Todd Graham (ice hockey)
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Todd Graham is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League
.
of the Australian Ice Hockey League
. He continued to play for the Ice until the end of the 2009 season
. Graham then moved to the United States and joined the Valencia Flyers
, a Tier III Junior A who compete in the Western States Hockey League
(WSHL). During the 2009–10 season with the Flyers Graham was selected to represent the WSHL at the USA Hockey Junior A Tier III Nationals that were being held in Marlborough, Massachusetts
. Following the end of the 2009–10 season Graham returned to Australia and rejoined the Ice for the 2010 AIHL season
, with the Ice going on to win the AIHL finals series. Graham returned to the United States for the beginning of the 2010–11 season where he joined the Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
, a Tier III Jr. A team of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League
.
After the completion of the 2010–11 season Graham was called up to the Australian men's senior team to compete at the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A
tournament which was being held in Melbourne
, Australia.
, Victoria
, Australia
.
International
Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
The Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack are a Tier III Jr. A ice hockey playing in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League . The team plays their home games at the Champions Skating Center, located in Cromwell, Connecticut....
in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League
Atlantic Junior Hockey League
The Atlantic Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States...
.
Playing career
Graham first played ice hockey in 2006 when he joined the Melbourne IceMelbourne Ice
The Melbourne Ice are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the National Ice Sports Centre in Melbourne, which was completed in 2010. It formerly played at the Olympic Ice Skating Centre in Oakleigh South, a suburb of Monash...
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....
. He continued to play for the Ice until the end of the 2009 season
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...
. Graham then moved to the United States and joined the Valencia Flyers
Valencia Flyers
The Valencia Flyers are a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team based in Valencia, California. The team plays in the Western Division of the Western States Hockey League at the Ice Station Valencia...
, a Tier III Junior A who compete in the Western States Hockey League
Western States Hockey League
The Western States Hockey League is a Amateur Athletic Union-sanctioned Junior 'A' ice hockey league that has teams located in the Southwest and Western United States.-History:...
(WSHL). During the 2009–10 season with the Flyers Graham was selected to represent the WSHL at the USA Hockey Junior A Tier III Nationals that were being held in Marlborough, Massachusetts
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,499 at the 2010 census. Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the late 20th century after the construction of the...
. Following the end of the 2009–10 season Graham returned to Australia and rejoined the Ice for the 2010 AIHL season
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:...
, with the Ice going on to win the AIHL finals series. Graham returned to the United States for the beginning of the 2010–11 season where he joined the Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
The Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack are a Tier III Jr. A ice hockey playing in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League . The team plays their home games at the Champions Skating Center, located in Cromwell, Connecticut....
, a Tier III Jr. A team of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League
Atlantic Junior Hockey League
The Atlantic Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States...
.
After the completion of the 2010–11 season Graham was called up to the Australian men's senior team to compete at the 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A
2011 IIHF World Championship Division II
The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II were international Ice Hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested from 4–10 April 2011 in Melbourne, Australia and Group B was contested from 10–16 April 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia...
tournament which was being held in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia.
Personal life
Graham was born on February 8, 1991 in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffsRegular 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 | ||
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... |
Melbourne Ice Melbourne Ice The Melbourne Ice are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the National Ice Sports Centre in Melbourne, which was completed in 2010. It formerly played at the Olympic Ice Skating Centre in Oakleigh South, a suburb of Monash... |
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.... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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.... |
Melbourne Ice | AIHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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... |
Melbourne Ice | AIHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Valencia Flyers Valencia Flyers The Valencia Flyers are a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team based in Valencia, California. The team plays in the Western Division of the Western States Hockey League at the Ice Station Valencia... |
WSHL Western States Hockey League The Western States Hockey League is a Amateur Athletic Union-sanctioned Junior 'A' ice hockey league that has teams located in the Southwest and Western United States.-History:... |
48 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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:... |
Melbourne Ice | AIHL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack The Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack are a Tier III Jr. A ice hockey playing in the Atlantic Junior Hockey League . The team plays their home games at the Champions Skating Center, located in Cromwell, Connecticut.... |
AJHL Atlantic Junior Hockey League The Atlantic Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States... |
40 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
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... |
Melbourne Ice | AIHL | 20 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2011 2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava, and the Steel Aréna in Košice... |
Australia | 2011 World Championship Division IIA 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II The 2011 IIHF World Championship Division II were international Ice Hockey tournaments run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Group A was contested from 4–10 April 2011 in Melbourne, Australia and Group B was contested from 10–16 April 2011 in Zagreb, Croatia... |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |