John Grahame

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John Grahame
Date of birth August 31, 1975
place of birth Denver , Colorado , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 100 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 9th lap, 229th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1992-1993 South Surrey Eagles
1993-1994 Sioux City Musketeers
1994-1997 Lake Superior State University
1997-1999 Providence Bruins
1999-2003 Boston Bruins
2003-2006 Tampa Bay Lightning
2006-2008 Carolina Hurricanes
2008-2009 HK Awangard Omsk
2009-2010 Adirondack Phantoms
2010-2011 Lake Erie Monsters

John Gillies Mark Grahame (born August 31, 1975 in Denver , Colorado ) is a former American ice hockey goalkeeper and coach who played 230 games for the Boston Bruins Tampa Bay Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes between 1993 and 2011 competed in the National Hockey League . With the Tampa Bay Lightning, Grahame won the Stanley Cup in 2004 .

Career

John Grahame was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1994 by the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League in the ninth round at position 229. Grahame then played three years for Lake Superior State University in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association , before joining the Boston Bruins farm team , the Providence Bruins , in the American Hockey League in 1997 . There he played for two years as a goalkeeper and won the Calder Cup in 1999 . He also played for Providence for the next two years, but now he was also used in the NHL for Boston, but could not prevail.

Grahame in the jersey of the Albany River Rats

In January 2003, Grahame was transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning , where he was back-up goalie behind Nikolai Chabibulin . In the 2003/04 season he was able to win the Stanley Cup with the Lightning . In the play-offs he only had a playing time of 34 minutes.

After the 2004/05 season was canceled because of the lockout , he was number 1 in Tampa in the 2005/06 season , as Nikolai Chabibulin had left the team. Grahame reached the play-offs with the team, but had to admit defeat to the Ottawa Senators in the first round . After the season, the contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning expired and Grahame signed a two-year deal with the newly minted Stanley Cup winner Carolina Hurricanes . There he formed the goalkeeping team with Cam Ward for a year and a half, but was then sent to the Albany River Rats in the AHL after poor performance .

In May 2008, Grahame moved to Russia for HK Awangard Omsk in the Continental Hockey League . However, his contract was terminated in December 2008 because Grahame was accused of being addicted to alcohol. In January he appealed against his termination, but failed. Since then, Grahame has been without a contract. In December 2009, the Philadelphia Flyers signed him before he - after only twelve games - moved to the Colorado Avalanche in March 2010 . In both teams he was used in the farm team. After the end of the 2010/11 season , the goalkeeper ended his active career.

Grahame then worked for two seasons until the summer of 2013 for the Sioux City Musketeers from the United States Hockey League as a goalkeeping coach. For the junior team, the American himself stood in the gate during his junior years.

International

Grahame represented his home country in the junior division at the Junior World Cup in 1995 , before he was appointed to the squad of the men's selection for the first time the following year. With the US team, the goalkeeper won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Cup . Grahame also appeared in the US jersey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and the 2007 World Cup .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp S. N U OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min GT SO GTS Sv%
1994/95 Lake Superior State University CCHA 28 16 7th 3 - 1616 75 2 2.78 .887
1995/96 Lake Superior State University CCHA 29 21st 4th 2 - 1658 67 2 2.42 .904
1996/97 Lake Superior State University CCHA 37 19th 3 4th - 2197 134 3 3.66 .876
1997/98 Providence Bruins AHL 55 15th 31 4th - 3053 164 3 3.22 .898 - - - - - - - -
1998/99 Providence Bruins AHL 48 37 9 1 - 2771 134 3 2.90 .896 19th 15th 4th 1209 48 1 2.38 .912
1999/00 Providence Bruins AHL 27 11 13 2 - 1528 86 1 3.38 .902 13 10 3 839 35 0 2.50 .917
1999/00 Boston Bruins NHL 24 7th 10 5 - 1344 55 2 2.46 .910 - - - - - - - -
2000/01 Providence Bruins AHL 16 4th 7th 3 - 893 47 0 3.16 .899 17th 8th 9 1043 46 2 2.65 .923
2000/01 Boston Bruins NHL 10 3 4th 0 - 471 28 0 3.57 .867 - - - - - - - -
2001/02 Boston Bruins NHL 19th 8th 7th 2 - 1079 52 1 2.89 .897 - - - - - - - -
2002/03 Boston Bruins NHL 23 11 9 2 - 1352 61 1 2.71 .902 - - - - - - - -
2002/03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 17th 6th 5 4th - 914 34 2 2.23 .920 1 0 1 111 2 0 1.08 .958
2003/04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 29 18th 9 1 - 1688 58 1 2.06 .913 1 0 0 34 2 0 3.53 .882
2004/05 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 57 29 22nd - 1 3152 161 5 3.06 .889 4th 1 3 188 15th 0 4.79 .847
2006/07 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 28 10 13 - 2 1515 72 0 2.85 .897 - - - - - - - -
2007/08 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 17th 5 7th - 1 848 53 0 3.75 .875 - - - - - - - -
2007/08 Albany River Rats AHL 7th 4th 3 - 0 415 21st 0 3.04 .912 - - - - - - - -
2008/09 HK Awangard Omsk KHL 20th 8th 10 - 2 1195 57 3 2.86 .896 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 12 2 10 - 0 717 34 0 2.84 .896 - - - - - - - -
2009/10 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 14th 4th 7th - 3 837 48 0 3.44 .883 - - - - - - - -
2010/11 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 34 19th 12 - 2 2009 80 1 2.39 .911 5 2 3 303 13 0 2.58 .918
NHL overall 224 97 86 14th 4th 12363 574 12 2.79 .898 6th 1 4th 333 19th 0 3.42 .883

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp S. N OTN Min GT SO GTS Sv%
1995 United States June World Cup 5th place 5 2 2 0 280 19th 0 4.07 -
1996 United States WM 3rd place, bronze 1 0 1 0 39 4th 0 6.15 -
2006 United States Olympia 8th place 1 0 0 1 60 3 0 3.00 .880
2007 United States WM 5th place 7th 4th 3 0 409 19th 1 2.79 .892
Juniors overall 5 2 2 0 280 19th 0 4.07 -
Seniors total 9 4th 4th 1 508 26th 1 3.19 -

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

family

John Grahame 's father, Ron Grahame , was also a professional ice hockey goalkeeper. From 1974 to 1981 he played in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association , where he was named twice as best goalkeeper and once as most valuable player in the playoffs .

His mother, Charlotte, served as Executive Director of Hockey Administration at Colorado Avalanche from 1995 to 2011 and her name was engraved on the trophy as part of the Avalanche's Stanley Cup win at the end of the 2001 Stanley Cup playoffs . This makes the two of them the only mother-son combination whose name is immortalized on the Stanley Cup.

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personal data
SURNAME Grahame, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grahame, John Gillies Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver , USA