JOHN GRAHAME

'John Gillies Mark Grahame' (born August 31, 1975, in Denver, Colorado) is a goaltender in the National Hockey League for the Carolina Hurricanes.
Grahame, drafted by the Boston Bruins, played for the Providence Bruins for the 1998-1999 season. He set an AHL record that year with 19 consecutive wins, and led them to a Calder Cup. His coach, Peter Laviolette, is his current coach with the Hurricanes.
Grahame was the backup goaltender for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004. He became Tampa Bay's starting goalie in the 2005-06 NHL season, but was criticized publicy by head coach John Tortorella after consecutive poor starts that contributed to the Lightning being eliminated in the first round of the Playoffs^[1].
Grahame signed a two-year, $2.8 million contract with the Hurricanes in July 2006. He is the son of former goaltender Ron Grahame. They are the only father-son goaltending combination to play for the same NHL team. His mother, Charlotte was a member of the front office of the 2001 Colorado Avalanche.

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1. Tortorella pulls Grahame after second, blasts own goalie's poor performance

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★ Grahame's Olympic Team bio

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★ The Goaltender profile

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★ Notable families in the NHL