Joshua Harding
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Joshua Harding is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Adelaide Adrenaline in the Australian Ice Hockey League
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of the Australian Ice Hockey League
(AIHL) for the start of the 2004 season. He continued to play for the Avalanche until the end of the 2006 season in Australia before moving to the Netherlands
to play for the Heerenveen Flyers of the Dutch Eredivisie. After the 2006-07 season in the Netherlands he returned to Australia to play for the Avalanche in the 2007 AIHL season
. Harding then signed with FPS
of the Finnish Suomi-sarja
for the 2007-08 season, playing 34 games and scoring seven points. He rejoined the Avalanche for his fifth season in the AIHL and continued to play for the team until the Avalanche folded operations. Following the dissolution of the Avalanche Harding rejoined the newly formed Adelaide Adrenaline for the 2009 season. In 2010 he played for both the Adelaide Adrenaline and the Adelaide Blackhawks and continued to play for both teams in 2011. Harding was also named the Adrenaline's alternate captain.
Harding was first called up to represent Australia in 2002 where he joined the national under-18 team to compete at the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
being held in Auckland
, New Zealand
. Australia finished second behind China and Harding scored nine points over the five games. The following year he again played for the under-18 team to compete in the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A tournament being held in Mexico City
, Mexico. Australia won the tournament, gaining promotion to Division II for the following year. In 2004 Harding moved up to the national under-20 team
to compete in the 2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III tournament which Australia went on to win after winning all five of their games. Harding again competed in the under-20 for the World U20 Championships the following year before joining the senior national team in 2006 to compete in the 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B tournament being held in Auckland, New Zealand. Australia finished third behind China and South Korea men's national ice hockey team. Harding represented Australia again at the World Championships again in the 2007 Division II Group B tournament, 2008 where he helped Australia again promotion to Division I, and in the 2009 Division I Group A tournament in which Australia were relegated back to Division II for the following year.
, South Australia
, Australia.
International
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
.
Playing career
Harding first played for the Adelaide Tigers of the South Australian Ice Hockey league in 2002. The following year he moved to the Adelaide Blackhawks of the same league before joining the Adelaide AvalancheAdelaide Avalanche
The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:...
of the Australian Ice Hockey League
Australian Ice Hockey League
The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors....
(AIHL) for the start of the 2004 season. He continued to play for the Avalanche until the end of the 2006 season in Australia before moving to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
to play for the Heerenveen Flyers of the Dutch Eredivisie. After the 2006-07 season in the Netherlands he returned to Australia to play for the Avalanche in the 2007 AIHL season
2007 AIHL season
The 2007 AIHL season was the 8th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 6th in which the Goodall Cup will be awarded to the league champions....
. Harding then signed with FPS
FPS (ice hockey)
FPS is a Finnish ice hockey team based in Forssan jäähalli , Forssa, established in 1931. Forssan Palloseura has two lower level teams: FoPS which plays in lower divisions and FoPS Flames which plays in the 2...
of the Finnish Suomi-sarja
Suomi-sarja
The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 4 divisions. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999-2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provincial Series since 1947. During the 1990s the series also...
for the 2007-08 season, playing 34 games and scoring seven points. He rejoined the Avalanche for his fifth season in the AIHL and continued to play for the team until the Avalanche folded operations. Following the dissolution of the Avalanche Harding rejoined the newly formed Adelaide Adrenaline for the 2009 season. In 2010 he played for both the Adelaide Adrenaline and the Adelaide Blackhawks and continued to play for both teams in 2011. Harding was also named the Adrenaline's alternate captain.
Harding was first called up to represent Australia in 2002 where he joined the national under-18 team to compete at the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship
The 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was the 19th and final IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships. It took place between 10 and 15 March 2002 in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament was won by China, who claimed their second title by defeating all five other nations...
being held in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Australia finished second behind China and Harding scored nine points over the five games. The following year he again played for the under-18 team to compete in the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A tournament being held in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico. Australia won the tournament, gaining promotion to Division II for the following year. In 2004 Harding moved up to the national under-20 team
Australia men's national junior ice hockey team
The Australian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Australia. The team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division III.-History:...
to compete in the 2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III tournament which Australia went on to win after winning all five of their games. Harding again competed in the under-20 for the World U20 Championships the following year before joining the senior national team in 2006 to compete in the 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B tournament being held in Auckland, New Zealand. Australia finished third behind China and South Korea men's national ice hockey team. Harding represented Australia again at the World Championships again in the 2007 Division II Group B tournament, 2008 where he helped Australia again promotion to Division I, and in the 2009 Division I Group A tournament in which Australia were relegated back to Division II for the following year.
Personal life
Harding was born on 27 August 1985 in AdelaideAdelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, Australia.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004 2004 AIHL season The 2004 AIHL season was the 5th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 3rd in which the Goodall Cup was awarded to the league champions.The West Sydney Ice Dogs won their first Goodall Cup defeating the Newcastle Northstars in the championship game.... |
Adelaide Avalanche Adelaide Avalanche The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League .-History:... |
AIHL Australian Ice Hockey League The Australian Ice Hockey League is Australia's top-level ice hockey league. It is sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia and is run by its own Board of Directors.... |
15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005 2005 AIHL season The 2005 AIHL season was the 6th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 4th in which the Goodall Cup was awarded to the league champions.... |
Adelaide Avalanche | AIHL | 23 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 2006 AIHL season The 2006 AIHL season was the 7th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 5th in which the Goodall Cup was awarded to the league champions.The Melbourne Ice mathematically clinched their first ever V.I.P... |
Adelaide Avalanche | AIHL | 23 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006-07 | Heerenveen Flyers | Dutch Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006-07 | Heerenveen Flyers | Eredivisie | 20 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2007 2007 AIHL season The 2007 AIHL season was the 8th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 6th in which the Goodall Cup will be awarded to the league champions.... |
Adelaide Avalanche | AIHL | 16 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007-08 | FPS FPS (ice hockey) FPS is a Finnish ice hockey team based in Forssan jäähalli , Forssa, established in 1931. Forssan Palloseura has two lower level teams: FoPS which plays in lower divisions and FoPS Flames which plays in the 2... |
Suomi-sarja Suomi-sarja The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third-highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 4 divisions. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999-2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provincial Series since 1947. During the 1990s the series also... |
34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008 2008 AIHL season The 2008 AIHL season is the 9th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League, the 7th in which the Goodall Cup will be awarded to the league champions.The season opened 19 April 2008 with games in Newcastle, Adelaide and Penrith.... |
Adelaide Avalanche | AIHL | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009 2009 AIHL season The 2009 AIHL season is the 10th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League. The season opens on 25 April 2009 with games in Liverpool and Canberra. Newcastle North Stars won the V.I.P... |
Adelaide Adrenaline | AIHL | 21 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2010 2010 AIHL season The 2010 AIHL season is the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League . It ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August.-League business:... |
Adelaide Adrenaline | AIHL | 26 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | Adelaide Blackhawks | A Grade | 7 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 2011 AIHL season The 2011 AIHL season is the 12th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League . It ran from 14 April 2011 until 28 August 2011, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 3 and 4 September. The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Ried trophy after finishing first in the regular season standings with 65 points... |
Adelaide Adrenaline | AIHL | 22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | Adelaide Blackhawks | A Grade | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
International
| Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Australia U/18 | 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship The 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship was the 19th and final IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships. It took place between 10 and 15 March 2002 in Auckland, New Zealand. The tournament was won by China, who claimed their second title by defeating all five other nations... |
5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2003 | Australia U/18 | 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2004 | Australia U/20 Australia men's national junior ice hockey team The Australian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Australia. The team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division III.-History:... |
2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | |
| 2005 | Australia U/20 | 2005 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | |
| 2006 | Australia | 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Australia | 2007 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008 | Australia | 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Australia | 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |