Brad Berry

Brad Berry

File:Brad Berry.jpg Berry in 2007
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	North Dakota
Conference	NCHC
Biographical details
Born	(1965-04-01) April 1, 1965 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

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

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. In his premier season Berry became the first coach in NCAA history to lead his team to a National Title in his inaugural campaign.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				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

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

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
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

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Legends of Hockey

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