Jacob Lucchini

BIOGRAPHY

Jake Lucchini was born May 9, 1995, in Trail, British Columbia. He is a forward in the NHL.

Lucchini played junior hockey for the Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) After junior, he played college hockey for Michigan Tech Huskies for four seasons. Lucchini was a member of two WCHA championship teams and co-captained the Huskies in his senior year. Not drafted by the NHL, he attended the Pittsburgh Penguins training camp in 2018 and was signed to an entry-level contract. He played two seasons for the Penguins' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

During the 2019–20 season, while with Wilkes-Barre, Lucchini was traded by the Penguins along with Joseph Blandisi to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Phil Varone and Riley Barber on February 20, 2020. He was immediately reassigned by the Canadiens and played for their AHL affiliate the Laval Rocket.

In 2021, after remaining with the Rocket on an AHL contract, he was later traded by Laval to the Ottawa Senators AHL affiliate Belleville Senators. He had what was considered a "breakout" season with Belleville, scoring 51 points (20 goals, 31 assists) in 72 games. As a free agent, he was signed to a one-year, two-way NHL contract with the Ottawa Senators on July 13, 2022, although he was later assigned to Belleville. During the 2022–23 season, Lucchini was called up to the NHL Senators and made his NHL debut on December 14, 2022, against the Canadiens.

He scored the first goal of his NHL career on January 1, 2023, against the Sabres.