Story by Tri-City Storm Communications
The Tri-City Storm has acquired forward Jake Rozzi from the Madison Capitols in exchange for a 5th Round pick in the 2025 USHL Phase II Draft, and future considerations.
Jake Rozzi, 19, of Kirkland, Quebec, has skated in over one hundred and twenty-five games in his USHL career. Rozzi has netted twenty-four goals, and recorded fifty assists for seventy-four total points in four seasons with the Waterloo Black Hawks, Youngstown Phantoms, and Madison Capitols. He has skated in fourteen career postseason games in the Clark Cup Playoffs. Rozzi won last year’s Clark Cup Championship as a member of the Youngstown Phantoms. He scored eighteen goals and notched twenty-nine assists for forty-seven total points in sixty-one regular season games last year for the Phantoms. He netted four goals and recorded thirteen assists for seventeen total points in fifty-five games played for the Waterloo Black Hawks during his first full-length USHL season in 2021-2022. Rozzi scored one goal and recorded seven assists in five games played this season for the Madison Capitols. He was selected 148th overall in the 10th round of the 2020 USHL Phase I Draft by the Waterloo Black Hawks, and made his USHL regular season debut with the team on April 3rd, 2021, in the Black Hawks’ 4-0 home loss to the Des Moines Buccaneers. Rozzi netted his first career USHL goal on April 20th, 2021, in Waterloo’s 8-4 home victory over the Lincoln Stars. He skated for Selects Academy (AAA, South Kent, Connecticut), and the Lac St-Louis Lions (AAA, Montréal, Quebec) prior to his USHL career. Rozzi previously announced a commitment to play collegiate hockey in the future at Ohio State University.
“We are thrilled to add a player of Jake Rozzi's caliber to our team at this point of the season. His hockey sense and playmaking ability should provide a boost to our lineup every night, and his experience will be a welcome addition to our locker room. Our staff looks forward to being able to work with him on his development on a daily basis.”- President of Hockey Operations/Head Coach Anthony Noreen
“We thank the Capitols for working with us on this trade and transaction. We are excited to announce the acquisition of veteran forward Jake Rozzi to our club. Jake is in his third USHL season, and had a breakout second full season in our league last year, culminating with a long playoff run, and a Clark Cup championship. Jake has been a productive and successful offensive driver and scoring threat over the years. We have a comfortable and confident four-year familiarity dating back to when he played U15 AAA hockey with Selects Academy. Jake played with current Storm defenseman Shaun McEwen and former Storm defenseman Vinny Borgesi (Northeastern University) while at Selects Academy. We feel this move helps upgrade our forward group, and provides another scoring weapon for the coaches as the season progresses.”- General Manager Jason Koehler