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 skated one game in the NHL with the Phoenix Coyotes. He also played 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.
On August 4, 2015, Ralph was named head coach of the Western Hockey League's Kelowna Rockets."Idaho Steelheads coach Brad Ralph resigns, takes job in WHL", Idaho Statesman, August 4, 2015. (accessed August 4, 2015)
On July 12, 2016, he was named the head coach of the Florida Everblades in the ECHL. He was named Coach of the Year for the 2017–18 season.
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.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs 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 — — — — —
Head Coaching Record
ECHL TeamYearRegular SeasonPostseasonGWLOTLPtsFinishWLWin %ResultIDH2012–137245207972nd in Mountain98.529Lost in Third RoundIDH2013–147239267853rd in Mountain56.454Lost in Second RoundIDH2014–1572481861021st in Pacific24.333Lost in First RoundFLA2016–177246215971st in South57.416Lost in Second RoundFLA2017–1872531361121st in South156.714Lost in FinalsFLA2018–1972501661061st in South97.562Lost in Third RoundFLA2019–20624313692—————FLA2020–216942198921st in East23.400Lost in First RoundFLA2021–2272422010941st in South164.800Won ChampionshipFLA2022–237238259854th in South166.727Won ChampionshipFLA2023–247240239893rd in South167.695Won ChampionshipFLA2024–2572491581062nd in South105.667Lost in Third RoundFLA2025–26724913101081st in South164.800Won ChampionshipTotal923584242971,265—12167.64312 Playoff Appearances 4 Kelly Cup titles
Other TeamYearLeagueRegular SeasonPostseasonGWLOTLPtsFinishWLWin %ResultAUG2010–11SPHL563521—702nd45.444Lost in FinalsAUG2011–12SPHL5636137791st12.333Lost in First RoundKEL2015–16WHL72482041002nd810.444Lost in Third RoundSPHL Total11271347149—57.4162 Playoff AppearancesWHL Total7248204100—810.4441 Playoff Appearance
Awards and honours Awards Year SPHL Coach of the Year 2010–11 John Brophy Award for ECHL Coach of the Year 2017–18
See also List of players who played only one game in the NHL
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