[1] Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska, Carle attended prep school at Shattuck-Saint Mary's in Faribault, Minnesota.

While preparing for the draft an abnormality was detected during the NHL combine and after undergoing tests at the Mayo Clinic Carle was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an enlargement of a heart muscle.

[3] The diagnosis caused Carle to retire from ice hockey as a player, but despite the end of his career he was still drafted 203rd overall in the seventh and final round by the Tampa Bay Lightning.

[5] What started out as a tentative effort to see if Carle was still interested in the game eventually turned into a full-time coaching position.

[6] Carle stayed with the Pioneers for four years, helping the team win the 2017 national championship, before he replaced Montgomery as head coach in 2018.