Jacob de la Rose

Jacob Waldemar de la Rose (born 20 May 1995) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). de la Rose was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round, 34th overall, of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He previously played for the Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings.

Jacob de la Rose
de la Rose with the Montreal Canadiens in 2015
Born (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995
Arvika, Sweden
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 St. Louis Blues
Leksands IF
Montreal Canadiens
Detroit Red Wings
National team  Sweden
NHL Draft 34th overall, 2013
Montreal Canadiens
Playing career 2012–present

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 March 19, 2019, de la Rose was sent to hospital with an accelerated heart beat. It was the second time during the season that he'd suffered such an episode. The previous event occurred during the 2018-19 NHL preseason while he was a member of the Montreal Canadiens. He was shut down for the remainder of the season following the second episode, 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 for the cancellation of another fifth-round pick that they had previously given to Nashville in trade involving Hal Gill ten days earlier, on 17 February.[3] Prior to 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 a total of 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]

Personal life

De la Rose's father, Anders, is a retired ice hockey player and a former Swedish youth hockey coach.[17][18] 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,[19] Erik, is playing as a defenceman for Vítkovice Ridera of the Czech Extraliga.[20] Jacob also has a sister, Matilda de la Rose.

International play
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Sweden
World Championships
2018 Denmark
World Junior Championships
2013 Ufa, Russia
2014 Malmö, Sweden

De la Rose represented the Swedish under-18 team, winning the silver medal during the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, held in Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav, Czech Republic. He also participated in the World U18 Championship was the following year, 2013, held in Sochi, Russia, in which he captained the team to a fifth-place finish.

In addition to the 2013 U18 tournament, De la Rose participated in the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships earlier that year, held in Ufa, Russia. The next year, he played in the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, held in his home country of Sweden, in Malmö. In both years, the Swedes captured the silver medal.

De la Rose then served as Sweden's captain during the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships held in Toronto and Montreal; Sweden finished in fourth place, failing to win a medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010–11Leksands IFJ2021010—————
2011–12Leksands IFJ2028491324—————
2011–12Leksands IFAllsv142028102024
2012–13Leksands IFJ2041450—————
2012–13Leksands IFAllsv38661231100112
2013–14Leksands IFJ20—————32132
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
SHL totals 49 7 6 13 18 3 0 0 0 0
NHL totals 229 13 24 37 77 17 0 0 0 4

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2011 Sweden IH18 5 0 0 0 0
2012 Sweden WHC17 4th 6 1 4 5 4
2012 Sweden IH18 5 2 2 4 20
2012 Sweden WJC18 6 1 2 3 4
2013 Sweden WJC18 5th 5 1 2 3 29
2013 Sweden WJC 6 0 0 0 22
2014 Sweden WJC 7 3 3 6 6
2015 Sweden WJC 4th 7 2 2 4 4
2018 Sweden WC 10 1 1 2 0
Junior totals 47 10 15 25 89
Senior totals 10 1 1 2 0

References
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  2. "Getting To The Heart Of The Matter". 'Hockeybuzz Superleague'. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. "Canadiens trade forward Andrei Kostitsyn to the Nashville Predators". Montreal Canadiens. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  4. "Central Bureau release final draft rankings". National Hockey League. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  5. "CHL import draft as high NHL pick Burakovsky". Yahoo! Sports. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  6. "Spits import de la Rose to remain in Sweden". Windsor Star. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  7. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=28436
  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
  9. Fontaine, Hugo. "Behind Enemy Lines: Filip Forsberg on Jacob de la Rose". Montreal Canadiens. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  10. "Flames overcome Bulldogs". American Hockey League. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  11. "Edmonton Oilers at Montreal Canadiens". National Hockey League. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  12. Cowan, Stu (17 October 2018). "Red Wings claim Jacob de la Rose off waivers from Canadiens". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  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.
  15. "Fabbri traded to Red Wings by Blues for de la Rose". National Hockey League. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  16. Pinkert, Chris. "Blues sign de la Rose to one-year contract". St. Louis Blues. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  17. "Anders de la Rose player profile". eliteprospects.com. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  18. "Swedish duo hopes third times is the charm at IIHF Championships". Hockey Canada. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  19. "Erik de la Rose player profile". eliteprospects.com. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  20. "Storhamar Dragons team profile". eurohockey.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
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