Brad Berry

Brad Berry
	Berry in 2007
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	North Dakota
Conference	NCHC
Biographical details
Born	April 1, 1965 (age 59); Bashaw, Alberta, Canada
Alma mater	North Dakota
Playing career
1983–1986	North Dakota Fighting Sioux
1985	Canada U20
1986–1990	Winnipeg Jets
1987–1990	Moncton Hawks
1990–1991	Brynäs IF
1990	Team Canada
1991–1992	Kalamazoo Wings
1991–1993	Minnesota North Stars
1993–1994	Dallas Stars
1993–1995	Kalamazoo Wings
1995–1999	Michigan K-Wings
Position(s)	Defenceman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2006	North Dakota Fighting Sioux (assistant)
2006–2008	Manitoba Moose (assistant)
2008–2010	Vancouver Canucks (Scout)
2010–2012	Columbus Blue Jackets (assistant)
2012–2015	North Dakota (assistant)
2015–Present	North Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall	180–92–31 (.645)
Tournaments	5–3 (.625)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	National Champion (2016); 3 NCHC Regular Season (2015-16, 2019-20, 2020-21)
Awards
	4× Herb Brooks Coach of the Year (2016, 2020, 2021, 2022); USCHO Coach of Year (2016); Spencer Penrose Award (2020)

Bradley L. Berry (born April 1, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 241 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota North Stars, and Dallas Stars. He is currently the head coach for the University of North Dakota of the NCAA Division I NCHC.

Playing career[edit]

Berry joined the then Fighting Sioux in 1983, playing in a limited role in his first season. For his second year with North Dakota Berry saw his points total more than triple and was included on Canada's world junior team that won a gold medal. Unfortunately the Fighting Sioux slipped to fourth place in the standings and weren't able to earn a bid into the NCAA tournament. After another year with a similar result Berry forwent his senior season and turned pro with the Winnipeg Jets who had drafted him in the second round of the 1983 draft. In doing so, Berry missed out on North Dakota's National Championship the following year.

Berry finished the 1986 season playing 16 games for the Jets (3 in the playoffs) and suited up for a further 52 matches in his first full campaign as a professional. In 1987-88 Berry wasn't producing like the Jets were expecting so he spent a 10-game stint in the minors followed by an additional 38 the next year. By 1989-90 Berry was down to 12 NHL games and rather than see those dwindle even further he headed to Sweden to play for Brynäs IF in 1990. After a season in the Swedish Elite League Berry returned to North America to play for the Kalamazoo Wings. He earned a brief call-up to the parent Minnesota North Stars at the end of the season and stuck around for 63 contests in 1992-93. When the team moved south to Dallas in 1993 so did Berry's NHL career and he only saw 8 games with the Stars that season before being sent down to the minors. Berry would continue to play for Dallas' farm team until his retirement in 1999.

Coaching career[edit]

After hanging up his skates, Berry returned to North Dakota as an assistant coach just after the team had won its seventh National Title. Berry stayed with the team for six seasons before taking an AHL assistant coaching position with the Manitoba Moose. After a two-year term, Berry was a scout for the Vancouver Canucks for another two seasons before returning behind the bench as an assistant for the Columbus Blue Jackets. In his second year with Columbus, the Jackets had a disastrous season that saw head coach Scott Arniel fired at the midway point. While another assistant, Todd Richards, was given the reins, Berry left and returned once more to Grand Forks for his second stint as an assistant with his alma mater.

After three years Berry was named head coach for the University of North Dakota when Dave Hakstol was hired to coach of the Philadelphia Flyers.^[1] In his premier season Berry became the first coach in NCAA history to lead his team to a National Title in his inaugural campaign.^[2]

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1981–82	Sherwood Park Crusaders	AJHL	58	8	28	36	46	—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	St. Albert Saints	AJHL	55	9	33	42	97	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	University of North Dakota	WCHA	32	2	7	9	8	—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	University of North Dakota	WCHA	40	4	26	30	26	—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	University of North Dakota	WCHA	40	6	29	35	26	—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	13	1	0	1	10	3	0	0	0	0
1986–87	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	52	2	8	10	60	7	0	1	1	14
1987–88	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	48	0	6	6	75	—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Moncton Hawks	AHL	10	1	3	4	14	—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	38	0	9	9	45	—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Moncton Hawks	AHL	38	3	16	19	39	—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Winnipeg Jets	NHL	12	1	2	3	6	1	0	0	0	0
1989–90	Moncton Hawks	AHL	38	1	9	10	58	—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Brynäs IF	SWE	38	3	1	4	38	2	0	0	0	0
1990–91	Canadian National Team	Intl	4	0	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	7	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	2
1991–92	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	65	5	18	23	90	5	2	0	2	6
1992–93	Minnesota North Stars	NHL	63	0	3	3	109	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Dallas Stars	NHL	8	0	0	0	12	—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	45	3	19	22	91	1	0	0	0	0
1994–95	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	65	4	11	15	146	1	0	0	0	6
1995–96	Michigan K-Wings	IHL	80	4	13	17	73	10	0	5	5	12
1996–97	Michigan K-Wings	IHL	77	4	7	11	68	4	0	0	0	4
1997–98	Michigan K-Wings	IHL	67	3	8	11	60	—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Michigan K-Wings	IHL	5	0	1	1	10	—	—	—	—	—
IHL totals			404	23	77	100	538	21	2	5	7	22
NHL totals			241	4	28	32	323	13	0	1	1	16

International[edit]

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985	Canada	WJC		7	0	1	1	2
Junior totals				7	0	1	1	2

Head coaching record[edit]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota Fighting Hawks (NCHC) (2015–present)
2015–16	North Dakota	34–6–4	19–4–2	1st	NCAA National Champion
2016–17	North Dakota	21–16–3	11–12–1	4th	NCAA West regional semifinals
2017–18	North Dakota	17–13–10	8–10–6	4th	NCHC Third-place game (win)
2018–19	North Dakota	18–17–2	12–11–1	5th	NCHC first round
2019–20	North Dakota	26–5–4	17–4–3	1st	Tournament Cancelled
2020–21	North Dakota	22–6–1	18–5–1	1st	NCAA Midwest Regional Final
2021–22	North Dakota	24–14–1	17–6–1	T–1st	NCAA East regional semifinals
2022–23	North Dakota	18–15–6	10–10–4	T–5th	NCHC Semifinals
North Dakota:		180–92–31	112–62–19
Total:		180–92–31
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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References[edit]

^ "Brad Berry named head coach of UND men's hockey". UNDSports.com. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ "Brad Berry bio". UNDSports.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
^ "North Dakota Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.

External links[edit]

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dave Hakstol Brett Larson	NCHC Coach of the Year 2015–16 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22	Succeeded by Andy Murray Pat Ferschweiler
Preceded by Greg Carvel	Spencer Penrose Award 2019–20 (with Mike Schafer)	Succeeded by Mike Hastings

[1] "Brad Berry named head coach of UND men's hockey". UNDSports.com. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2018-04-16.

[2] "Brad Berry bio". UNDSports.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-04-16.

[3] "North Dakota Men's Hockey Team History". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2018-04-16.

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v t e North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey
Formerly the North Dakota Flickertails and North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Venues	Winter Sports Building (1936–1972) Ralph Engelstad Arena (old; 1972–2001) Ralph Engelstad Arena (new; 2001–present)
Head coaches	Joe Brown (1929–1932) Noland Franz (1932–1933) Buck Cameron (1935–1936) John Jamieson (1946–1947) Don Norman (1947–1949) Fido Purpur (1949–1956) Al Renfrew (1956–1957) Bob May (1957–1959) Barry Thorndycraft (1959–1964) Bob Peters (1964–1966) Bill Selman (1966–1968) Rube Bjorkman (1968–1978) John Gasparini (1978–1994) Dean Blais (1994–2004) Dave Hakstol (2004–2015) Brad Berry (2015–present)
Seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1935–36 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Conference affiliations	Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) (1951–1958, 1959–2013) National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) (2013–present)
Rivalries	Denver Minnesota Wisconsin
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Greg Johnson (272 Points) Ben Cherski (131 Goals) Karl Goehring (80 Wins)
National championships	1959 1963 1980 1982 1987 1997 2000 2016
Frozen Four appearances	1958 1959 1963 1965 1967 1968 1979 1980 1982 1984 1987 1997 2000 2001 2005 2006 2007 2008 2011 2014 2015 2016
NCAA Tournament appearances	1958 1959 1963 1965 1967 1968 1979 1980 1982 1984 1987 1990 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2021 2024
Conference Tournament titles	WCHA: 1967 1968 1979 1980 1987 1997 2000 2006 2010 2011 2012 NCHC: 2021
Hobey Baker winners	Tony Hrkac (1987) Ryan Duncan (2007)
Mike Richter winners	Zane McIntyre (2015)
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND