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Jake Paganelli

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-11
Weight:
175
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Verona, N.J.
High School:
Shattuck St. Mary's

Awards
ECAC All-Academic Team (2019-20)

2020-21: Named assistant captain ... Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20: ECAC All-Academic Team ... Skated in 30 games ... Finished sixth on team with 12 points ... Had three goals and nine assists ... Took 64 shots ... Scored at Dartmouth (11/9) ... Had game-tying goal against RPI (11/15) ... Dished out an assist at Colgate (11/22) ... Scored on the power play at Cornell (11/23) ... Tallied two assists at Brown (2/7) ... Had three helpers against St. Lawrence (2/14) ... Registered an assist at Union (2/21) ... Picked up two assists, including one on the OT winner at Dartmouth in Game Two of the ECAC Playoffs (3/7).

2018-19: Skated in 30 games and had one goal and nine assists ... Took 42 shots, blocked 17 and drew six penalties ... NCAA leader in face-off percentage winning 69.8 percent (44-19) ... Had an assist in a 7-1 win at Dartmouth on Nov. 2 ... Set up the game-winning goal in overtime versus No. 12 Union on Nov. 9 ... Tallied two assists including the game-winning assist in a 7-3 decision over Maine on Dec. 29 ... Earned an assist in a 3-2 loss to No. 20 Cornell on Jan. 4 ... Had an assist in a 4-2 win versus Harvard on Jan. 11 ... Added an assist in a 4-1 win over Yale on Feb. 9 ... Had an assist in at Rensselaer on Feb. 15 ... Scored a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win at Yale on March 1.

2017-18: Played in 34 games and had eight points on three goals and five assists ... Had 39 shots and blocked eight ... Had his first career point in his first game, an assist in a 4-2 win over Holy Cross on Oct. 29 ... Added another assist in a 6-2 win at Rensselaer on Nov. 11 ... Scored his first goal in a 4-1 win over Bemidji on Nov. 24 ... Scored in a 2-2 draw with No. 1 St. Cloud on Dec. 30 ... Tallied an assist in a 4-3 win over No. 3 Clarkson on Feb. 3 ... Chipped in an assist in a 7-2 victory over Rensselaer on Feb. 16 ... Scored in an 8-2 win over Brown in Game 1 of the ECAC first-round series and added an assist in Game 2.

Before Princeton: A 2015 graduate of Shattuck St. Mary's ... Spent 2016-17 in the USHL, starting the season with the Omaha Lancers before moving to the Fargo Force ... Tallied six points in 16 games with the Lancers and then played in 40 regular-season games with the Force, netting 28 points ... Played with the Austin Bruins (NAHL) in 2015-16, collecting 13 goals and 30 assists in 49 games while adding eight points in eight playoff games ... Bruin Rookie of the Year and was a USHL fourth-round draft pick ... As a senior at Shattuck he was the leading scorer of the Finland Hockey Showcase ... A tenth round pick in the NAHL draft ... Second on the team in points as a junior and drafted in the third round in the USHL ... Sabres were Minnesota District Champions twice ... Spent his freshman year at Verona High School ... Played on the varsity hockey team, led the team in scoring, captured Rookie of the Year honors and was selected to the USA National Festival.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Joseph Paganelli ... Parents are James (Montclair State '86) and Jayne (Montclair State '86) Paganelli ... James is Superior Court Judge and Jayne is in real estate states ... Has an older sister Courtney (Minnesota '16).