David Jacobs has been the top uncommitted 2001-born prospect in New England for more than a year. Tuesday night, the Needham, Mass., native committed to play college hockey at Princeton. Jacobs, a late ’01, is a senior at Nobles. In addition to prep hockey, he’s played split-season hockey for the Junior Eagles and Neponset Valley...
David Jacobs has been the top uncommitted 2001-born prospect in New England for more than a year. Tuesday night, the Needham, Mass., native committed to play college hockey at Princeton.
Jacobs, a late ’01, is a senior at Nobles. In addition to prep hockey, he’s played split-season hockey for the Junior Eagles and Neponset Valley River Rats. As a junior at Nobles in 2019-20, Jacobs racked up 15 goals and 30 assists in 45 points. That performance came on the heels of 32 points as a sophomore and nine as a repeat freshman the year before.
Jacobs was part of a superb trio on Nobles’ top line in 2019-20. He joins fellow winger Jack Cronin in committing to the Tigers, while their center, Casey Severo, is committed to Harvard. Brian Day’s team lost to Avon Old Farms in the NEPSAC Elite 8 Tournament quarterfinals.
Jacobs always has been on the smaller side, but he’s always excelled in terms of his hockey sense. His offensive instincts are part of his game that have always been there. The biggest difference between his sophomore and junior seasons was his added strength and explosiveness.
Last fall with the Junior Eagles 18-U, Jacobs started to show an ability to beat defenders wide and the willingness and power to drive the net and get to the dirty areas. Jacobs is a solid athlete who also is a standout on the lacrosse field.
Jacobs hasn’t been viewed much this fall, as he’s too old to play 18-U hockey in the region like most seniors in prep hockey. However, Princeton’s staff felt comfortable in committing the right wing off his body of work. Several other ECAC Hockey and Hockey East schools had shown varying degrees of interest in Jacobs.
With Jacobs off the market, defensemen Kevin MacKay and Eamon Doheny rise to the top of New England’s list of top uncommitted ’01s. Cade Destefani of the Janesville Jets is now the top uncommitted ’01 forward in the region.
Brown lands AJHL center
Brown University received a commitment from ’01 center Lynden Grandberg, it was announced on Monday. Grandberg is in his second season with the Camrose Kodiaks in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
In two games this season, he has a goal and an assist while racking up 10 penalty minutes. In 60 games last season, the Calgary, Alberta, native scored 16 goals and 20 assists in 60 games. Impressively, seven of his 23 points came in seven playoff games.
