Carl Graham

Carl Graham
Born (1984-01-06) 6 January 1984
Reading, England, U.K.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
EPIHL team
Former teams		 Basingstoke Bison
Slough Jets
Bracknell Hornets
Wightlink Raiders
Bracknell Bees
Manchester Phoenix
Playing career 2000–present

Carl Graham (born 6 January 1984 in Reading) is an English professional Ice Hockey player, currently playing for the Bracknell Bees in the EPIHL. Graham began his career with his local team in Slough in the year 2000. He initially played at U-19 level with the Slough Comets, but also made ten senior ENHL appearances for the Slough Harrier Hawks.

Graham would stay within the Slough system, and again switched between the U-19 Comets team and the ENHL Harrier Hawks team during the 2001/02 season. This season was an important one for Graham as he made his first international appearance for the England U-20 team as well as graduating to BNL level, playing three games for the Slough Jets. Graham again showed loyalty to the Slough clubs, and again played for the U-19 Comets as well as becoming a regular for the senior Slough Jets, now in the EPL.

Graham's 2003/04 season was again spent in Slough, now alternating between the Harrier Hawks and Jets teams. A change would come the following term, when he would move to sign for the Bracknell Hornets at the lower ENHL standard. Graham shone, and the following season (2004/05) was again playing at the higher EPL standard, now with the Wightlink Raiders.

In the summer of 2007, Graham was to again change teams, and was signed for the Manchester Phoenix, a team icing in the EIHL, the highest standard of ice hockey in Britain. Graham signed for the Phoenix along with Davey Graham (no relation) who had been brought into the club to act as bench coach due to head coach Tony Hand's decision to continue playing as well as coaching.

The younger Graham has proved to be a hard working defenseman for the Phoenix, but is mainly employed as a backup player, although he featured in 59 regular season fixtures. Graham's play throughout the 2007/08 season impressed Hand, and he was the first player to be re-signed for the Phoenix for the 2008/09 term. Graham again proved his ability at EIHL level, and iced in 67 games for the Phoenix, managing to score his first Elite League goal against Manchester's close rivals, the Sheffield Steelers. Graham's growth as a player again encouraged Tony Hand to re-sign him for the 2009/10 season, in which the Phoenix will ice in the EPL.

Despite a positive start for the Phoenix, with three wins from their first three games, Graham chose to move mid-season and signed for the Bracknell Bees, EPL rivals of the Phoenix.

Career stats

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000-01 Slough Comets EU19 22 4 2 6 60 - - - - -
2000-01 Slough Harrier Hawks ENHL 10 2 1 3 8 - - - - -
2001-02 Slough Comets EU19 14 1 8 9 108 - - - - -
2001-02 Slough Harrier Hawks ENHL 6 4 1 5 26 - - - - -
2001-02 Slough Jets BNL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2002-03 Slough Comets EU19 14 3 2 5 100 - - - - -
2002-03 Slough Jets EPL 32 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
2003-04 Slough Harrier Hawks ENHL 10 2 3 5 26 - - - - -
2003-04 Slough Jets EPL 22 0 0 0 22 - - - - -
2004-05 Bracknell Hornets ENHL 17 2 5 7 44 - - - - -
2005-06 Bracknell Hornets ENHL 20 7 2 9 120 - - - - -
2006-07 Wightlink Raiders EPL 44 2 7 9 74 - - - - -
2007-08 Manchester Phoenix EIHL 59 0 0 0 18 2 0 0 0 0
2008-09 Manchester Phoenix EIHL 67 1 2 3 18 2 0 0 0 0
2009-10 Manchester Phoenix EPL
EU19 totals 50 8 12 20 268 - - - - -
ENHL totals 63 17 12 29 224 - - - - -
BNL totals 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
EPIHL totals 98 2 9 11 98 - - - - -
EIHL totals 126 1 2 3 36 4 0 0 0 0

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