Brad Ralph

Bradley Ralph (born October 17, 1980) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger and is the head coach of the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. He played in one National Hockey League game for the Phoenix Coyotes during the 2000–01 NHL season.

Brad Ralph
Born (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Phoenix Coyotes
NHL Draft 53rd overall, 1999
Phoenix Coyotes
Playing career 20002009

Career

Ralph was a career minor-leaguer, highlighted by playing one game in the NHL. He skated in the ECHL (for the Mississippi Sea Wolves, Augusta Lynx, Dayton Bombers, Columbia Inferno, and Charlotte Checkers) and American Hockey League (for the Springfield Falcons and Hershey Bears) in the United States, as well as a season each for Alleghe HC in Serie A in Italy and AaB Ishockey in the AL-Bank Ligaen in Denmark.

After his playing career, Ralph began coaching hockey, spending two years as head coach for the Augusta RiverHawks in the Southern Professional Hockey League and of the Idaho Steelheads in the ECHL.[1]

On August 4, 2015, Ralph was named head coach of the Western Hockey League's Kelowna Rockets.[2]

On July 12, 2016, he was named the head coach of the Florida Everblades in the ECHL.[3][4] He was named Coach of the Year for the 2017–18 season.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1995–96 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 1961719
1996–97 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 4413132663
1997–98 Oshawa Generals OHL 5920173745 72138
1998–99 Oshawa Generals OHL 6731447593 16871510
1999–00 Oshawa Generals OHL 5628356368 51124
2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 10000
2000–01 Springfield Falcons AHL 505131823
2001–02 Mississippi Sea Wolves ECHL 1623512
2002–03 Augusta Lynx ECHL 4411152680
2002–03 Springfield Falcons AHL 162576
2003–04 Dayton Bombers ECHL 1354916
2003–04 HC Alleghe ITA 21991832 30006
2004–05 Columbia Inferno ECHL 6527265360 52358
2005–06 AaB Ishockey DEN 358132178 1771842
2006–07 Columbia Inferno ECHL 63203353108
2006–07 Hershey Bears AHL 10000
2007–08 Columbia Inferno ECHL 6618314973 51568
2008–09 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 2813152822 602212
ECHL totals 29596127222371 163101328
NHL totals 10000

Awards and honours

Awards Year
SPHL Coach of the Year 2010–11 [6]
John Brophy Award for ECHL Coach of the Year 2017–18 [5]

See also

References

  1. Press release. "Ralph Named Head Coach of Steelheads". echl.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  2. "Idaho Steelheads coach Brad Ralph resigns, takes job in WHL", Idaho Statesman, August 4, 2015. (accessed August 4, 2015)
  3. "Everblades select former Idaho mentor Brad Ralph as new coach". The News-Press. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  4. Mosher, Tyler (July 12, 2016). "Florida Everblades Name Brad Ralph 5th Head Coach in Franchise History". naplesherald.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  5. "Florida's Ralph Receives John Brophy Award as ECHL Coach of the Year". ECHL. April 10, 2018. Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  6. "Fayetteville's Mark DeSantis Named Easton Coach of the Year - SPHL Southern Professional Hockey League". thesphl.com. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
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