Raffi Torres
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Raphael "Raffi" Torres (b. 8 October, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League who has played for the New York Islanders and who currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers.
Playing career
Torres was drafted in the 1st Round, 5th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Torres decided to pursue his hockey career through the ranks of the OHL rather than playing university or college hockey. Thus, in his draft year, he was playing for the Brampton Battalion where he spent his entire major junior career. After one more year in Brampton Torres made the jump to the American Hockey League playing for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.Torres soon found himself in the NHL as the New York Islanders lost some players to injuries. This resulted in Torres getting callled up to the parent club. He split his first two years between Bridgeport in the AHL and the New York Islanders of the NHL. Mike Milbury later dealt him to the Edmonton Oilers along with Brad Isbister in exchange for defenceman Janne Niinimaa. Torres only played one full season for Edmonton before the NHL lockout, during which he played for Edmonton's farm team, the Edmonton Road Runners.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998-99 | Brampton Battalion | OHL | 62 | 35 | 27 | 62 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | Brampton Battalion | OHL | 68 | 43 | 48 | 91 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | ||
| 2000-01 | Brampton Battalion | OHL | 55 | 33 | 37 | 70 | 76 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | ||
| 2001-02 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 59 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 45 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | ||
| 2001-02 | New York Islanders | NHL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 49 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 54 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | New York Islanders | NHL | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 29 | ||
| 2003-04 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 80 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 65 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | Edmonton Roadrunners | AHL | 67 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 165 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 82 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| NHL Totals | 193 | 47 | 34 | 81 | 131 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||||
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