Jacob Gaucher
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2001)
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Jacob Gaucher (born March 9, 2001) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).[1]
Playing career
Gaucher played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with Val-d'Or Foreurs and Baie-Comeau Drakkar before signing his first professional contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League on October 3, 2022.[2]
Continuing for a third season within the Phantoms organization, Gaucher signed a one-year AHL contract on August 8, 2024.[3] During the 2024–25 season, Gaucher was signed a two-year entry-level NHL contract with the Phantoms' affiliate, the Philadelphia Flyers on December 12, 2024.[4]
Gaucher later received his first recall by the Flyers and made his NHL debut in a 3-0 defeat to the Colorado Avalanche on February 2, 2025.[5]
Personal life
Gaucher's brother, Nathan Gaucher, was drafted in the first round of the 2022 NHL entry draft by the Anaheim Ducks.[3]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2017–18 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 68 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 62 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Val-d'Or Foreurs | QMJHL | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 2021–22 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar | QMJHL | 66 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 71 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 2023–24 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 59 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 70 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| AHL totals | 129 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 65 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||