Jeremy Bracco

Jeremy Bracco (born March 17, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey forward who plays for Eisbären Regensburg of the DEL2. He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs, 61st overall, in the 2015 NHL entry draft.

Playing career Bracco played high school hockey at Portledge School and before joining the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (U.S. NTDP). As a member of the U.S. NTDP, he played the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons in the United States Hockey League (USHL). Bracco's outstanding play was rewarded when he was invited to skate in the 2014 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game.

Bracco committed to play the 2015–16 season with Boston College, but left the college after 5 games to join the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).

After three seasons within the Maple Leafs organization, playing exclusively with AHL affiliate the Toronto Marlies, Bracco as an impending restricted free agent was not tendered a qualifying offer and was released to free agency.

On October 16, 2020, Bracco was signed to a one-year, two-way, league minimum contract with the Carolina Hurricanes. After attending the Hurricanes training camp for the pandemic delayed 2020–21 season, Bracco was unable to make the roster and was reassigned to AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. Prior to the beginning of the AHL season, having secured a lucrative offer abroad, Bracco was placed on unconditional waivers in order to mutually terminate his contract with the Hurricanes on January 26, 2021. He was immediately announced to have signed a European contract for the remainder of the season with Finnish outfit KalPa of the Liiga.

After spending the 2021–22 season in Germany with Krefeld Pinguine of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Bracco having been unable to help the club avoid relegation, left as a free agent.

On July 20, 2022, Bracco agreed to a one-year contract with Kazakh-based KHL club, Barys Nur-Sultan, for the 2022–23 season.

International play Bracco competed as a member of Team USA at the 2015 IIHF World U18 Championships, where he assisted on the overtime game-winning goal to defeat Finland in the gold medal game.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2010–11 Portledge School USHS 17 6 7 13 0 — — — — — 2011–12 Portledge School USHS 20 15 27 42 6 — — — — — 2012–13 Portledge School USHS 11 12 12 24 8 — — — — — 2012–13 New Jersey Rockets MetJHL 10 9 15 24 0 — — — — — 2012–13 New Jersey Rockets AtJHL 30 16 34 50 24 4 2 4 6 0 2013–14 U.S. NTDP Juniors USHL 34 9 28 37 10 — — — — — 2013–14 U.S. NTDP U17 USDP 54 16 58 74 20 — — — — — 2014–15 U.S. NTDP Juniors USHL 24 14 18 32 6 — — — — — 2014–15 U.S. NTDP U18 USDP 65 30 64 94 10 — — — — — 2015–16 Boston College HE 5 0 3 3 4 — — — — — 2015–16 Kitchener Rangers OHL 49 21 43 64 19 9 3 11 14 0 2016–17 Kitchener Rangers OHL 27 17 34 51 4 — — — — — 2016–17 Windsor Spitfires OHL 30 8 24 32 2 7 2 3 5 0 2017–18 Toronto Marlies AHL 50 6 26 32 10 4 1 0 1 0 2018–19 Toronto Marlies AHL 75 22 57 79 16 13 4 12 16 2 2019–20 Toronto Marlies AHL 44 4 30 34 2 — — — — — 2020–21 KalPa Liiga 24 2 15 17 0 4 0 2 2 0 2021–22 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 54 14 40 54 6 — — — — — 2022–23 Barys Astana KHL 59 14 26 40 4 — — — — — 2023–24 Barys Astana KHL 6 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2023–24 HC Sochi KHL 33 8 7 15 6 — — — — — AHL totals 169 32 113 145 28 17 5 12 17 2 KHL totals 98 23 33 56 10 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2014 United States U17 6 3 8 11 4 2015 United States U18 7 3 10 13 2 2017 United States WJC 7 3 2 5 0 Junior totals 20 9 20 29 6

Awards and honours Award Year AtJHL Rookie of the Year 2013 CHL Memorial Cup (Windsor Spitfires) 2017 AHL Calder Cup (Toronto Marlies) 2018 All-Star Game 2019 First All-Star Team 2019