Jack Rathbone

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Jack Rathbone
Born (1999-05-20) May 20, 1999 (age 25)
West Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Buffalo Sabres
Vancouver Canucks
NHL draft 95th overall, 2017
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 2021–present

Jack Rathbone (born May 20, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Rathbone was drafted 95th overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks, with whom he began his NHL career. [1]

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Early life

Rathbone was born in West Roxbury, Massachusetts [2] to parents Jason and Beth. [3] His father was a draft pick of the New York Islanders in 1988 and coached him during his time with the Cape Cod Whalers. [4] Rathbone is also the oldest of three siblings, a brother and sister, and grew up a Boston Bruins fan. [3]

Playing career

Amateur

Growing up in Massachusetts, Rathbone played ice hockey for the Mass Midget Select League's Cape Cod Whalers and Dexter Southfield School. [2] During his first year with the U18 Whalers team, he recorded eight goals and 18 points which he superseded the following year by posting 16 goals and 35 points in 22 games. [5] Although Rathbone missed four weeks of the season due to a concussion, he was still considered a ALL-USA Player of the Year candidate. [6] Rathbone committed to play NCAA Division I ice hockey with the Harvard Crimson in 2015 [5] but chose to complete his education at Dexter rather than join the United States Hockey League (USHL) to remain closer to his family and autistic brother. [7]

Throughout the 2016–17 season, Rathbone split his time between the Whalers, Dexter, and Youngstown Phantoms in the USHL. He played four games with the Phantoms and recorded one assist. [8] During his senior year at Dexter, Rathbone was named captain and was ranked 57th overall by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau in their final ranking of North American skaters. [9] Prior to graduating, Rathbone was drafted 95th overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks. [10]

Collegiate

Rathbone joined the Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey team to compete in their 2018–19 season [11] and received the Don Parsons Memorial Scholarship in recognition of his "character, community service, leadership and academics." [12] As a freshman at Harvard, Rathbone skated in 33 games and finished the season with seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points. His first collegiate goal came against the Quinnipiac Bobcats on November 2, 2018, and he finished the year with a seven-game point-streak. [13] His seventh point in the same amount of games came during a loss against Clarkson which effectively knocked Harvard out of the ECAC playoffs. [14] As he completed the season second amongst league rookies in points, he was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team. [15]

Rathbone re-joined the Harvard Crimson for his sophomore year and recorded 31 points in 28 games as the season was cut short due to COVID-19. [13] Prior to the seasons' cancellation, Rathbone earned national recognition with an election to the First Team All-ECAC Hockey team [16] and AHCA All-American First Team. [17] Once the season was cancelled, Rathbone returned home and debated whether he should return to college or start his professional career. [3]

Professional

On July 14, 2020, Rathbone signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Canucks, thus concluding his collegiate career. [18] On May 6, 2021, Rathbone scored his first NHL goal in a 6–3 win against the Edmonton Oilers. [19]

On October 17, 2023, Rathbone was traded by the Canucks alongside Karel Plasek to the Pittsburgh Penguins, in exchange for Ty Glover and Mark Friedman. [20] He played out the remainder of the season with Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, registering 8 goals and 24 points through 67 regular season games.

As a free agent from the Penguins, Rathbone was signed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Buffalo Sabres on July 1, 2024. [21]

International play

Rathbone was named to Team USA to compete during the 2015 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament. [22] He recorded two goals in their final game against Germany to clinch first place at the tournament. [23]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2014–15 Dexter Southfield School USHS 31347——————
2015–16Dexter Southfield SchoolUSHS29111526——————
2016–17Dexter Southfield SchoolUSHS22161935——————
2016–17 Youngstown Phantoms USHL 40110—————
2017–18Dexter Southfield SchoolUSHS17111930——————
2018–19 Harvard University ECAC 33715228—————
2019–20 Harvard UniversityECAC287243116—————
2020–21 Utica Comets AHL 82792—————
2020–21 Vancouver Canucks NHL 81230—————
2021–22 Vancouver CanucksNHL90002—————
2021–22 Abbotsford Canucks AHL391030401520110
2022–23 Vancouver CanucksNHL111122—————
2022–23 Abbotsford CanucksAHL3759141262134
2023–24 Abbotsford CanucksAHL21012—————
2023–24 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL67816242121120
NHL totals282354—————

Awards and honors

AwardYear
USHS
(East) All-New England First Team2017
All-USA Hockey First Team2017
All-USA Hockey Second Team2018
College
ECAC All-Rookie Team 2019
ECAC First All-Star Team 2020 [24]
All-Ivy League First Team2020
New England D1 All-Stars2020
East First All-American Team2020
All-USCHO Second Team2020
AHL
All-Rookie Team 2022 [25]

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