Jackson LaCombe

LaCombe Jackson, Snuggerud Jimmy, Cooley Logan, celebration, Knies Matthew

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Position:
Defense
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Eden Prairie, Minn.
High School:
Shattuck-St. Mary's
Previous Team:
Chicago Steel (USHL)
NHL Rights:
Anaheim (2019)
Major:
Business and Marketing Education

PRONUNCIATION

• Signed two-year, entry-level NHL contract with the Anaheim Ducks on April 10, 2023
• Made NHL debut April 11, 2023
• 12th in Gopher history for assists by a defenseman (80)
• Tied for 13th in Gopher history for points by a defenseman (99)

2022-23 | SENIOR
NCAA Fargo Regional All-Tournament Team
All-Big Ten Second Team
Big Ten First Star of the Week (Jan. 24)
• Served as an alternate captain and appeared in 37 of the team's 40 games, missing three due to injury
• Fourth-highest scoring blue liner in the NCAA this year as his 35 points were a career high
• More than doubled his previous career best for goals with nine on the year, including five over his final 15 outings, and buried two goals on the power play
• Ranked third on the team with 26 assists, one shy of his career high
• Recorded eight games with multiple points, including a pair of three-point performances that tied a career best
• Tallied at least one point in 25 of 37 games played and finished with a plus-12 rating
• Gophers held a 19-5-1 record when he registered a point and a 7-1-1 mark when he scored a goal
• Posted four points during a weekend series with Michigan (Jan. 20-21) and earned Big Ten First Star of the Week honors for the first time in his career thanks to that effort
• Shined against the nation's best with 20 points in 18 outings versus a team ranked in the top 10
• Started the season on a career-best, nine-game point streak from Oct. 1 to Nov. 4
• Led the team with 11 blocked shots in four games at the NCAA Tournament, closing the year with 53, the third-most for the team
• Part of the Gophers runner-up finish at the 2023 NCAA Frozen Four and a Big Ten Conference regular season championship
• Earned fourth letter and served as an alternate captain

2021-22 | JUNIOR
NCAA Northeast Regional All-Tournament Team
All-Big Ten Second Team
Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• Skated in all 39 games as a junior for the Gophers
• Recorded new career highs of 30 points and 27 assists, while adding three goals
• Led Minnesota with 27 assists, 64 blocked shots (also a new career high) and a +23 rating
• Paced Minnesota's defense corps in scoring
• Helped the Gophers win the 2021-22 Big Ten Regular-Season Championship and advance to the NCAA Frozen Four for the first time since 2014
• Team was 3-0-0 when he scored a goal and 14-7-0 when he registered a point
• Set a career-long point streak of five games from Feb. 19 to Mar. 19
• Scored his first career game-winning goal and added an assist in a 6-4 win at Penn State (Feb. 19)
• Posted eight multi-point games and tied his career high with three points, all assists, in an 8-0 win over Wisconsin (Feb. 26)
• Earned third letter

2020-21 | SOPHOMORE
Second Team All-American
All-Big Ten First Team
Big Ten Third Star of the Week (Feb. 2)
• Skated in 27 games as a sophomore for the Gophers
• Recorded a career high for goals with four to go with 17 assists for 21 total points
• Led all Big Ten defensemen with 21 points
• Paced the Gophers with two shorthanded goals and tied for the team lead with 17 assists
• Minnesota was 3-1-0 when he scored a goal and 12-1-0 when he tallied a point
• Factored into the deciding goal in seven of the 20 wins he was on the ice for
• Notched a career-high three points on two occasions, bookending a career-long four-game point streak that also saw the defenseman score a shorthanded goal in back-to-back games
• Earned second letter
• Missed four games while helping the U.S. National Junior Team win a gold medal at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship

2019-20 | FRESHMAN
Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Skated in all 37 games as a freshman
• Tallied 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) in his first year with the Gophers
• Led all Big Ten freshman defenseman with 61 blocked shots and finished second among the group in scoring
• Made his collegiate debut in the season opener at Colorado College (Oct. 11)
• Tallied his first career points with two assists, including one on the game winner, against Niagara (Oct. 18)
• Notched an assist in a season-best three-straight games from Nov. 22 - Nov. 28
• Added two assists against Ohio State (Jan. 24) as the team went 2-0-0 when he recorded multi-point performances
• Scored goals in back-to-back games for the first time in his career (Feb. 22 and 28)
• The 2019-20 season ended on March 12, 2020, when the Big Ten and NCAA announced they were ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public health concerns as Minnesota prepared for the Big Ten tournament semifinals
• Earned first letter

JUNIORS/HIGH SCHOOL
• Spent four years at Shattuck-St. Mary's including two seasons on the school's prep team
• Set a school record for points by a defenseman with 89 points (22 goals, 67 assists) in 2018-19
• A 2018-19 All-USA Boys Hockey First Team selection
• Also spent time with the Chicago Steel in the USHL during the 2018-19 season, playing in three regular-season games and two Clark Cup playoff contests
• Tallied 49 points (five goals, 44 assists) in 55 prep games at Shattuck-St. Mary's during the 2017-18 season
• Helped SSM capture the 2016 USA Hockey Youth Tier I 14 U National Championship

INTERNATIONAL
• Won a gold medal with the U.S. National Junior Team at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton along with fellow Gophers Brock Faber and Ryan Johnson
• Skated on the 2018 U.S. Under-18 Men's Select Team at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup

PERSONAL
• Son of Chris and Sandy LaCombe
• Has one brother (James) and two sisters (Stina, Steph)
• Selected in the second round (39th overall) of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft by the Anaheim Ducks -- Minnesota's highest draft pick by the organization