JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Icemen, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres and the American Hockey League’s Rochester Americans, announced that the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Jack Van Boekel for the 2023-24 season.
Van Boekel joins the Icemen after registering five points (2g-3a) with 92 penalty minutes in 30 games with the Wheeling Nailers last season. The 27-year-old has totaled 20 points (5g-15a) with 227 penalty minutes in 75 career ECHL contests the past two seasons in stints with the Nailers, Cincinnati Cyclones and Idaho Steelheads.
Prior to this professional career, Van Boekel played three seasons at the University of Windsor (2017-20) where he totaled seven points with 222 penalty minutes in 55 games. From 2014-2017, the Cambridge, Ontario resident logged 30 points (2g-28a) and 313 penalty minutes in 149 career games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
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