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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.〔(NYRangers.com Bio Page. )〕 == Playing career == 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 2nd, 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. "It was such an excellent team atmosphere", said Graves of his two years with the Oilers. "We were together as any group of guys in the league. Everyone felt that they were a part of the team- no one felt left out. Because of that, even if you had a small role on the team, you were happy. You were glad to be able to give whatever little you could to the team. You did everything you could. I have many wonderful memories in my two years with the Oilers. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the team". Adam Graves played two seasons for the Oilers, before becoming a free agent at the end of the 1990-91 campaign. He then signed with the New York Rangers, where he joined other former Edmonton Oilers teammates Mark Messier and Jeff Beukeboom. In his first season with the Rangers, he scored 26 goals, helping the team to a 105-point, Presidents' Trophy-winning season. Graves finished fifth in the voting for the Frank J. Selke Trophy for best defensive forward. His skilled performance in the 1991-92 campaign was marred, however, when in the Patrick Division Finals vs the Pittsburgh Penguins, he viciously chopped Mario Lemieux's left hand with his stick. Lemieux suffered a fractured bone in his hand, and would miss the Penguins' next five games. Lemieux complained afterward that Graves and Rangers coach Roger Neilson had "engineered a hit" on him, and Graves was ultimately suspended for what turned out to be the Rangers' final three playoff games before being eliminated by the Penguins. Although Graves' continued to improve in the 1992–93 season, tallying 36 goals and 65 points, the Rangers were unable to make the playoffs. During the 1993–94 season Graves scored 52 goals, setting a New York Rangers' franchise record for most goals in a season. (Jaromir Jagr would score 54 in 2005-06). In the spring of 1994, Graves helped the Rangers win their first Stanley Cup since the 1939–40 season. Graves was awarded a roster spot on the NHL's second All-Star Team at the position of left wing, and was the recipient of the King Clancy Memorial trophy in recognition of his continuing work with charitable causes. Adam Graves is one of the seven alumni of the Oilers dynasty to win the Stanley Cup with the 1993-94 New York Rangers, along with Jeff Beukeboom, Glenn Anderson, Kevin Lowe, Craig MacTavish, Mark Messier, and Esa Tikkanen. Graves remained productive during his tenure with the Rangers, being a consistent 20 to 30 goal scorer until the 1999-2000 campaign. Although the Rangers would not return to the hey-day of their 93-94 campaign, Adam Graves remained one of the team's most popular players. After winning the Bill Masterton Trophy in 2001, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks for Mikael Samuelsson and Christian Gosselin. Graves played with the Sharks organization for two years, tallying 49 total points, before announcing his retirement in April 2004. Graves is now an instructor at the New York Rangers youth hockey camp. Adam Graves won the NHL's most prized trophy and championship, The Stanley Cup, twice; in 1989–90 with the Edmonton Oilers and in 1993–94 with the New York Rangers. Graves also won a championship on the international level for his native Canada. In 1988 he was a member of the winning Canadian Junior team at the World Championships. In the tournament, Graves recorded 5 goals in 7 games. He was also given the honor to captain the 1993 World Championships in Munich, Germany. This time around Graves recorded 3 goals. Again in 1999, Graves represented Team Canada at the World Championships in Norway, scoring 7 points in 10 games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adam Graves」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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