We all know the pride and accomplishments of last year’s  Elite Team Captain Jordan Court boasted with the Eels Junior Program over the  last 4 seasons. He was a herald and seasoned veteran player who played every  shift, every period and every game with the intensity and heart of a lion. He  was a homegrown Eel from his beginnings as a peewee, bantam, and U16 and U 18 midget,  as a Junior player in the Empire & USP3 Divisions and ultimately in the top  team – the Elite Division. Jordan was truly an Eel and now has reached his  dream as he advanced this year to play NCAA Division 3 men’s college hockey at  Neumann University.

Following in his younger brother’s footsteps is Jake Court.  Jake too has been an Eel his entire life. In fact General Manager Frank  Scarpaci was his first coach when Jake put on his first set of hockey skates in  “learn to play” on Saturday mornings many years ago.  He was there when Jake mature and develop  also through the Eels youth program from Squirt, Peewee, Bantam, Midget and  High School Hockey. Funny thing about Jake he was always the number 1 or 2^nd  leading scorer on the team.

Premier Head coach Frankie Scarpaci knows both Court boys  very well having coached Jordan for 4+ years and he echoes, “with Jake we will  see an entirely different player. He is more finesse player. He is a smother  skater. And has great hands. During Pre Season training camp you can see Jake really  uses his speed to his advantage. He is a bit lighter than Jordan but that does  not stop him from going into the corners and impressively he wins the lose puck  battles along the boards and always seems to come up with the puck.

Elite Coach Greg Sears commented, “he loves Jake’s acceleration  and explosive speed. He loves to drive to the net. He has that insatiable appetite  to score and you can see it as he is constantly shooting at the net. He has  great vision and you need those intangibles and skill set combined if you are  going to be a goal scorer in this league,”

GM Scarpaci concludes that it is amazing how much Jake has  already caught on to the speed and toughness in Juniors. He is a shifty player  and has a high hockey IQ. He knows that Jake, like his brother, bleed Eels and  he will leave everything on the ice. More than many of the guys coming in, Jake  already knows and appreciates the competitive landscape of the teams in our  division and conference. He appreciates what it to be an Eel. He has to. After all is there a more die hard Eel than  his dad. Jason Court? Or as he is known as “Mr. Court” Jake has the  motivation, drive, determination and dedication to make his own “Court Mark” in  the USPHL and on the Eels program. We are thrilled that he joined us this  season.