Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ryan Graves is in his native Nova Scotia playing with some fellow “maritimers.” A couple of those maritimers are familiar to the Avs — Shane Bowers and, of course, our superstar Nathan MacKinnon.
Graves is fresh off of re-signing with the Avalanche organization. He had filed for arbitration, but he signed before it came even close to his hearing. (Read more here)
The 24-year-old defenseman is from a town about an hour away from Halifax. He spends most of his summer in Charlottetown, which is the capitol of Prince Edward Island.