Joshua Harding

For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Josh Harding.
Joshua Harding
Born (1985-08-27) 27 August 1985
Adelaide, SA, AUS
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
AIHL team
Former teams		 Adelaide Adrenaline
Adelaide Avalanche
Heerenveen Flyers
FPS
National team  Australia
Playing career 2002–present

Joshua Harding (born 27 August 1985) is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the Adelaide Adrenaline in the Australian Ice Hockey League.

Playing career

Harding first played for the Adelaide Tigers of the South Australian Ice Hockey league in 2002.[1] The following year he moved to the Adelaide Blackhawks of the same league before joining the Adelaide Avalanche of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) for the start of the 2004 season.[2][3] He continued to play for the Avalanche until the end of the 2006 season in Australia before moving to the Netherlands to play for the Heerenveen Flyers of the Dutch Eredivisie.[3][4] After the 2006-07 season in the Netherlands he returned to Australia to play for the Avalanche in the 2007 AIHL season. Harding then signed with FPS of the Finnish Suomi-sarja for the 2007-08 season, playing 34 games and scoring seven points.[3] He rejoined the Avalanche for his fifth season in the AIHL and continued to play for the team until the Avalanche folded operations.[3] Following the dissolution of the Avalanche Harding rejoined the newly formed Adelaide Adrenaline for the 2009 season.[3] In 2010 he played for both the Adelaide Adrenaline and the Adelaide Blackhawks and continued to play for both teams in 2011.[3][5] Harding was also named the Adrenaline's alternate captain.[3]

Harding was first called up to represent Australia in 2002 where he joined the national under-18 team to compete at the 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship being held in Auckland, New Zealand. Australia finished second behind China and Harding scored nine points over the five games.[6] The following year he again played for the under-18 team to compete in the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A tournament being held in Mexico City, Mexico. Australia won the tournament, gaining promotion to Division II for the following year.[7] In 2004 Harding moved up to the national under-20 team to compete in the 2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III tournament which Australia went on to win after winning all five of their games.[8] Harding again competed in the under-20 for the World U20 Championships the following year before joining the senior national team in 2006 to compete in the 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B tournament being held in Auckland, New Zealand.[9] Australia finished third behind China and South Korea men's national ice hockey team.[10] Harding represented Australia again at the World Championships again in the 2007 Division II Group B tournament, 2008 where he helped Australia again promotion to Division I, and in the 2009 Division I Group A tournament in which Australia were relegated back to Division II for the following year.[11][12][13] In 2012 Harding returned to the Australian senior team to compete in the 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B tournament being held in Krynica, Poland. Australia finished last and were relegated to Division II Group A for the following year while Harding two points during his five games.[14]

Personal life

Harding was born on 27 August 1985 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.[3]

Career statistics

Joshua Harding
Medal record
Competitor for  Australia
Ice hockey
IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships
2002 Auckland
IIHF World U18 Championship
2003 Mexico City Division III Group A
IIHF World U20 Championship
2004 Sofia Division III
Ice Hockey World Championships
2006 Auckland Division II Group B
2007 Seoul Division II Group B
2008 Newcastle Division II Group B
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004 Adelaide Avalanche AIHL 15 1 2 3 10 — — — — —
2005 Adelaide Avalanche AIHL 23 2 13 15 14 — — — — —
2006 Adelaide Avalanche AIHL 23 3 11 14 20 — — — — —
2006-07 Heerenveen Flyers Dutch Cup 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2006-07 Heerenveen Flyers Eredivisie 20 3 8 11 4 6 0 3 3 2
2007 Adelaide Avalanche AIHL 16 3 10 13 40 — — — — —
2007-08 FPS Suomi-sarja 34 2 5 7 22 — — — — —
2008 Adelaide Avalanche AIHL 9 3 4 7 16 — — — — —
2009 Adelaide Adrenaline AIHL 21 1 20 21 24 2 0 2 2 2
2010 Adelaide Adrenaline AIHL 26 7 23 30 47 — — — — —
2010 Adelaide Blackhawks A Grade 7 11 11 22 12 — — — — —
2011 Adelaide Adrenaline AIHL 28 4 14 18 54 1 0 2 2 0
2011 Adelaide Blackhawks A Grade 3 3 4 7 4 — — — — —
International
Year Team Comp   GP G A Pts PIM
2002 Australia U/18 2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship 5 6 3 9 2
2003 Australia U/18 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A 3 0 2 2 4
2004 Australia U/20 2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III 5 1 2 3 29
2005 Australia U/20 2005 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B 5 0 3 3 20
2006 Australia 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B 5 0 1 1 2
2007 Australia 2007 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B 4 1 1 2 2
2008 Australia 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B 5 1 0 1 2
2009 Australia 2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A 5 0 0 0 4
2012 Australia 2012 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B 5 1 1 2 0

References

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