Fuel add rookie forward Jenkins

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indy Fuel, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks and the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs, announced that they have agreed to terms with forward Jack Jenkins for the 2019-20 season.

Jenkins, 24, signs with the Fuel after attending the University of Notre Dame. In four seasons with the Fighting Irish, Jenkins tallied 42 points (15g-27a) in 144 NCAA contests, serving as an alternate captain during his senior season. Jenkins was part of an Irish team that won a Big Ten regular-season championship in 2017-18 as well as back-to-back Big Ten Hockey Conference championships in 2017-18 and 2018-19.

Before his time at Notre Dame, Jenkins played three seasons in the United States Hockey League, spending his first two seasons with the Des Moines Buccaneers and splitting his final season between the Bloomington Thunder and the Fargo Force, tallying 84 points (27g-57a) and adding 89 penalty minutes in 174 career games.