Adam Graves
| Adam Graves | |||
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| Born |
April 12, 1968 Toronto, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers New York Rangers San Jose Sharks |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 22nd overall, 1986 Detroit Red Wings |
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| Playing career | 1987–2003 | ||
Adam Scott Graves (born April 12, 1968) is a Canadian former professional hockey player. He is best known for his ten-year tenure with the New York Rangers. He also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, and San Jose Sharks. He is a two time Stanley cup winner. He finished his career with 329 goals and 287 assists and is currently a New York Rangers special assistant with Prospect Development and Community Relations.
Adam Graves started playing Junior B hockey with King City, north of his birthplace in Toronto. Graves then joined the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League in 1985–86 and averaged over a point per game as a rookie in the OHL. He was drafted 22nd overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.
1986–87 was his breakout season, when he scored 45 goals for the Spitfires. He led his team to the OHL championship, the Memorial Cup tournament. In the 1987-88 season, Graves played primarily for the Spitfires, but was called up to play 9 games with Detroit.
The 1988-89 season would be Graves' first season as a National Hockey League regular. He played in 56 games for the Red Wings while splitting time with the Adirondack farm club, but was only able to score 7 goals. During his brief tenure with the Red Wings, he amassed 60 penalty minutes in 88-89, and 13 in 89-90. He was beginning to gain a reputation as a hard-nosed player.
On November 2, early in the next season, Graves was involved in a blockbuster trade with the Edmonton Oilers. Along with Graves, the Oilers received Petr Klima, Joe Murphy, and Jeff Sharples, in return for Jimmy Carson, Kevin McClelland, and Edmonton's fifth round draft pick in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. This incredibly lop-sided trade paid immediate dividends for the Oilers, as Adam Graves would go on to score 11 points in the playoffs, en route to defeating the Boston Bruins for the Edmonton Oilers' fifth Stanley Cup.
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