Brad Berry
Episode 129
19 JULY 2021
He played over 250 regular season and playoff games combined in the National Hockey League with two different franchises in addition to playing overseas in the Swedish Elite League. He went on to be a scout for the Vancouver Canucks and later joined his fourth NHL franchise, the Columbus Blue Jackets, as an assistant coach. He also was an assistant coach in the American Hockey League and nowadays has been the head coach of the University of North Dakota men’s hockey team since just over six years ago. In 2016 he became the first rookie head coach in NCAA men’s ice hockey history to win a national championship.
Notable guest quotes:
“There’s a lot of things that are coming at ya’ when you’re away from your family that, ya’ know, trying to do the right thing. Trying to stay on that narrow and focused road.”
“You talk about being a servant leader, of serving others, and just trying to be a good person, and I really feel that my faith was a big reason why I’m where I am.”
“There was some adversity… I got sent to the minors a couple of times… I think adversity, it’s how you handle it… Faith got me through it. It was one of those things where God’s in control, and you control certain things but He’s the ultimate control of your life.”
“When you’re kind of busy or focused in that side of it, there’s tendencies to, not forget, but, put on the back burner of the belief and the faith and going to church on every Sunday and serving God… as a young person that’s very easy to do.”
“Through the Catholic religion of my wife and her parents it was a big driving force that made it strong.”
“You want to be the best at what you can do but you can’t leave the people in your life behind, you can’t leave God behind, and you gotta take time for that.”
“I always believe God has a plan, and it’s not one that you know with certainty what that is.”
“Never keep looking over the fence at what could be or should be or whatever. Be blessed and be grateful for what you have. And blessed and grateful is what I am.”
“Part of being a Christian is always giving back, being a servant of God.”
“I always wake up every morning and I have two or three things that I recite to myself here. And there’s one that really hits home for me and it’s the great commandment of Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 4.”
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