Jake Guentzel

Lightning sign forward Jake Guentzel to a seven-year contract | Tampa Bay Lightning

2024-07-01 14:00:00 UTC

Guentzel skated in 67 games between the Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins last season, recording 30 goals and 77 points with a plus-25 rating

Jake Guentzel signs with the Lightning hours before NHL free agency opens

2024-07-01 14:00:00 UTC

NHL free agency begins Monday with high-producing recent Stanley Cup champions Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault considered the top players available.

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Jake Allen Guentzel (born October 6, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey left winger for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third round, 77th overall, in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, and has also played for the Carolina Hurricanes. Guentzel won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2017.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 6, 1994, Guentzel grew up in Woodbury, Minnesota. He played two years of varsity hockey at the Hill-Murray School, finishing 2nd in the 2012 MN State Hockey Tournament, in Maplewood, Minnesota, before committing to the University of Nebraska-Omaha after his senior season.