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Josh Jacobs

Position:
D
Height:
6-2
Weight:
191
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Shelby Twp., Mich.

2014-15 Game-by-Game 2014-15 (Freshman): Voted to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team ... Named the team's Outstanding Rookie ... Appeared in all 35 games and had nine assists - second only to Travis Walsh among team defensemen ... Played the most minutes on the team ... Team leader in blocked shots with 72, which ranked second in the Big Ten ... Posted assists in three of the last six games ... Had assists in consecutive games vs. Ferris State (11/1) and New Hampshire (11/7) ... Assisted on Brent Darnell's power-play goal vs. Ohio State (1/24) ... Assisted on Matt Berry's power-play, and eventual game-winning goal vs. Wisconsin (3/6) ... Had an assists in two of the last three games of the season - vs. Michigan (3/13 and 3/20). Prior to MSU: Selected in the second round, 41st overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 2014 NHL Draft ... Produced 28 points (8-20) and was a plus-39 in leading the Indiana Ice to the 2014 Clark Cup title ... In 12 playoff games, Jacobs had three goals and two assists and was a plus-3 ... Was named a USHL First-Team All-Star ... Was ranked No. 43 on the 2014 list of North American draft-eligible prospects by NHL Central Scouting ... Jacobs had a 2-13-15 scoring line in 48 games in his first season with Indiana in 2012-13 ... One of 40 players selected to take part in the 2013 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game in Pittsburgh in September 2013 ... Played for Team USA at the World Junior A Challenge in Nova Scotia in the spring of 2014 ... Also represented Team USA at the 2012 Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria ... Played midget hockey for Honeybaked U16 in 2011-12, helping the squad to a state championship. Personal: Son of Mike and Jennifer ... Born Feb. 15, 1996 ... Names Nick Lidstrom as his favorite NHL player because how he carried himself on and off the ice ... Lists former youth coach Ryan Pardoski as his biggest hockey influence because he taught him the game "on and off the ice."