Brad Ralph

For the Kansas politician, see Bradley Ralph.
Brad Ralph
Born (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980 (age 44)
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 2000–2009

Bradley Ralph (born October 17, 1980) is a Canadian former 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.

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 GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 19 6 1 7 19 — — — — —
1996–97 Kanata Valley Lasers CJHL 44 13 13 26 63 — — — — —
1997–98 Oshawa Generals OHL 59 20 17 37 45 7 2 1 3 8
1998–99 Oshawa Generals OHL 67 31 44 75 93 16 8 7 15 10
1999–00 Oshawa Generals OHL 56 28 35 63 68 5 1 1 2 4
2000–01 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2000–01 Springfield Falcons AHL 50 5 13 18 23 — — — — —
2001–02 Mississippi Sea Wolves ECHL 16 2 3 5 12 — — — — —
2002–03 Augusta Lynx ECHL 44 11 15 26 80 — — — — —
2002–03 Springfield Falcons AHL 16 2 5 7 6 — — — — —
2003–04 Dayton Bombers ECHL 13 5 4 9 16 — — — — —
2003–04 HC Alleghe ITA 21 9 9 18 32 3 0 0 0 6
2004–05 Columbia Inferno ECHL 65 27 26 53 60 5 2 3 5 8
2005–06 AaB Ishockey DEN 35 8 13 21 78 17 7 1 8 42
2006–07 Columbia Inferno ECHL 63 20 33 53 108 — — — — —
2006–07 Hershey Bears AHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Columbia Inferno ECHL 66 18 31 49 73 5 1 5 6 8
2008–09 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 28 13 15 28 22 6 0 2 2 12
ECHL totals 295 96 127 222 371 16 3 10 13 28
NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

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. ^ a b "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.