Despite elite-level play, Jack Eichel has always played in shadow of others
Vegas Golden Knights center Jack Eichel skates toward his bench after scoring a goal against the New York Rangers on Feb. 2, 2025, in New York.Jack Eichel is not the most well-known American in hockey. He’s not even the most famous centre from his country, thanks to captain Auston Matthews and his star power.
“He’s elite in so many capacities,” U.S. coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday. “He’s always had an offensive dimension to his game. The physical attributes that he has, just with his size, his skating ability, his puck-handling ability, his vision, he can play any type of game. He can beat you a number of different ways.”
What makes Eichel elite is how he augments that athleticism with keen awareness of who’s around him on the ice, where the puck is and how to navigate just about every situation in a game. U.S. teammate Chris Kreider marvels at Eichel’s “ability to take over the game and make everyone play at his speed.”
“As I’ve gotten older and wanted to build my game, it’s a detail that I think I’ve learned to focus on a bit more,” Eichel said. “It’s something that helps you win games, and I realized how important it was if I wanted to gain the coach’s trust and to be out on the ice in big moments that I needed him to be able to trust me in those situations, and that meant being responsible defensively. I definitely put a lot of work into it and take pride in it.
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