WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester Railers Hockey Club, ECHL affiliate of the New York Islanders, announced that the club has signed forward Colin Jacobs to a contract for the 2024-25 season.
Jacobs, 31, signs in Worcester for his 12th professional season. The Coppell, Texas native has played in 436 professional games between the American Hockey League, ECHL and Europe. Jacobs joined the Allen Americans in December of 2023 from Herner EV 2007 of Germany. He had 15 points (7g-8a) to go with 65 penalty minutes in 39 games played for Allen. He had two goals in Allen's first round Kelly Cup Playoffs series against the Idaho Steelheads. In 275 career ECHL games, Jacobs has 118 points (49g-69a) to go with 479 penalty minutes.
Jacobs was drafted in the fourth round (107th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. All 46 of his AHL games were with the Rochester Americans. He played with Rochester in the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland in 2013. Previous stops for Jacobs in the ECHL include Elmira, Atlanta, Toledo, Wichita, Kalamazoo, Utah and Allen. While overseas, he spent time in Slovakia, Hungary, Norway and Germany from 2019-23.
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