New Jersey Devils‘ 2nd round pick in the 2014 draft (#41 overall) third year defenseman Josh Jacobs(8) earns a first recall and scores his first NHL game.
The 6’2″ 200 lbs. blue liner played a very healthy 19 shifts for 14:54 ice time with 1 shot, 2 hits, 1 play break up, 3 giveaways and left a 5-1 drubbing with a -1 rating.
Not bad for a guy that played an ECHL game as a rookie.
He’s currently in the final year of his entry level deal, so it makes sense to have a look.
Taking a pretty interesting path up to pros, he played two years in the USHL with Indiana Ice before committing to close to home Michigan State University but that lasted just a year before he signed with Sarnia Sting, who drafted him back in 2012.
He has a career high 3 goals in 60 AHL games with affiliate Binghamton Devils but is off his assists best set last year of 15.
Seems like he could sign a conservative short extension to continue in the prospect system and the 23 year old will likely compete hard in training camp for a spot.