Brendan Ranford
Born (1992-05-03) May 3, 1992
Lahr, Germany
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
Slovak team
Former teams		 HC Slovan Bratislava
Dallas Stars
Eisbären Berlin
Mora IK
Bietigheim Steelers
Löwen Frankfurt
NHL Draft 209th overall, 2010
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 2013–present

Brendan Ranford (born May 3, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing for HC Slovan Bratislava of the Slovak Extraliga.

He was selected 209th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. He is the nephew of former National Hockey League goaltender Bill Ranford.

Playing career

Junior

As a youth, Ranford played in the 2004 and 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from North Vancouver.[1]

Ranford first played junior hockey in his native Edmonton with the Edmonton Canadians in the Alberta Midget Hockey League before he was drafted 15th overall in the 2007 WHL draft by the Kamloops Blazers. Ranford played major junior hockey for parts of six seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Kamloops Blazers (2007–08 to 2012–13), registering 137 goals and 220 assists for 357 points, while earning 298 penalty minutes, in 348 WHL regular-season games. He was recognized for his outstanding play when he was named to the 2010–11 Second All-Star Team.[2] Ranford spent the entirety of his major junior career with the Blazers over six seasons, culminating in being selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.

Professional

Unsigned from the Flyers and at the beginning of his professional career, Ranford signed a try-out contract with the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League on May 24, 2013, a team owned by Tom Gaglardi who also owned the Blazers.[3] After a successful training camp with Texas, Ranford was signed to a one-year AHL contract to begin his rookie professional season in 2013–14 season. Ranford enjoyed a successful debut season with the Stars, scoring 33 points in 65 games. During the 2014 Calder Cup playoffs Ranford topped all rookies by scoring 16 points as he led his team to capture their first ever Calder Cup.[4]

On July 2, 2014, Ranford was signed as a free agent by NHL affiliate, the Dallas Stars to a three-year entry-level contract.[5]

During the 2016–17 season, in the midst of his fourth year with the Texas Stars, Ranford was traded along with Branden Troock to the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for Justin Peters and Justin Hache on February 1, 2017.[6] Assigned directly to the Tucson Roadrunners, Ranford struggled to show his offensive upside going scoreless in 10 games before he was traded for a second time in a month at the NHL trade deadline. He was dealt by the Coyotes to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Joe Whitney on March 1, 2017.[7] He immediately regained his scoring touch with the Rampage, playing out the season to record 17 points in 21 games.

As a free agent from the Avalanche, Ranford still opted to continue within the organization in agreeing to a one-year AHL contract with the Rampage on August 1, 2017.[8]

After a second season with the Rampage, Ranford opted to leave North America as a free agent, agreeing to a one-year contract with German outfit, Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) on June 28, 2018.[9]

Ranford continued his career in Europe after his lone season in Berlin, signing as a free agent mid-way into the 2019–20 season with Swedish club, Mora IK of the Allsvenskan on November 20, 2019.[10] He continued his European journeyman career by signing a one-year deal with Slovakian club, HC Slovan Bratislava for the 2020–21 season.[11]

In the 2022–23 season, Ranford joined newly promoted Löwen Frankfurt and formed a top scoring line role alongside Carter Rowney and Dominik Bokk. In Frankfurt's first season in the top tier Ranford contributed with 12 goals and 46 points through 40 regular season games. Following their defeat in the playoff qualifiers to Düsseldorfer EG, Ranford left Frankfurt at the conclusion of his contract on March 19, 2023.[12]

Family

His uncle is the former NHL goaltender Bill Ranford.[13]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007–08Kamloops BlazersWHL30000—————
2008–09Kamloops BlazersWHL661314274640332
2009–10Kamloops BlazersWHL722936658342354
2010–11Kamloops BlazersWHL6833538668—————
2011–12Kamloops BlazersWHL69405292731159148
2012–13Kamloops BlazersWHL702265872815515200
2013–14Texas StarsAHL651221331421881612
2014–15Texas StarsAHL731833512230110
2014–15Dallas StarsNHL10000—————
2015–16Texas StarsAHL761940594941344
2016–17Texas StarsAHL36611174—————
2016–17Tucson RoadrunnersAHL100004—————
2016–17San Antonio RampageAHL21413178—————
2017–18San Antonio RampageAHL574151926—————
2018–19Eisbären BerlinDEL511315284882356
2019–20 Mora IK Allsv 29 11 12 23 14 — — — — —
2020–21 HC Slovan Bratislava Slovak 29 12 20 32 8 4 3 1 4 0
2021–22 Bietigheim Steelers DEL 55 13 36 49 16 — — — — —
2022–23 Löwen Frankfurt DEL 40 12 34 46 22 2 0 0 0 0
NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Canada Pacific U17 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 3 4 7 2
Junior totals 6 3 4 7 2

Awards and honours

Award Year
WHL
(West) Second All-Star Team 2011 [14]
AHL
Calder Cup (Texas Stars) 2014

References

  1. ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ranford named CHL sportsman of the year". Brampton Guardian. April 15, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Texas Stars sign Brendan Ranford to PTO". Texas Stars. May 24, 2013. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Texas Stars win first Calder Cup championship". frozenfutures.com. June 18, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Dallas Stars sign Left Wing Brendan Ranford". Dallas Stars. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Stars acquire Peters and Hache". Dallas Stars. February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Avalanche acquire Brendan Ranford from Arizona". San Antonio Rampage. March 1, 2017. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Rampage sign Ranford, Shaw to AHL contracts". San Antonio Rampage. August 1, 2017. Archived from the original on August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Striker duo joins Berlin" (in German). Eisbären Berlin. June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  10. ↑ "AHL merited forward Ranfords signs with Mora" (in Swedish). Mora IK. November 20, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Ofenzívu Slovana posilní kanadská dvojica útočníkov". hcslovan.sk (in Slovak).
  12. ↑ "Six more Lions remain, Head coach and 13 players depart" (in German). Löwen Frankfurt. March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Ranford ties to NHL run strong". National Hockey League. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
  14. ↑ "WHL East All-Stars and awards finalists". Western Hockey League. April 1, 2011. Archived from the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
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