GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – The Adirondack Thunder, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils and American Hockey League’s Utica Comets, have announced that the club has signed defenseman Jacob Graves to a contract for the 2025-26 season.
Graves, 30, joins the Thunder after playing 51 games last season with the South Carolina Stingrays, where he served as the team’s captain. The Barrie, Ontario native recorded 13 points (3g-10a) and helped the Stingrays capture the Brabham Cup, which is awarded annually to the ECHL team that finishes with the best record in the regular season.
In a total of 378 regular-season ECHL games with Cincinnati, Quad City, Norfolk, Reading, Florida, Wichita, Atlanta, Fort Wayne, Toledo and South Carolina, Graves has 85 points (14g-71a) and 757 penalty minutes.
Graves has played in 42 regular-season American Hockey League games with the Cleveland Monsters and has eight points and 58 penalty minutes.
Prior to his professional career, Graves played in the Ontario Hockey League for Mississauga, Kingston, Oshawa and London and helped the Knights win an OHL championship and Memorial Cup title in 2015-16.
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