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5 '' wings halifax citadels '' '' ` echl '' '' ' '' winston-salem thunderbirds trenton titans '' '' ` bhl/bihs '' '' ` ' streatham redskins bracknell bees '' '' ` italy '' ahl '' ' hc fassa hc milano saima hc devils milano '' '' '' ` wphl '' '' ' new mexico scorpions '' ' adirondack red left 183 brantford , on , can 225px 2000 centre 10 01 may 1966 joe ferras
 undrafted joe ferras 1988
joe ferras

joe ferras , also known as joe ferraccioli , -lrb- born may 1 , 1966 -rrb- is a canadian former professional ice hockey player .
ferras is currently the head coach and general manager for the rapid city rush of the east coast hockey league -lrb- echl -rrb- .
ferras began his professional playing career in 1988 , signing as a free agent with the adirondack red wings of the american hockey league -lrb- ahl -rrb- .
he went on to play 12 seasons of professional hockey in the north american minor leagues and europe .
an eye injury , while playing with the new mexico scorpions of the western professional hockey league during the 1999 -- 2000 season , ended his playing career , and ferras began his coaching career as an assistant with the scorpions .
from 2001 to 2006 , ferras served as the head coach of the amarillo rattlers in the central hockey league -lrb- chl -rrb- , and he was an assistant coach with the 2006-07 bridgeport sound tigers of the ahl .
in 2007 , ferras was selected to be the inaugural head coach for the chl expansion franchise , the rapid city rush , and in september 2013 , following the resignation of the rush 's general manager tim hill , he assumed the dual role of head coach and general manager for the team .
