Ron Graves and Monica Brennan welcomed Graves in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, on May 21, 1995. Nathan MacKinnon was his boyhood ice hockey opponent.
Childhood buddies. Height made Graves clumsy in Nova Scotia junior hockey. His strength and shot-blocking impressed Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association coaches. His parents, Cabbagetown police detective Henry Graves and Lynda Graves resided in North York, Toronto. Graves has two older sisters, Richenda and Lynette, and an adopted brother, Mark. 40 Graves children were fostered. Violet’s four kids. Oakville, Ontario.
