Jacob de la Rose

Jacob Waldemar de la Rose (born 20 May 1995) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a forward for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL). He was selected in the second round, 34th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2013 NHL entry draft. De la Rose has also previously played for the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues.

Since 2010, de la Rose has played for the Swedish national teams at the junior levels, winning silver medals at the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships and the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[1]

On 19 March 2019, de la Rose was sent to hospital with an accelerated heartbeat. It was the second time he'd suffered such an episode during the season. The previous event occurred during the 2018-19 NHL preseason while he was a member of the Montreal Canadiens. After the second episode, he was shut down for the remainder of the season and underwent a surgical procedure on his heart in April to correct the problem. He reported for training camp with the Red Wings in September 2019 - prepared to return to regular play.[2]

Playing career

De la Rose was selected in the second round, 34th overall, at the 2013 NHL entry draft by the Montreal Canadiens. Montreal had acquired the draft pick as the result of a trade occurring on 27 February 2012 that sent Andrei Kostitsyn to the Nashville Predators in return for this pick and the cancellation of another fifth-round pick that they had previously given to Nashville in a trade involving Hal Gill ten days earlier, on 17 February.[3] Before being drafted, de la Rose was the seventh-ranked European skater by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's 2013 final draft scouting report; he was the tenth European picked.[4]

In 2013's European Import Draft, which took place on 3 July, the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) chose de la Rose 11th overall.[5] Though Spitfires General Manager Warren Rychel believed that de la Rose would immediately make the transition to North American major junior hockey, he ended up remaining in Sweden to fulfill the last year of his contract with Leksands IF.[6]

Professional

De la Rose played for Leksands IF from the 2011–12 season to the 2013–14 season. He played 87 games over that time, recording 25 points.[7] He became — and remains — good friends[8] with former Leksand teammate Filip Forsberg, who was also his two-time World Junior captain with Sweden.[9]

In the 2014–15 season, de la Rose made the transition to North America and began his Canadiens career in the American Hockey League (AHL) with their affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs. He scored his first AHL goal on Joni Ortio in a 4–3 loss against the Adirondack Flames.[10] De la Rose registered his first NHL point in his fifth NHL game on 12 February 2015, an assist on a Christian Thomas goal, which coincidentally happened to be his first NHL goal.[11]

De la Rose began the 2018–19 season on the injury reserve list after suffering a cardiac episode following a pre-season game with the Canadiens. In his return to health, de la Rose was placed on waivers and claimed by the Detroit Red Wings on 17 October 2018. He scored his first goal as a Red Wing in a game against the Edmonton Oilers on 3 November 2018.[12] He would go on to play 60 games with Detroit, scoring three goals and six assists. On 19 March 2019, de la Rose stayed overnight in a hospital after suffering a cardiac episode during a game against the New York Rangers.[13] The following month, he underwent treatment to correct his accelerated heartbeat issue.[14]

On 6 November 2019, de la Rose was traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Robby Fabbri.[15] He appeared in 34 games for the club, recording 6 points. On 10 September 2020, the Blues re-signed de la Rose to a one-year, $700,000 contract extension.[16]

Following his seventh season in the NHL, de la Rose opted to return to Sweden as an impending unrestricted free agent, agreeing to a three-year contract with SHL club, Färjestad BK, on 1 June 2021.[17]

After claiming the Swedish Championship in his first season with Färjestad BK, de la Rose opted to leave the SHL and join Swiss club HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the NL for the 2022–23 season on 9 March 2022.[18]

International play

De la Rose represented the Swedish under-18 team, winning the silver medal during the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships. He also participated in the under-18 championships the following year, in which he captained the team to a fifth-place finish.

In addition to the 2013 under-18 tournament, de la Rose participated in the 2013 World Junior Championships earlier that year. The following year, he played in the 2014 World Junior Championships, held in his home country. In both years, the Swedes captured the silver medal.

De la Rose then served as Sweden's captain during the 2015 World Junior Championships where Sweden finished in fourth place, failing to win a medal.

Personal life

De la Rose's father, Anders, is a former ice hockey player and youth coach.[19][20] Playing from 1994 through 1996, Anders participated in 43 games and had 17 total points with the Arvika HC, formally of Sweden's Division 1 league.

De la Rose's older brother,[21]Erik, is playing as a defenceman for Vítkovice Ridera of the Czech Extraliga (ELH).[22] Jacob also has a sister, Matilda de la Rose.

In 2017, de la Rose purchased a five-year-old female Italian race horse named Trilly of Nando with friend and fellow hockey player Patric Skoglund, later adding Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators to the ownership group.[23]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2009–10Färjestad BKJ1830002
2009–10Färjestad BKJ18 Allsv3000070000
2010–11Leksands IFJ1816981714
2010–11Leksands IFJ18 Allsv14358860444
2010–11Leksands IFJ2021010
2011–12Leksands IFJ1833362
2011–12Leksands IFJ18 Allsv10004
2011–12Leksands IFJ2028491324
2011–12Leksands IFAllsv142028102024
2012–13Leksands IFJ2041450
2012–13Leksands IFAllsv38661231100112
2013–14Leksands IFJ2032132
2013–14Leksands IFSHL4976131830000
2014–15Hamilton BulldogsAHL37651111
2014–15Montreal CanadiensNHL3342612120004
2015–16St. John's IceCapsAHL34771418
2015–16Montreal CanadiensNHL220116
2016–17St. John's IceCapsAHL621417313841236
2016–17Montreal CanadiensNHL90004
2017–18Montreal CanadiensNHL55481229
2018–19Detroit Red WingsNHL6036916
2019–20Detroit Red WingsNHL161344
2019–20St. Louis BluesNHL34145650000
2020–21St. Louis BluesNHL130117
2021–22Färjestad BKSHL4761016261932539
2022–23HC Fribourg-GottéronNL491211231821012
SHL totals96131629442232539
NHL totals24213253884170004

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2011SwedenIH182nd place, silver medalist(s)50000
2012SwedenU174th61454
2012SwedenWJC182nd place, silver medalist(s)61234
2012SwedenIH183rd place, bronze medalist(s)522420
2013SwedenWJC2nd place, silver medalist(s)600022
2013SwedenWJC185th512329
2014SwedenWJC2nd place, silver medalist(s)73366
2015SwedenWJC4th72244
2018SwedenWC1st place, gold medalist(s)101120
2022SwedenOG4th60004
2024HC Fribourg-GottéronSpengler Cup1st place, gold medalist(s)43252
2026SwedenWC7th82130
Junior totals4710152589
Senior totals2864106

Awards and honours

AwardYearRef
SHL
Le Mat Trophy champion2022[24]
International
Spengler Cup All-Star Team2024

References

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  8. Jacob de la Rose [@JacobdelaRose] (3 November 2012). "Har man dålig skäggväxt får man ta till andra medel #Movember #Günter" (Tweet) via Twitter./photo/1
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  10. "Flames overcome Bulldogs". American Hockey League. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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  13. St. James, Helene. "Detroit Red Wings' Jacob de la Rose hospitalized after cardiac episode". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  14. Wakiji, Dana. "#RedWings Holland said de la Rose had his procedure and can come off blood thinners in July. But he is cleared to train and expected to be fine by camp". Twitter. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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  16. Pinkert, Chris (10 September 2020). "Blues sign de la Rose to one-year contract". St. Louis Blues. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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