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| Alex Jefferies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Jefferies in 2024 | |||
| Born |
November 8, 2001 Framingham, Massachusetts, USA | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NHL team | New York Islanders | ||
| NHL draft |
121st overall, 2020 New York Islanders | ||
| Playing career | 2024–present | ||
Alex Jefferies (born November 8, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey left winger currently playing as a prospect to the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was an All-American for the Merrimack Warriors in 2023.[1]
Playing career
[edit]A native of Lunenburg, Jefferies played his early junior career with the local Islanders Hockey Club before he began attending The Gunnery in 2018. He led the prep team in scoring two years in a row and was able to earn a scholarship to Merrimack as an 18 year old. His freshman year he would be named to the Hockey East All-Rookie. Team Despite the end of the 2020 season being cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Islanders had seen enough from Jefferies to select him in the 4th round of the NHL draft.[2]
During the abbreviated Covid season, Jefferies played sparingly. While he only appeared in 12 games with the Warriors, he still was nearly a point per game player and finished 3rd on the team in scoring. His production slumped a bit during his sophomore season and though he did help the team post a winning record, the Warriors ended the year as a pedestrian club. It wasn't until his junior season that Jefferies began to demonstrate the talent that he had possessed before the pandemic. While nearly doubling his point total from the previous season, Jefferies led the Merrimack offense with 41 points and was a major reason for the program reaching the NCAA tournament for just the second time at the D-I level.[3] While their stay wasn't long, the stellar season earned Jefferies a spot on the All-American team and had Islander fans salivating over the prospect of him in a New York jersey.[4] Those hopes would have to wait, as Jefferies announced that he was returning to Merrimack for his senior season.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018–19 | The Gunnery | USHS-Prep | 31 | 27 | 30 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Dubuque Fighting Saints | USHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | The Gunnery | USHS-Prep | 32 | 33 | 36 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Merrimack College | HE | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Merrimack College | HE | 33 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Merrimack College | HE | 38 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Merrimack College | HE | 22 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Bridgeport Islanders | AHL | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Bridgeport Islanders | AHL | 59 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2025–26 | Bridgeport Islanders | AHL | 60 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 131 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Awards and honors
[edit]| Award | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| College | ||
| Hockey East All-Rookie Team | 2020–21 | [6] |
| All-Hockey East First Team | 2022–23 | [7] |
| AHCA East Second Team All-American | 2022–23 | [1] |
References
[edit]- 1 2 "2022-23 Men's CCM Hockey Division I All-Americans". ahcahockey.com. April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ↑ "NHL Draft: Isles select LW Alex Jefferies, RW William Dufour in 4th & 5th rounds". Lighthouse Hockey. October 7, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Merrimack Warriors men's Hockey 2018-19 Year-By-Year Results" (PDF). Merrimack Warriors. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ↑ "NY Islanders Prospect: Don't Sleep on Alex Jefferies". Eyes on Islanders. March 20, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Jefferies will return to Merrimack for senior season". The Mack Report. April 1, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Hockey East Names Men's Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ↑ "HOCKEY EAST NAMES 2022-23 MEN'S ALL-STAR TEAMS". Hockey East. March 10, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Alex Jefferies profile and statistics at TheAHL.com
- 2001 births
- Living people
- AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
- American men's ice hockey left wingers
- Bridgeport Islanders players
- Dubuque Fighting Saints players
- The Frederick Gunn School alumni
- Ice hockey players from Massachusetts
- Sportspeople from Framingham, Massachusetts
- Merrimack Warriors men's ice hockey players
- New York Islanders draft picks
- 21st-century American sportsmen