JACOME NAMED SW PLAYER OF MONTH
The OJHL announced today that Georgetown Raiders alternate captain Jack Jacome (photo credit - Tim Bates/OJHL Images) has been named the Bardown South-West Conference Player-of-the-Month for February after leading the league with 19 points in just 8 games played during the month.
The diminutive forward captured his second Player-of-the-Month Award in 2016-17 by averaging 2.37 points/game in the final month of the season to help the Raiders clinch the OJHL regular season title. Jacome's nine February goals were tops in the South-West Conference, while his 19 points were three more than his closest competition in the entire league, helping him finish the season by clinching the OJHL Top Scorer Award with 91 points. Remarkably, Jacome was shut out in two of his eight games during the month and he recorded multiple points in the other six contests, including a four point and a six point outing, as well as his second hat trick of the season.
The Caledon, Ontario native joined the Raiders full-time in 2015-16 after playing seven games for the club as an affiliate in 2014-15, including two post-season contests, out of the Brampton 45's Midget 'AAA' organization. Jacome notched three points in five regular season contests for an impressive OJHL debut as a 17-year old. He would join his brother, Brendan, last season to form one of the most offensively gifted tandems in the league, finishing 1-2 in scoring on the team. Jack led the Raiders in scoring with 44 assists and 67 points to also sit fifth and sixth respectively among all OJHL scorers, while leading all rookies in both categories. He would record 20 points in 13 January contests to be named runner-up for the OJHL South-West Conference Player-of-the-Month Award and his added production saw the Raiders capture a second consecutive South Division and South-West Conference crown, while earning a scholarship to attend Clarkson University beginning in 2017. During the post-season, he added another 22 points in 22 contests as the Raiders captured their first conference playoff title since 2005, before ultimately falling in six games to the Trenton Golden Hawks in the OJHL Championship Series. Following the season, Jacome was named an OJHL 1st Team All-Prospect, 2nd Team All-Star and Rookie-of-the-Year, as well as an OHA All-Prospect. Thus far in 2016-17, Jacome has continued to increase his offensive productivity as one of the marquee players in the league, earning a spot on Team OJHL Hawerchuk at the 2016 Eastern Canada Cup All-Star Challenge held in Cornwall, Ontario, as well as a spot at the Team Canada Final Selection Camp for the 2016 World Junior ‘A’ Challenge. Jacome finished the season in dramatic fashion by scoring during the final minute of the Raiders final game to win the OJHL scoring title with 91 points.
Lucas Breault of the St. Michael's Buzzers was runner-up to Jacome as the South-West Conference Player-of-the-Month. Recently named as an OJHL 2nd Team All-Prospect, Breault finished second in OJHL scoring during February with 11 assists and 16 points in 8 games played.
