JACOB TROUBA RUMORS & GOSSIP
Jets sign defenseman Jacob Trouba
The Winnipeg Jets signed defenseman Jacob Trouba to a contract on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old played 37 games with the University of Michigan during the 2012-13 season.
Trouba, from Rochester, Mich., had 12 goals, 17 assists and 88 penalty minutes in that span.
He was selected to the 2013 Central Collegiate Hockey Association's All-Rookie team determined by a vote of the conference...
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April 02, 2013
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Julie Robenhymer: Jets Sign Jacob Trouba to an ELC
Freshman defenseman for the University of Michigan, 2013 World Junior Champion for Team USA and named the tournaments best defenseman and 2012 1st round NHL Draft selection - 9th overall - Jacob Trouba has signed an entry level deal with the Winnipeg Jets.
Get excited hockey fans in Manitoba...this kids a stud. He is 6'2, 200 lbs of awesome on the blueline. Positionally sound...
Jon Merrill Leaves Michigan, Signs With New Jersey Devils; Jacob Trouba Next?
Jon Merrill has opted to forego his final season at the University of Michigan to sign with the New Jersey Devils, the team that selected him No. 38 overall in the 2010 NHL Draft. This per TSN’s Bob McKenzie on Wednesday morning.
Merrill will report to the Devils’ AHL affiliate in Albany for the remainder of the season, then presumably will have a shot to crack the NHL roster...
Jon Merrill, Jacob Trouba to Take ‘a Couple of Days’ Before Deciding on Futures
University of Michigan defenseman Jon Merrill, a New Jersey Devils draft pick, and Jacob Trouba, a draft pick of the Jets, must decide in the near future if they’ll jump ship from Ann Arbor to begin their pro careers.
From TSN’s Bob McKenzie:
WPG prospect Jacob Trouba, the Univ of Michigan D whose NCAA season ended Sun, taking a couple of days to decide if he should turn pro...
Jon Merrill, Jacob Trouba Paired for Michigan’s Game vs. Bowling Green
Michigan’s slumping hockey team will receive a huge boost on Tuesday night, with Jon Merrill set to make his regular-season debut. Merrill, who played in last Friday’s loss to the U.S. U-18 team, missed the first 19 games of the season with a cracked vertebra in his neck.
He’ll be paired on the blue line, for the game against Bowling Green, with recent World Juniors gold medalist...
Winnipeg Jets Have ‘No Plans to Sign’ Michigan Defenseman Jacob Trouba Right Now
Jacob Trouba just helped the United States claim gold at the World Junior Championships. Luckily for the struggling Michigan Wolverines, it appears that Trouba’s next step will bring him back to Ann Arbor.
With the NHL lockout all but over, the possibility arose that the Winnipeg Jets — who drafted Trouba No. 9 overall in last year’s draft — would try to sign the talented...
NCAA Hockey: Michigan defenseman Jacob Trouba destroys Northern Michigan Player (Video)
University of Michigan defenseman Jacob Trouba is built like a house (6’2″ 195 lbs) and when he hits people, it’s like a freight train. Unfortunately for Northern Michigan forward Reed Seckel (5’10″ 173 lbs), he never saw this freight train coming.The hit was a little bit high, as Trouba connected directly with Seckel’s head, and Trouba received a game misconduct and...
NEVER SAW IT COMING
Player demolished by vicious open-ice check
University of Michigan defenseman Jacob Trouba (6’2″, 195) is four inches taller and weighs 22 pounds more than Northern Michigan University’s Reed Seckel (5’10″, 173). And the difference is even greater when Trouba is going full steam and Seckel has his head down. Trouba steamrolled Seckel in last Friday’s game between the two clubs. As you can see in the video,...
Winnipeg Jets Prospect Jacob Trouba Delivers Devastating Open Ice Hit for Michigan Wolverines (Video)
Being the ninth-overall pick in the 2012 NHL draft, 18-year-old defenseman Jacob Trouba will be expected to one day serve as an intimidating presence for the Winnipeg Jets, but the hit that he recently dished out, well, that was just plain scary.
As a Northern Michigan forward attempted to move the puck up-ice, Trouba came out of nowhere and delivered a punishing blind-side hit that...
Michigan Daily kinda sorta maybe apologizes for Jacob Trouba story
Per both RedWingsFeed and the Detroit Free Press, the Michigan Daily posted…let’s say an interesting “clarification” regarding a story that resulted in a nasty lawsuit:
On June 28, 2012, The Michigan Daily published an online story reporting that Michigan Hockey recruit Jacob Trouba might not honor his commitment to play for the Wolverines this fall, as earlier announced...
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