One To Watch – Alex Graham
Name: Alex Graham
DOB: 06/01/2003
Height: 6’3”
Weight: 14st 13lbs
Nationality: British
Position: Left Wing
Shoots: Right
Tonight’s one to watch is a British forward with all the potential in the world, Alex Graham, he has been playing senior hockey with the various Sheffield teams since he was just 16 years old. Born in Sheffield he came up through the Bradford junior system before making the switch to Sheffield make his senior debut.
At the age of just 16 Graham made his debut foAr the Steeldogs who were playing in NIHL 1 at the time which was then the second tier of British ice hockey. In his first season with the team, he played in 13 games and scored 13 points which included 7 goals, for someone so young this was mightily impressive.
The following season the NIHL National was formed and Graham split his time between the Steeldogs in the new league and the Sheffield Steelers in the Elite League. He spent the majority of his time with the Steeldogs and scored an impressive 52 points in only 38 games, including 21 goals, this gave him a point per game of 1.4. In his games with the Steelers Graham found things much tougher but remember he wasn’t yet 18, in the 2019-20 season he played 8 games and scored a solitary goal.
During the pandemic interrupted season of 2020-21 Graham played with the Sheffield Steelers in the EIHL Streaming Series, he played 16 games in this series and scored 1 goal. With the resumption of play in front of crowds for the 2021-22 season Graham signed a two-way deal between the Sheffield Steelers and Sheffield Steeldogs. Throughout this year he has split his time fairly evenly between the two, in 20 games for the Steeldogs Graham has scored 30 points and with his 21 games with the Steelers he has scored 5 points.
It is worth noting that Graham has also enjoyed a stellar junior career with GB, in the 5 games he played with GB u-18s Graham scored 7 points. As things stand, he has played in two tournaments with GB u-20s, he still has one more year of eligibility as well. In these two tournaments Graham has played 10 games and scored 13 points. Throughout his whole junior international career Graham has scored at over a point per game.
