Brad Ralph

For the Kansas politician, see Bradley Ralph.

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.

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

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]

Ralph guided the Florida Everblades to an ECHL record three consecutive Kelly Cup Championships in 2022, 2023 and 2024, which was the first three-peat in ECHL history.^[6]

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	[7]
John Brophy Award for ECHL Coach of the Year	2017–18	[5]

See also

• List of players who played only one game in the NHL