Jake McCabe
19  Jake McCabe
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Eau Claire, Wis.

High School:
Eau Claire Memorial

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 205

Position:
D

Prev. School/Team:
USA Hockey NTDP

03/14/2013

McCabe named third-team All-WCHA, 12 Badgers make all-academic team

Sophomore defenseman lone Badger named to all-league squad, while program-best 12 Badgers named WCHA All-Academic

01/05/2013

McCabe leads Team USA to gold medal at World Juniors

Team captain named to all-star team as U.S. defeats Sweden in gold medal match

01/03/2013

McCabe stars as Team USA reaches World Juniors gold medal game

UW sophomore scores first two goals, sets up third in 5-1 win over Canada in semis

01/02/2013

McCabe, USA advance to semifinals with win over Czech Republic

Rematch with Canada up for early Thursday morning

12/31/2012

McCabe, Team USA advance out of pool play at World Juniors

Team captain McCabe scores key goal, adds assist in win over Slovakia

Badger Bites
Shoots left ... born in October of 1993 ... parents are David and Mary ... has a brother, Andrew (24) and a sister, Katie (23) ... Andrew plays hockey for UW-Eau Claire ... attended Eau Claire Memorial High School ... graduated high school in three years ... skated with the U.S. National Team Development Program ... drafted in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round with the 44th overall pick ... major is undeclared

2012-13 / Sophomore Season
Invited to the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, Aug. 4-11 in Lake Placid, N.Y. for 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship

2011-12 / Freshman Season
Recorded his first point as a Badger on an assist against Minnesota Duluth (Dec. 9) ... scored first career goal, a game-winner, against RIT (Jan. 6) ... scored game-winning goal against RIT (Jan.7) ... named WCHA Rookie of the Week Jan. 10 ... primary assist on game-winning goal against Denver in WCHA playoffs (March 9) ... second-most points among all freshmen skaters

Before McCabe was a Badger
Won gold with Team USA at the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 World Championships ... collected four goals and 16 points in 46 games played with the U.S. National Under-18 Team in 2010-11 ... in 52 games with the U.S. NTDP U-17 team in 2009-10, recorded eight assists ... also collected one assist in one game with the U18 team in 2009-10 ... played for the U.S. team at the 2010 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, taking home the title ... played his freshman season for Eau Claire Memorial, posting 22 points in 23 games ... played in 2009 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament in Fussen, Germany ... also skated for Team Wisconsin

Overall Statistics
Season GP G A Pts. SOG P-PIM PPG SHG GWG
2011-12 26 3 9 12 33 6-12 2 0 2
Totals 26 3 9 12 33 6-12 2 0 2
WCHA Statistics
Season GP G A Pts. SOG P-PIM PPG SHG GWG
2011-12 19 1 7 8 24 3-6 0 0 0
Totals 19 1 7 8 24 3-6 0 0 0

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CAREER HIGHS
GAME
Goals: 1 (3x), last vs. Alaska Anchorage, 1/20/12
Assists: 2 vs. Minnesota State, 1/13/12
Points: 2 vs. Minnesota State, 1/13/12
Point Streak: 3, 1/6-13/12
Multi-point Games: 1
Overtime Goals: None

SERIES
Goals: 1 (3x), last vs. Alaska Anchorage, 1/20-21/12
Assists: 2 (2x), last vs. Denver, 3/9-11/12
Points: 2 (2x), last vs. Denver, 3/9-11/12