Jeremy Bracco

Jeremy Bracco (born March 17, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with HC Sochi in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs, 61st overall, in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.[1][2]

Jeremy Bracco
Bracco with the Toronto Marlies in 2020
Born (1997-03-17) March 17, 1997
Freeport, New York, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams
HC Sochi
Toronto Marlies
KalPa
Krefeld Pinguine
Barys Astana
NHL Draft 61st overall, 2015
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2017present

Playing career

Bracco played high school hockey at Portledge School before joining the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (U.S. NTDP). As a member of the U.S. NTDP, he played the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons in the United States Hockey League (USHL). Bracco's outstanding play[3] was rewarded when he was invited to skate in the 2014 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game.[4]

Bracco committed to play the 2015–16 season with Boston College,[5] but left the college after 5 games to join the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL.[6]

After three seasons within the Maple Leafs organization, playing exclusively with AHL affiliate the Toronto Marlies, Bracco as an impending restricted free agent was not tendered a qualifying offer and was released to free agency.

On October 16, 2020, Bracco was signed to a one-year, two-way, league minimum contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.[7] After attending the Hurricanes training camp for the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, Bracco was unable to make the roster and was reassigned to AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. Prior to the beginning of the AHL season, having secured a lucrative offer abroad, Bracco was placed on unconditional waivers in order to mutually terminate his contract with the Hurricanes on January 26, 2021.[8] He was immediately announced to have signed a European contract for the remainder of the season with Finnish outfit KalPa of the Liiga.[9]

After spending the 2021–22 season in Germany with Krefeld Pinguine of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Bracco having been unable to help the club avoid relegation, left as a free agent.

On July 20, 2022, Bracco agreed to a one-year contract with Kazakh based KHL club, Barys Nur-Sultan, for the 2022–23 season.[10]

International play

Bracco competed as a member of Team USA at the 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships, where he assisted on the overtime game-winning goal to defeat Finland in the gold medal game.[11]

Career statistics

Bracco with Krefeld Pinguine (2022)

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010–11 Portledge School USHS 17 6 7 13 0
2011–12 Portledge School USHS 20 15 27 42 6
2012–13 Portledge School USHS 11 12 12 24 8
2012–13 New Jersey Rockets MetJHL 10 9 15 24 0
2012–13 New Jersey Rockets AtJHL 30 16 34 50 24 4 2 4 6 0
2013–14 U.S. NTDP Juniors USHL 34 9 28 37 10
2013–14 U.S. NTDP U17 USDP 54 16 58 74 20
2014–15 U.S. NTDP Juniors USHL 24 14 18 32 6
2014–15 U.S. NTDP U18 USDP 65 30 64 94 10
2015–16 Boston College HE 5 0 3 3 4
2015–16 Kitchener Rangers OHL 49 21 43 64 19 9 3 11 14 0
2016–17 Kitchener Rangers OHL 27 17 34 51 4
2016–17 Windsor Spitfires OHL 30 8 24 32 2 7 2 3 5 0
2017–18 Toronto Marlies AHL 50 6 26 32 10 4 1 0 1 0
2018–19 Toronto Marlies AHL 75 22 57 79 16 13 4 12 16 2
2019–20 Toronto Marlies AHL 44 4 30 34 2
2020–21 KalPa Liiga 24 2 15 17 0 4 0 2 2 0
2021–22 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 54 14 40 54 6
2022–23 Barys Astana KHL 59 14 26 40 4
AHL totals 169 32 113 145 28 17 5 12 17 2
KHL totals 59 14 26 40 4
Medal record
Representing  United States
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Canada
IIHF World U18 Championship
Gold medal – first place2015 Switzerland

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2014 United States U17 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 3 8 11 4
2015 United States U18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 3 10 13 2
2017 United States WJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 3 2 5 0
Junior totals 20 9 20 29 6

Awards and honours

Award Year
AtJHL
Rookie of the Year 2013
CHL
Memorial Cup (Windsor Spitfires) 2017
AHL
Calder Cup (Toronto Marlies) 2018 [12]
All-Star Game 2019 [13]
First All-Star Team 2019 [14]

References

  1. "Jeremy Bracco's journey from healthy scratch to Marlies mainstay - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca.
  2. "Maple Leafs' Jeremy Bracco sees healthy scratches as part of path to NHL - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca.
  3. Future Considerations. "Jeremy Bracco's size used to advantage ahead of 2015 Draft - Future Considerations". futureconsiderations.ca.
  4. "Jeremy Bracco plays with Jack Eichel at All-American Prospects Game". NHL.com.
  5. Chris Dilks. "Jeremy Bracco Switches Commitment to Boston College". SB Nation College Hockey.
  6. "Leafs pick Jeremy Bracco settles in with Kitchener Rangers". Yahoo Sports Canada. November 7, 2015.
  7. "Canes sign Bracco, Gust and Rempal to one-year contracts". Carolina Hurricanes. October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  8. Elliotte Friedman (January 26, 2021). "Jeremy Bracco placed on unconditional waivers". Twitter. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  9. "KalPa welcome Jeremy Bracco" (in Finnish). KalPa. January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  10. "Jeremy Bracco joins Barys" (in Russian). Barys Nur-Sultan. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  11. Chris Dilks. "U18 World Championships: Colin White's Golden Goal Leads US to OT Win". SB Nation College Hockey.
  12. "Marlies bring a hockey championship to Toronto, win Calder Cup". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  13. "Jeremy Bracco leads the Marlies into the AHL post-season, with higher goals in mind - The Star". thestar.com.
  14. "2018-19 American Hockey League First and Second All-Star Teams Named". OurSports Central. April 11, 2019.

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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