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'''Joshua Harding''' (born 27 August 1985) is an Australian ice hockey player currently playing for the [[Adelaide Adrenaline]] in the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]].

==Playing career==
Harding first played for the Adelaide Tigers of the South Australian Ice Hockey League in 2002.<ref name="2002AOJROSTER">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/Ao18I/gs/pg000036.htm | title=2002 IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship Div I Team Roster | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> The following year he moved to the Adelaide Blackhawks of the same league before joining the [[Adelaide Avalanche]] of the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]] (AIHL) for the start of the 2004 season.<ref name="2003U18ROSTER">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/scripts/rosters/pg000028.htm | title=2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III Group A Team Roster | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="ELITEPROSPECTS">{{cite web | url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=10989 | title=Joshua Harding | publisher=Elite Prospects | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> He continued to play for the Avalanche until the end of the 2006 season in Australia before moving to the [[Netherlands]] to play for the [[Heerenveen Flyers]] of the Dutch [[Eredivisie (ice hockey)|Eredivisie]].<ref name="ELITEPROSPECTS"/><ref name="EUROHOCKEY">{{cite web | url=http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=111198 | title=Joshua Harding (AUS) | publisher=Eurohockey.net | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> After the 2006-07 season in the Netherlands he returned to Australia to play for the Avalanche in the [[2007 AIHL season]]. Harding then signed with [[FPS (ice hockey)|FPS]] of the Finnish [[Suomi-sarja]] for the 2007-08 season, playing 34 games and scoring seven points.<ref name="ELITEPROSPECTS"/> He rejoined the Avalanche for his fifth season in the AIHL and continued to play for the team until the Avalanche folded operations.<ref name="ELITEPROSPECTS"/> Following the dissolution of the Avalanche Harding rejoined the newly formed [[Adelaide Adrenaline]] for the 2009 season.<ref name="ELITEPROSPECTS"/> In 2010 he played for both the Adelaide Adrenaline and the Adelaide Blackhawks and continued to play for both teams in 2011.<ref name="ELITEPROSPECTS"/><ref name="POINTSTREAK">{{cite web | url=http://www.pointstreak.com/players/playerpage.html?playerid=4892048&seasonid=7026 | title=Joshua Harding | publisher=Pointstreak Sports Technologies | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Harding was also named the Adrenaline's [[alternate captain]].<ref name="ELITEPROSPECTS"/>

Harding was first called up to represent Australia in 2002 where he joined the [[Australia men's national under-18 ice hockey team|national under-18 team]] to compete at the [[2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship]] being held in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. Australia finished second behind [[China men's national under-18 ice hockey team|China]] and Harding scored nine points over the five games.<ref name="2002AOJ">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/Ao18I/0102/pg000001.htm | title=2002 IIHF Asian Oceania U18 Championship Div I | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> The following year he again played for the under-18 team to compete in the [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A]] tournament being held in [[Mexico City]], Mexico. Australia won the tournament, gaining promotion to Division II for the following year.<ref name="2003U18">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0203/W18IIIA/0203/tournaments/W18IIIA.htm | title=2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Div III Group A | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> In 2004 Harding moved up to the [[Australia men's national junior ice hockey team|national under-20 team]] to compete in the [[2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III]] tournament which Australia went on to win after winning all five of their games.<ref name="2004U20">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments/output/W20III/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=13 | title=2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Div III | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Harding again competed in the under-20 for the World U20 Championships the following year before joining the [[Australia men's national ice hockey team|senior national team]] in 2006 to compete in the [[2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B]] tournament being held in Auckland, New Zealand.<ref name="2005U20">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/w20iib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000026 | title=2005 IIHF World U20 Championship Div II Group B | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Australia finished third behind [[China men's national ice hockey team|China]] and [[South Korea men's national ice hockey team]].<ref name="2006IIHF">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=52 | title=2006 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Harding represented Australia again at the World Championships again in the [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B|2007 Division II Group B tournament]], [[2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B|2008]] where he helped Australia gain promotion to Division I, and in the [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A|2009 Division I Group A tournament]] in which Australia were relegated back to Division II for the following year.<ref name="harvest moon snes">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_07/output/wsiib/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=104 | title=2007 IIHF World Championship Div II Group B | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="2008IIHF">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/index.php?id=587 | title=2008 IIHF World Championship Div. II Group B | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="2009IIHF">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/division-i/group-a-statistics.html | title=Division I Group A: Statistics | publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2011-08-06 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> In 2012 Harding returned to the Australian senior team to compete in the [[2012 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B]] tournament being held in [[Krynica-Zdrój|Krynica]], Poland. Australia finished last and were relegated to Division II Group A for the following year while Harding scored two points during his five games.<ref name="2012WCD1B">{{cite web | url=http://www.iihf.com/competition/294/statistics.html | title=2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Div. I Group B| publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date= | accessdate=2012-04-29 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Harding was born on 27 August 1985 in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], Australia.<ref name="ELITEPROSPECTS"/>

==Career statistics==
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalSport | [[Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship|2002 Auckland]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF World U18 Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A|2003 Mexico City]]|Division III Group A}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IIHF World U20 Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III|2004 Sofia]]|Division III}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B|2006 Auckland]]|Division II Group B}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B|2007 Seoul]]|Division II Group B}}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B|2008 Newcastle]]|Division II Group B}}
{{MedalBottom}}

;Regular season and playoffs
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]] 
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]] 
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" 
! [[Season (sports)|Season]] 
! Team 
! League 
! GP 
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] 
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] 
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] 
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]] 
! GP 
! G 
! A 
! Pts 
! PIM 
|-
| [[2004 AIHL season|2004]] || [[Adelaide Avalanche]] || [[Australian Ice Hockey League|AIHL]] || 15 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 10 || — || — || — || — || —
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005 AIHL season|2005]] || Adelaide Avalanche || AIHL || 23 || 2 || 13 || 15 || 14 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2006 AIHL season|2006]] || Adelaide Avalanche || AIHL || 23 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 20 || — || — || — || — || —
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006-07 || [[Heerenveen Flyers]] || Dutch Cup || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2006-07 || Heerenveen Flyers || [[Eredivisie (ice hockey)|Eredivisie]] || 20 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 2
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007 AIHL season|2007]] || Adelaide Avalanche || AIHL || 16 || 3 || 10 || 13 || 40 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2007-08 || [[FPS (ice hockey)|FPS]] || [[Suomi-sarja]] || 34 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 22 || — || — || — || — || —
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008 AIHL season|2008]] || Adelaide Avalanche || AIHL || 9 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 16 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2009 AIHL season|2009]] || [[Adelaide Adrenaline]] || AIHL || 21 || 1 || 20 || 21 || 24 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010 AIHL season|2010]] || Adelaide Adrenaline || AIHL || 26 || 7 || 23 || 30 || 47 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 2010 || Adelaide Blackhawks || A Grade || 7 || 11 || 11 || 22 || 12 || — || — || — || — || —
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2011 AIHL season|2011]] || Adelaide Adrenaline || AIHL || 28 || 4 || 14 || 18 || 54 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0
|-
| 2011 || Adelaide Blackhawks || A Grade || 3 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 4 || — || — || — || — || —
|}

;International
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Comp
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 2002 || [[Australia men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Australia U/18]] || [[2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship]] || 5 || 6 || 3 || 9 || 2
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003 || Australia U/18 || [[2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A]] || 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
| 2004 || [[Australia men's national junior ice hockey team|Australia U/20]] || [[2004 IIHF World U20 Championship Division III]] || 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 29
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005 || Australia U/20 || [[2005 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B]] || 5 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 20
|-
| 2006 || [[Australia men's national ice hockey team|Australia]] || [[2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B]] || 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007 || Australia || [[2007 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B]] || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
|-
| 2008 || Australia || [[2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B]] || 5 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009 || Australia || [[2009 IIHF World Championship Division I Group A]] || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
|-
| 2012 || Australia || [[2012 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B]] || 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0
|}

==References==
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