Avalanche Acquires Defenseman Ryan Graves from New York Rangers
February 26, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
San Antonio Rampage News Release
DENVER, Colo. (Feb. 26, 2018) - The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club today announced that the club has acquired defenseman Ryan Graves from the New York Rangers in exchange for defenseman Chris Bigras.
Graves, 22, is in his third season with the Rangers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, where he has 11 points (4g/7a) in 57 games this year while serving as an alternate captain. He has totaled 62 points (21g/41a) in 207 career AHL contests, all with Hartford. The Yarmouth, Nova Scotia native registered 30 points (8g/22a) in 76 games with the Wolf Pack in 2016-17, tied for first among the team's blueliners in goals, assists and points.
A fourth-round pick of the Rangers in the 2013 NHL Draft (110th overall), Graves played four seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the Prince Edward Island Rocket (2011-13), Charlottetown Islanders (2013-14), Val-d'Or Foreurs (2013-14) and Quebec Remparts (2014-15), accumulating 86 points (25g/61a) in 245 QMJHL games. The 6-foot-5, 226-pound blueliner helped Val-d'Or to the President's Cup as QMJHL playoff champions and a Memorial Cup berth in 2013-14. He returned to the Memorial Cup the following season as a member of the Remparts, ranking second among team defensemen with five points (2g/3a) in the tournament to earn all-star honors.
The Silver and Black continue their annual Rodeo Road Trip when they travel to California to take on the San Diego Gulls on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 9 p.m. at the Valley View Casino Center. San Antonio will play its next two games on the road before returning to the AT&T Center on March 2 to host the Chicago Wolves for the 15th annual Rampage Military Appreciation Night, presented by Grunt Style. Season tickets for the 2018-19 campaign are available and can be purchased by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at SARampage.com. The 2017-18 season is presented by H-E-B and Wells Fargo.
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