Jesse Graham
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
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Jesse Graham (born May 13, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HK Nitra of the Slovak Extraliga.
| Jesse Graham | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Graham with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in 2015 | |||
| Born |
May 13, 1994 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| Slovak Extraliga team Former teams |
HK Nitra Bridgeport Sound Tigers San Antonio Rampage Utica Comets HK Nitra KalPa Augsburger Panther Barys Astana HC Sochi EV Zug | ||
| NHL draft |
155th overall, 2012 New York Islanders | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
After five professional seasons in North America, Graham opted to pursue a European career, moving to the Tipsport Liga in Slovakia to join HK Nitra on October 26, 2019.[4] but left just two weeks later after playing three games for the team to join Finnish club KalPa of Liiga.[5]
Graham spent the duration of the 2021–22 season with Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), contributing 3 goals and 39 assists for 42 points in 52 games, leading the blueline in scoring.[6]
As a free agent, Graham moved to the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), agreeing to a one-year contract for the 2022–23 season with Kazakh club Barys Nur-Sultan on July 20, 2022.[7] 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, moving to Russian club HC Sochi after securing a two-year contract as a free agent.[8]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2009–10 | Toronto Nationals | GTHL | 84 | 14 | 74 | 88 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Niagara IceDogs | 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 | ||
| 2012–13 | Niagara IceDogs | OHL | 68 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 | Niagara IceDogs | OHL | 24 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 42 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 39 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Florida Everblades | ECHL | 23 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 52 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Missouri Mavericks | ECHL | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 2016–17 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 19 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Missouri Mavericks | ECHL | 24 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 46 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Utica Comets | AHL | 52 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | HK Nitra | Slovak | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | KalPa | Liiga | 40 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | KalPa | Liiga | 55 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Augsburger Panther | DEL | 52 | 3 | 39 | 42 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Barys Astana | KHL | 66 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | HC Sochi | KHL | 62 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | HC Sochi | KHL | 58 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 215 | 19 | 69 | 88 | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Liiga totals | 95 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| KHL totals | 186 | 18 | 57 | 75 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
