Freddy Meyer Assistant Coach
Meyer, 31, enters his first season with the Manchester Monarchs as the Assistant Coach after retiring from playing professional hockey as a defenseman in April 2012. Meyer is a veteran of 418 NHL and AHL games during a nine-year professional career from 2003-12. The native of Sanbornville, New Hampshire collected 20 goals and 53 assists for 73 points in 281 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers, the New York Islanders, the Phoenix Coyotes and the Atlanta Thrashers. He also registered 23 goals and 28 assists for 51 points in 137 career AHL games with the Philadelphia Phantoms and San Antonio Rampage. Meyer scored three goals and nine assists for 12 points in 31 games for Modo Hockey of the Swedish Elite League during the 2011-12 season before hanging up the skates and moving on to coaching.
Meyer was a member of the 2005 Calder Cup winning Phantoms that included current Kings forwards Mike Richards and Jeff Carter. The team was lead behind the bench by current Kings Assistant Coach John Stevens.
As a 2003 graduate of Boston University, Meyer was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team in 2000, was named to the NCAA East First All-American Team and to the Hockey East First All-Star Team in 2003. He signed his first professional contract as an undrafted free agent with the Flyers in 2003. In four seasons on the Terriers’ blueline, Meyer scored 17 goals and 55 assists for 72 points in 126 games while recording 288 penalty minutes.
Meyer also represented the Unites States internationally on several occasions throughout his playing career. He skated with the 1999 U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team, the 2001 U.S. National Junior Team, the 2006 U.S. Men's National Team and the 2011 U.S. Men’s Select Team.
Meyer is married to his wife Lindsey and they have two sons, Freddy (four) and Carter (three), and reside in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Meyer was a member of the 2005 Calder Cup winning Phantoms that included current Kings forwards Mike Richards and Jeff Carter. The team was lead behind the bench by current Kings Assistant Coach John Stevens.
As a 2003 graduate of Boston University, Meyer was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie Team in 2000, was named to the NCAA East First All-American Team and to the Hockey East First All-Star Team in 2003. He signed his first professional contract as an undrafted free agent with the Flyers in 2003. In four seasons on the Terriers’ blueline, Meyer scored 17 goals and 55 assists for 72 points in 126 games while recording 288 penalty minutes.
Meyer also represented the Unites States internationally on several occasions throughout his playing career. He skated with the 1999 U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team, the 2001 U.S. National Junior Team, the 2006 U.S. Men's National Team and the 2011 U.S. Men’s Select Team.
Meyer is married to his wife Lindsey and they have two sons, Freddy (four) and Carter (three), and reside in Winchester, Massachusetts.
