Jacob Melanson
Canadian Ice hockey player (born 2003)
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Jacob Melanson (born April 22, 2003) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 131st overall by the Kraken in the 2021 NHL entry draft.[1]
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| Jacob Melanson | |||
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Melanson with the Coachella Valley Firebirds in 2024 | |||
| Born |
April 22, 2003 Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team | Seattle Kraken | ||
| NHL draft |
131st overall, 2021 Seattle Kraken | ||
| Playing career | 2023–present | ||
Playing career
Melanson played bantam hockey with the Truro Bearcats of the Nova Scotia Major Bantam Hockey League during the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons. He then joined the Weeks Major Midgets of the Nova Scotia U18 Major Hockey League while serving as an affiliated player for the Amherst Ramblers during the 2018–19 season.[2] Melanson was then selected 15th overall in the 2019 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League entry draft by the Quebec Remparts.[3]
Melanson then joined the Acadie–Bathurst Titan in the 2019–20 season. Melanson was then drafted by the Seattle Kraken in the fifth round, 131st overall, in the 2021 NHL entry draft. He stayed with the Titan until he was acquired by the Sherbrooke Phoenix during the 2022–23 season.[4] On July 13, 2022, Melanson signed a 3-year, entry-level contract with the Kraken.[5]
In a Kraken preseason game on September 26, 2022, against the Edmonton Oilers, Melanson received the first suspension in Kraken franchise history, with an illegal check to the head against Oilers forward James Hamblin with 2:42 remaining in the second period. He received a match penalty and was suspended two games.[6]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2016–17 | Truro Bearcats | NSMBHL | 33 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2017–18 | Truro Bearcats | NSMBHL | 31 | 44 | 32 | 76 | 76 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | Weeks Majors U-18 | NSU18MHL | 32 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | Amherst Ramblers | MHL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Quebec Remparts | QMJHL | 39 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | QMJHL | 18 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 2021–22 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | QMJHL | 54 | 35 | 21 | 56 | 85 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2022–23 | Acadie–Bathurst Titan | QMJHL | 27 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Sherbrooke Phoenix | QMJHL | 32 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | ||
| 2022–23 | Coachella Valley Firebirds | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Coachella Valley Firebirds | AHL | 62 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | ||
| 2024–25 | Coachella Valley Firebirds | AHL | 42 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2024–25 | Seattle Kraken | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||