Brad Tapper
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Coach Brad Tapper, 2025 | |||
| Born |
April 28, 1978 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Head coach / Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Extraliga team | HC Slovan Bratislava | ||
| Played for |
Atlanta Thrashers (NHL) Chicago Wolves (AHL) Binghamton Senators (AHL) Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL) Orlando Solar Bears (IHL) Nurnberg Ice Tigers (DEL) Hannover Scorpions (DEL) Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2000–2009 | ||
Brad Tapper (born April 28, 1978) is a Canadian professional hockey coach, currently serving as the head coach of the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, and a former professional ice hockey player (right winger). He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Atlanta Thrashers over parts of three seasons. After retiring from playing, he remained active in hockey as a coach in different professional hockey organisations in the US, Canada, and Germany. He is currently the head coach of HC Slovan Bratislavain Slovakia and was, before that, co-trainer with ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), head coach of the Iserlohn Roosters, also in the DEL. Previously, he worked with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL), spent a year as the head coach of the Adirondack Thunder in the ECHL, and was an assistant coach with the Rochester Americans (AHL), Chicago Wolves (AHL), Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL), and Florida Everblades (ECHL).