Jesse Graham
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey defenceman}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Jesse Graham Bridgeport.jpg
| caption = Graham with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in 2015
| image_size = 230 px
| alt =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 185
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| team = HC Sochi
| league = KHL
| former_teams = Bridgeport Sound Tigers
San Antonio Rampage
Utica Comets
HK Nitra
KalPa
Augsburger Panther
Barys Astana
| ntl_team =
| draft = 155th overall
| draft_year = 2012
| draft_team = New York Islanders
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
}}
Jesse Graham (born May 13, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Graham played major junior hockey with the Niagara IceDogs and Saginaw Spirit in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) before he was selected in the sixth-round, 155th overall, by the New York Islanders in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web| url = https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr00007085.html | title = New York Islanders draft history | publisher = hockeydb.com | date = May 15, 2020| accessdate = May 15, 2020}} and signed an entry-level contract with the team on May 31, 2014. He spent three seasons with the Islanders' American Hockey League affiliate the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, as well as spells in the ECHL for the Florida Everblades and Missouri Mavericks, before signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Colorado Avalanche on July 26, 2017.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/avalanche-signs-grimaldi-graham/c-290489394 | title = Avalanche signs Grimaldi, Graham | publisher = Colorado Avalanche | date = July 26, 2017 | accessdate = May 15, 2020}}
Graham spent the 2017–18 season with the San Antonio Rampage, the AHL affiliation of the Avalanche. On August 30, 2018, Graham signed for the Utica Comets of the AHL, serving as the primary affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks.{{cite web| url = http://www.uticacomets.com/news/detail/comets-sign-brendan-woods-and-jesse-graham | title = Comets sign Brendan Woods and Jesse Graham | publisher = Utica Comets | date = August 30, 2018 | accessdate = August 30, 2018}}
After five professional seasons in North American, Graham opted to pursue a European career, moving to the Tipsport Liga in Slovakia to join HK Nitra on October 26, 2019.{{cite web| url = http://www.hockeynitra.com/?q=clanok/novou-tvarou-nitry-obranca-jesse-graham/1327 | title = Novou tvárou Nitry obranca Jesse Graham | language = Slovak | publisher = HK Nitra | date = October 26, 2019 | accessdate = October 26, 2019}} but left just two weeks later after playing three games for the team to join Finnish club, KalPa of Liiga.{{cite web| url = https://kalpa.fi/fi-fi/article/2019-2020/tervetuloa-kalpaan-jesse-graham/4764/ | title = Tervetuloa KalPaan, Jesse Graham! | language = Finnish | date = November 12, 2019 | accessdate = November 12, 2019}}
Graham spent the duration of the 2021–22 season with Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), contributing with 3 goals and 39 assists for 42 points in 52 games, leading the blueline in scoring.{{cite web| url = https://www.aev-panther.de/panther/news_news,-Panther-sichern-sich-die-Dienste-von-Jesse-Graham-_naid,3132.html | title = Panthers secure the services of Jesse Graham | publisher = Augsburger Panther | date = July 4, 2021 | accessdate = July 4, 2021}}
As a free agent, Graham moved to the KHL, in agreeing to a one-year contract for the 2022–23 season with Kazakh based club, Barys Nur-Sultan, on July 20, 2022.{{cite web| url = https://www.hcbarys.kz/news/item/khl-dzhessi-grem-novichok-barysa/ | title = Jesse Graham - newcomer to Barys | publisher = Barys Nur-Sultan | language = Russian | date = July 20, 2022 | accessdate = July 20, 2022 }} In his debut KHL season, Graham was a fixture on the Barys blueline, registering 19 assists through 66 regular season games.
On May 11, 2023, Graham opted to continue his tenure in the KHL, however moved to Russian club, HC Sochi, after securing a two-year contract as a free agent.{{cite web| url = https://www.hcsochi.ru/media/news/dzhessi-grem-popolnil-liniyu-oborony-sochi/ | title = Jesse Graham joins the blueline | publisher = HC Sochi | date = May 11, 2023 | accessdate = May 11, 2023 | language = Russian }}
Career statistics
= Regular season and playoffs =
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 2009–10
|Toronto Nationals |GTHL | 84 | 14 | 74 | 88 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|OHL | 63 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 22
| 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| 2011–12
|Niagara IceDogs |OHL | 68 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 36
| 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Niagara IceDogs |OHL | 68 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 48
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013–14
|Niagara IceDogs |OHL | 24 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 21
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2013–14 |OHL | 42 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 22
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013–14
|AHL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Bridgeport Sound Tigers |AHL | 39 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15
|ECHL | 23 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 10
| 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Bridgeport Sound Tigers |AHL | 52 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16
|ECHL | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2
| 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Bridgeport Sound Tigers |AHL | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17
|Missouri Mavericks |ECHL | 24 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 26
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|AHL | 46 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19
|AHL | 52 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 32
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20
| 40 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|KalPa |Liiga | 55 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 16
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021–22
|DEL | 52 | 3 | 39 | 42 | 40
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|KHL | 66 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 28
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24
|KHL | 62 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|HC Sochi |KHL | 58 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |AHL totals ! 215 !! 19 !! 69 !! 88 !! 112 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |Liiga totals ! 95 !! 7 !! 39 !! 46 !! 38 ! 4 !! 0 !! 2 !! 2 !! 0 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |KHL totals ! 186 !! 18 !! 57 !! 75 !! 70 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 2011
| Canada Ontario | U17 | {{gold1}} | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
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! colspan="4" |Junior totals ! 5 !! 1 !! 5 !! 6 !! 2 |
Awards and honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats|elite=92681|euro=507878|hockeydb=130606}}
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Category:Augsburger Panther players
Category:Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Florida Everblades players
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Category:Missouri Mavericks players
Category:New York Islanders draft picks
Category:Niagara IceDogs players
Category:San Antonio Rampage players
Category:Saginaw Spirit players
Category:Ice hockey people from Oshawa