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Brad Berry
Berry with the Manitoba Moose in 2007
Born	(1965-04-01) April 1, 1965 Bashaw, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position	Defenceman
Shot	Left
Played for	Winnipeg Jets Brynäs IF Minnesota North Stars Dallas Stars
National team	Canada
NHL draft	29th overall, 1983 Winnipeg Jets
Playing career	1986–1999
Coaching career
Biographical details
Education	North Dakota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2006	North Dakota (assistant)
2006–2008	Manitoba Moose (assistant)
2008–2010	Vancouver Canucks (Scout)
2010–2012	Columbus Blue Jackets (assistant)
2012–2015	North Dakota (assistant)
2015–2025	North Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall	227–119–35 (.642)
Tournaments	5–4 (.556)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA National Champion (2016) 5 NCHC regular season (2016, 2020–2022, 2024) NCHC tournament (2021)
Awards
4x Herb Brooks Coach of the Year (2016, 2020–2022) USCHO Coach of the Year (2016) Spencer Penrose Award (2020)
Records
т-Most conference regular season championships (5) in UND program history

Bradley L. Berry (born April 1, 1965) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player who was most recently the head coach of the University of North Dakota men's ice hockey team. He played 241 games in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets, Minnesota North Stars, and Dallas Stars.

Playing career

Berry joined the University of North Dakota 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 were unable 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.

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. Berry did not produce as expected in 1987-88, leading to a 10-game stint in the minors followed by an additional 38 games the next year. By 1989-90, Berry played only 12 NHL games and chose to sign with 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 played 63 games in 1992-93. Berry played 8 games with the Stars in 1993 as they moved to Dallas before being sent down to the minors. Berry would continue to play for Dallas' farm team until his retirement in 1999.

Coaching career

After his retirement from professional hockey, 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 with the team, Berry worked as 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 as an assistant, Berry was named head coach for the University of North Dakota when his predecessor Dave Hakstol was hired as head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. In his first season as head coach, Berry became the first head coach in NCAA history to lead their team to a national title in their first season in the role. Berry was fired on March 23, 2025 following his tenth season with the team.

Berry was reported to be the leading candidate to replace Ryan Ward as head coach of the Youngstown Phantoms in July 2026, but walked away from the position after contract negotiations failed.

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

Record table

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Dakota Fighting Hawks (NCHC) (2015–2025)
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
2023–24	North Dakota	26–12–2	15–8–1	1st	NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinals
2024–25	North Dakota	21–15–2	14–9–1	5th	NCHC Semifinals
North Dakota:		227–119–35	141–79–21
Total:		227–119–35
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

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