Jacob Trouba

Jacob Trouba
Date of birth	February 26, 1994
place of birth	Rochester , Michigan , USA
size	188 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	defender
number	#8th
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2012 , 1st round, 9th position Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
2010–2012	US National Team Development Program
2012-2013	University of Michigan
2013-2019	Winnipeg Jets
since 2019	New York Rangers

Jacob Ryan Trouba (born February 26, 1994 in Rochester , Michigan ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League since June 2019 and plays there in the position of defender . Previously, he was active for six seasons with the Winnipeg Jets .

Career

Trouba began his career as a hockey player in Detroit , where he played for the Detroit Compuware junior team . For the 2010/11 season, the defender was invited to the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and completed 31 games for the team in the United States Hockey League in his debut season . In the following season he was the defender of his team with 18 points from 22 games.

In the 2012 NHL Entry Draft Trouba was considered one of the most promising talents and was ranked fifth of all available players in the International Scouting Services . He was eventually selected in ninth position by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round. For the 2012/13 season he moved to the University of Michigan and ran for the ice hockey team in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . There he scored 29 points in 37 games in his first season. Trouba was then appointed to the All-Rookie Team and the first All-Star Team of the CCHA and was named the best offensive defender in the division. After all, he was elected to the All-American team as the only freshman by the NCAA .

On April 2, 2013 Trouba signed a three-year entry-level contract with Winnipeg Jets . There he immediately succeeded in joining the team's NHL squad for the 2013/14 season . He played his first game at the season opener on October 1, 2013 against the Edmonton Oilers , where he was able to achieve both his first NHL goal and his first assist. After the defense attorney had fulfilled the contract by the summer of 2016, the restricted free agent categorically declined to continue with the Jets and asked to be transferred to another team. At the beginning of the 2016/17 season , Trouba was thus without a valid contract and initially suspended before agreeing on a two-year contract with the Jets at the beginning of November, which was temporarily extended for another year in summer 2018. Shortly before the contract expired, the defender was finally transferred to the New York Rangers in June 2019 , who gave Neal Pionk and a first-round right to vote in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft to Winnipeg. With the Rangers, the defender then signed a new seven-year contract, which should bring him an average annual salary of eight million US dollars.

International

Jacob Trouba first represented the USA during his time in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, where he played internationally for the U17, U18 and U20 teams. He made his debut at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2011 , which he finished with nine points from five games as the highest point defender in the USA and won the silver medal with his team. At the U18 Junior World Championships in 2011 and 2012 , he was again in the US squad and won the gold medal in both tournaments. In the same year he also took part in the U20 Junior World Championship , but this time missed a medal and finished the tournament with his team in seventh place.

At the U20 Junior World Championships in 2013 Trouba was assistant captain of the US selection and led his team with nine points in seven games to win the gold medal. He was then named to the tournament's all-star team and named best defender. He made his debut for the men's national team in the same year at the 2013 World Cup . There he was the youngest player in the American squad and eventually won the bronze medal with the team.

He was also part of the North America team at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey , where he had two missions.

Achievements and Awards

2011 USHL All-Star Game 2013 NCAA West First All-American Team 2013 CCHA All-Rookie Team

2013 CCHA First All-Star Team 2013 CCHA best attacking defender

International

2011 silver medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2011 gold medal at the U18 World Junior Championship 2012 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship 2013 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

2013 All-Star Team of the U20 Junior World Championship 2013 Best Defender of the U20 World Junior Championship 2013 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Trouba in the University of Michigan jersey

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2010/11	US National Team Development Program	USHL		31	3	4th	7th	31		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	US National Team Development Program	USHL		22nd	4th	14th	18th	35		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	University of Michigan	NCAA		37	12	17th	29	88
2013/14	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		65	10	19th	29	43		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		65	7th	15th	22nd	46		4th	0	2	2	2
2015/16	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		81	6th	15th	21st	62		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		60	8th	25th	33	54		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		55	3	21st	24	34		17th	2	1	3	17th
2018/19	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		82	8th	42	50	58		6th	0	1	1	4th
2019/20	New York Rangers	NHL		70	7th	20th	27	61		3	0	1	1	0
USHL total				53	7th	18th	25th	66		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				37	12	17th	29	88
NHL overall				478	49	157	206	358		30th	2	5	7th	23

International

Represented the USA at: World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2011 U18 Junior World Championship 2011 U20 Junior World Championship 2012 U18 Junior World Championship 2012

U20 Junior World Championship 2013 World Championship 2013 World Championship 2014 World Championship 2017

Represented team North America at: World Cup of Hockey 2016

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2011	United States	U17-WHC			5	2	7th	9	10
2011	United States	U18 World Cup			6th	1	0	1	0
2012	United States	U20 World Cup	7th place		6th	0	2	2	0
2012	United States	U18 World Cup			6th	1	2	3	8th
2013	United States	U20 World Cup			7th	4th	5	9	10
2013	United States	WM			7th	1	2	3	2
2014	United States	WM	6th place		4th	2	1	3	8th
2016	North America team	World cup	3rd place		2	0	0	0	0
2017	United States	WM	5th place		8th	1	2	3	2
Juniors overall					30th	8th	16	24	28
Men overall					21st	4th	5	9	12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Jacob Trouba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the New York Rangers website
• Jacob Trouba at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mike G. Morreale: NTDP defenseman Trouba commits to Michigan , NHL.com, Sept. 27, 2011
2. ^ Trouba Selected as a First Team All-American , University of Michigan, April 12, 2013
3. ^ Jets agree to terms with Jacob Trouba , Winnipeg Jets, April 2, 2013