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USA Jackson Cates
#63 Rockford IceHogs / AHL - 25/26
1-time NCAA (Championship) Winner 1
1-time NCAA (NCHC) Champion 1
1-time USHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time USHL Forward of the Year 1
Date of Birth
Sep 28, 1997
Position
C/LW
Age
28
Height
6'0" / 183 cm
Place of Birth
Stillwater, MN, USA
Weight
190 lbs / 86 kg
Nation
USA
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Contract
25/26
Agency
PREMIUM

Brother: Noah Cates

Father: Jay Cates

© Photo: Dan Hickling

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Jackson Cates Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 Stillwater High USHS-MN 24* 5* 9* 14* 0* -* | Playoffs 5 1 1 2 0 -
2014-15 Stillwater High USHS-MN 25* 23* 18* 41* 12* -* | Playoffs 3 1 1 2 0 -
Team APX UMHSEHL 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
Team TDS Transportation UMHSEHL 5* 0* 1* 1* 2* -* |
2015-16 Stillwater High USHS-MN 25* 20* 33* 53* 19* -* | Playoffs 6 7 1 8 0 -
Team Northeast UMHSEHL 19* 4* 9* 13* 12* -* | Playoffs 3 1 3 4 0 -
2016-17 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 56* 11* 10* 21* 8* 6* | Playoffs 8 2 1 3 0 -1
2017-18 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 57* 33* 30* 63* 18* 11* | Playoffs 8 2 2 4 2 2
2018-19 Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth NCAA 39* 8* 6* 14* 14* 3* |
2019-20 Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth NCAA 29* 8* 15* 23* 6* 4* |
2020-21 Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth NCAA 28* 11* 16* 27* 4* 8* |
Philadelphia Flyers NHL 4* 0* 1* 1* 0* -3* |
2021-22 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 11* 1* 0* 1* 0* -2* |
Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 37* 2* 8* 10* 2* -11* |
2022-23 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 65* 11* 12* 23* 18* 6* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 Bridgeport Islanders AHL 12* 1* 0* 1* 6* -3* |
Rockford IceHogs AHL 50* 11* 14* 25* 8* -1* | Playoffs 4 1 0 1 0 -1
2024-25 Rockford IceHogs AHL 64* 9* 7* 16* 24* -3* | Playoffs 7 1 1 2 2 -1
2025-26 Rockford IceHogs AHL 18* 3* 3* 6* 6* -6* |
Projected AHL 61* 10* 10* 20* 20* -20* |

Jackson Cates Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 5 246* 37* 44* 81* 0.33* 64* -18* | 3 12 2 * 1 * 3 * 0.25 * 2 * -2 *
NCAA 3 96* 27* 37* 64* 0.67* 24* 15* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 3 20* 1* 1* 2* 0.10* 0* -5* | 0 * * * * * *
UMHSEHL 2 27* 4* 10* 14* 0.52* 16* -* | 1 3 1 * 3 * 4 * 1.33 * 0 * - *
USHL 2 113* 44* 40* 84* 0.74* 26* 17* | 2 16 4 * 3 * 7 * 0.44 * 2 * 1 *
USHS-MN 3 74* 48* 60* 108* 1.46* 31* -* | 3 14 9 * 3 * 12 * 0.86 * 0 * - *

Jackson Cates Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
06/30/2025
06/30/2025 Extension Rockford IceHogs Rockford IceHogs
07/09/2024
07/09/2024 Extension Rockford IceHogs Rockford IceHogs
12/29/2023
12/29/2023 Extension Rockford IceHogs Rockford IceHogs
12/11/2023
12/11/2023 Confirmed Bridgeport Islanders Rockford IceHogs
10/12/2023
10/12/2023 Confirmed Philadelphia Flyers Bridgeport Islanders
08/15/2022
08/15/2022 Extension Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia Flyers
04/13/2021
04/13/2021 Confirmed Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth Philadelphia Flyers
09/03/2017
09/03/2017 Confirmed Waterloo Black Hawks Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2016, 10 #155 overall by Waterloo Black Hawks in the USHL Entry Draft

Drafted 2015, 3 #48 overall by Madison Capitols in the USHL Entry Draft