the Year in 2008-2009 as well as a league Championship with the Grande Prairie Storm that same season.
