Stevens agrees to terms with Railers

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester Railers Hockey Club, ECHL affiliate of the New York Islanders, announced that the club has signed defenseman Jake Stevens to a contract for the 2025-26 season.

Stevens comes to Worcester for his third professional season. The 28-year-old has 20 points (4g-16a) in 70 career ECHL games. Stevens spent the 2024-25 season between the Maine Mariners and Tahoe Knight Monsters, as well as the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs of the SPHL.

Prior to professional hockey, the Naperville, Illionis native played five seasons of college hockey between St. Lawrence University and Long Island University. Stevens was an ECAC champion with St. Lawrence during the 2020-21 season, where he assisted on the game-tying goal in the championship game against Quinnipiac with under four minutes to go in regulation. St. Lawrence went on to win in overtime, 3-2. In 149 collegiate games, he had 57 points (11g-46a) to go with 83 penalty minutes. Before his collegiate career, Stevens played in two seasons in the British Columbia Hockey League with the Victoria Grizzlies, where he was dubbed BCHL Top Defenseman for the 2016-17 season.