Carabin returns to Royals

Reading, Pa. - The Reading Royals, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers and American Hockey League's Lehigh Valley Phantoms, announced that defenseman Nick Carabin has been re-signed to a contract for the 2025-26 season.

Carabin is entering his first-full professional season after recording an assist in his professional debut and lone regular season game played for the Royals in the 2024-25 season. The Mahwah, New Jersey native made his professional postseason debut during Reading's 2025 Kelly Cup Playoff first round series against Trois-Rivières, skating in three games.

The 25-year-old signed his first professional career contract with Reading on April 9 out of the University of Connecticut where he registered nine points (3g-6a), 16 penalty minutes and a +7 rating in 39 games during the 2024-25 campaign. He also finished fourth among defenseman on the team in points (9) while tying for first among all UConn blue-liners in goals (3).

Carabin totaled 38 points (9g-29a) and 82 penalty minutes in 119 NCAA career games between the University of Connecticut and four years at Princeton University, where he was an alternate captain during the 2023-24 season. Prior to his NCAA career, Carabin played one season in the British Columbia Hockey League where he logged 27 points (3g-24a) in 58 BCHL career games with the Coquitlam Express (2019-20).