University of Massachusets Athletics
2020-21 Hockey Roster
Gaudet, Jake

Jersey Number 18
Jake Gaudet
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 201
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Prev School:
- Kemptville (CCHL)
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2017-18 Hockey East All-Academic Team
AS A SENIOR IN 2020-21: Appeared in 28 of 29 games … Totaled 13 points on five goals and eight assists … Was +13 with one power-play goal and one game winner … Registered an assist on the power play in the National Championship game vs. St. Cloud State (4/10) … Picked up an assist and was +3 in the NCAA East Regional final vs. #14/15 Bemidji State (3/27) ... Netted two goals, including one on the power play, in the Minutemen's 5-1 NCAA First round win over #13 Lake Superior State (3/26) ... Scored the game-winning goal in the Hockey East Championship vs. UMass Lowell (3/20) and was named the No. 1 Star of the game and to the Hockey East All-Tournament Team ... Collected an assist vs. Maine (3/5) ... Assisted the tying goal that sent the game into overtime in a 3-2 win at #1/2 Boston College (2/26) ... Scored second goal of the season at Boston University (1/18) ... Recorded an assist on the game winner vs. #10/13 Northeastern (1/2) ... Registered an assist on a shorthanded goal vs. Vermont (12/19) ... Collected an assist at Merrimack (12/6) ... Registered a goal and an assist against #2 Boston College (11/28) and earned the game's No. 3 star.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20: Game-by-Game Statistics
Appeared in 19 games while missing significant time throughout the season due to injury … Registered five points on a goal and five assists and was +2 … All five points came over 14 Hockey East games … Won 119 of 224 (.531) faceoffs … Assisted the game-winning goal vs. Vermont (3/5) ... Notched two assists vs. #14/15 UMass Lowell (2/22) and was named the game's No. 3 star ... Scored game-winning goal at #4 Boston College (1/10) for first goal of the season and was tabbed the game's No. 1 Star ... Picked up an assist vs. Maine (12/7) for first point of the season.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19: One of seven players to appear in all 41 games … Set new career bests in points (22) and assists (15), while matching a career high in goals with seven … Had two power-play goals and three game winners … Ranked third in Hockey East in plus-minus at +26 … Logged 11 points (4g, 7a) in 24 games during league play … Recorded second consecutive multi-point game with a pair of assists in the NCAA Semifinal vs. Denver (4/11), including the secondary assist on Marc Del Gaizo's overtime winner ... Reached 20 points on the season and recorded fifth multi-point game of the year with a goal and an assist in the NCAA Northeast Regional Final vs. Notre Dame (3/30) ... Grabbed two assists in Game 1 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals vs. New Hampshire (3/15) ... Registered an assist at UConn (3/8) ... Found the back of the net for second consecutive game vs. Maine (3/2) ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 4-2 victory at Merrimack (2/28) that clinched the team's first ever Hockey East regular season title ... Registered second multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist at Boston College (2/16) ... Collected an assist at Boston University (2/1) ... Capped three-game point streak with an assist vs. Vermont (1/12) ... Posted a two-point game vs. Vermont (1/11) with a goal and an assist and was tabbed the game's No. 1 star ... Logged an assist at AIC (1/5) ... Recorded first career multi-goal game and first multi-point game of the season with two tallies vs. #18 Yale (12/11) ... Logged an assist at Holy Cross (11/16) ... Notched an assist at New Hampshire (11/3) ... Assisted on a short-handed goal vs. Merrimack (10/26) ... Picked up first point of the season with an assist at Rensselaer (10/13) and won 12 of 16 (75%) faceoffs.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18:
Saw action in 36 games and contributed 13 points on seven goals and six assists with one power-play tally, one shorthanded goal and one game winner ... Won 252 faceoffs ... Recorded second multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist vs. Vermont in the Hockey East Playoffs (3/4) and earned the No. 2 Star ... Picked up an assist vs. Vermont (3/2) ... Tallied the opening goal vs. #19 Boston College (2/15) ... Logged an assist vs. #8/9 Northeastern (1/19) ... Netted fifth goal of the season at Maine (1/16), scoring in a second straight game ... Scored first career shorthanded goal at Vermont (1/13) ... Registered a goal in a second-straight contest at Yale (1/5) ... Scored first career game winner on the power play in a 2-1 win at #19 Union (12/10) ... Recorded two assists vs. Quinnipiac for first career multi-point game (11/25) ... Picked up first career assist at Quinnipiac (11/24) ... Scored first collegiate goal at Arizona State (10/7) … Made collegiate debut at Arizona State (10/6) playing with Mitchell Chaffee and Oliver Chau.
BEFORE UMASS: Played three full seasons for the Kemptville 73’s of the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) … Totaled 109 points over 148 career regular season games on 43 goals and 64 assists … Added 10 points on four goals and six assists over 19 playoff games … Logged 31 points (12g, 19a) in final year of junior hockey … Also had seven points (3g, 4a) in the 2016-17 postseason … Registered 12 points with the Ottawa West Golden Knights of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League (EOJHL) in 2013-14.
PERSONAL: Born Jake Mervyn Gaudet on June 18, 1996, in Ottawa, Ontario … Son of Mark Gaudet and Janice Mervyn … Has two siblings, Olivia who runs track at Fordham, and Bella, who plays basketball for Team Ontario … Graduated from Nepean High School (Ottawa, Ontario) in 2014 … Majoring in Management.
2017-18 Hockey East All-Academic Team
AS A SENIOR IN 2020-21: Appeared in 28 of 29 games … Totaled 13 points on five goals and eight assists … Was +13 with one power-play goal and one game winner … Registered an assist on the power play in the National Championship game vs. St. Cloud State (4/10) … Picked up an assist and was +3 in the NCAA East Regional final vs. #14/15 Bemidji State (3/27) ... Netted two goals, including one on the power play, in the Minutemen's 5-1 NCAA First round win over #13 Lake Superior State (3/26) ... Scored the game-winning goal in the Hockey East Championship vs. UMass Lowell (3/20) and was named the No. 1 Star of the game and to the Hockey East All-Tournament Team ... Collected an assist vs. Maine (3/5) ... Assisted the tying goal that sent the game into overtime in a 3-2 win at #1/2 Boston College (2/26) ... Scored second goal of the season at Boston University (1/18) ... Recorded an assist on the game winner vs. #10/13 Northeastern (1/2) ... Registered an assist on a shorthanded goal vs. Vermont (12/19) ... Collected an assist at Merrimack (12/6) ... Registered a goal and an assist against #2 Boston College (11/28) and earned the game's No. 3 star.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20: Game-by-Game Statistics
Appeared in 19 games while missing significant time throughout the season due to injury … Registered five points on a goal and five assists and was +2 … All five points came over 14 Hockey East games … Won 119 of 224 (.531) faceoffs … Assisted the game-winning goal vs. Vermont (3/5) ... Notched two assists vs. #14/15 UMass Lowell (2/22) and was named the game's No. 3 star ... Scored game-winning goal at #4 Boston College (1/10) for first goal of the season and was tabbed the game's No. 1 Star ... Picked up an assist vs. Maine (12/7) for first point of the season.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19: One of seven players to appear in all 41 games … Set new career bests in points (22) and assists (15), while matching a career high in goals with seven … Had two power-play goals and three game winners … Ranked third in Hockey East in plus-minus at +26 … Logged 11 points (4g, 7a) in 24 games during league play … Recorded second consecutive multi-point game with a pair of assists in the NCAA Semifinal vs. Denver (4/11), including the secondary assist on Marc Del Gaizo's overtime winner ... Reached 20 points on the season and recorded fifth multi-point game of the year with a goal and an assist in the NCAA Northeast Regional Final vs. Notre Dame (3/30) ... Grabbed two assists in Game 1 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals vs. New Hampshire (3/15) ... Registered an assist at UConn (3/8) ... Found the back of the net for second consecutive game vs. Maine (3/2) ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 4-2 victory at Merrimack (2/28) that clinched the team's first ever Hockey East regular season title ... Registered second multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist at Boston College (2/16) ... Collected an assist at Boston University (2/1) ... Capped three-game point streak with an assist vs. Vermont (1/12) ... Posted a two-point game vs. Vermont (1/11) with a goal and an assist and was tabbed the game's No. 1 star ... Logged an assist at AIC (1/5) ... Recorded first career multi-goal game and first multi-point game of the season with two tallies vs. #18 Yale (12/11) ... Logged an assist at Holy Cross (11/16) ... Notched an assist at New Hampshire (11/3) ... Assisted on a short-handed goal vs. Merrimack (10/26) ... Picked up first point of the season with an assist at Rensselaer (10/13) and won 12 of 16 (75%) faceoffs.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18:
Saw action in 36 games and contributed 13 points on seven goals and six assists with one power-play tally, one shorthanded goal and one game winner ... Won 252 faceoffs ... Recorded second multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist vs. Vermont in the Hockey East Playoffs (3/4) and earned the No. 2 Star ... Picked up an assist vs. Vermont (3/2) ... Tallied the opening goal vs. #19 Boston College (2/15) ... Logged an assist vs. #8/9 Northeastern (1/19) ... Netted fifth goal of the season at Maine (1/16), scoring in a second straight game ... Scored first career shorthanded goal at Vermont (1/13) ... Registered a goal in a second-straight contest at Yale (1/5) ... Scored first career game winner on the power play in a 2-1 win at #19 Union (12/10) ... Recorded two assists vs. Quinnipiac for first career multi-point game (11/25) ... Picked up first career assist at Quinnipiac (11/24) ... Scored first collegiate goal at Arizona State (10/7) … Made collegiate debut at Arizona State (10/6) playing with Mitchell Chaffee and Oliver Chau.
BEFORE UMASS: Played three full seasons for the Kemptville 73’s of the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) … Totaled 109 points over 148 career regular season games on 43 goals and 64 assists … Added 10 points on four goals and six assists over 19 playoff games … Logged 31 points (12g, 19a) in final year of junior hockey … Also had seven points (3g, 4a) in the 2016-17 postseason … Registered 12 points with the Ottawa West Golden Knights of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League (EOJHL) in 2013-14.
PERSONAL: Born Jake Mervyn Gaudet on June 18, 1996, in Ottawa, Ontario … Son of Mark Gaudet and Janice Mervyn … Has two siblings, Olivia who runs track at Fordham, and Bella, who plays basketball for Team Ontario … Graduated from Nepean High School (Ottawa, Ontario) in 2014 … Majoring in Management.
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 2 - 2x - Last vs. Lake Superior State (3/26/21)
Assists: 2 - 4x - Last vs. UMass Lowell (2/22/20)
Points: 2 - 12x - Last vs. Lake Superior State (3/26/21)
MISCELLANEOUS
Multi-Goal Games: 2; Last vs. Lake Superior State (3/26/21)
Multi-Point Games: 11; Last vs. Lake Superior State (3/26/21)
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