Jacob Gaucher

Nationality

Canada

Born

2001-03-09

Height

6' 3"

Weight

185 lbs

Number

#78

Jacob Gaucher (born March 9, 2001) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Gaucher played major junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with Val-d'Or Foreurs and Baie-Comeau Drakkar before signing his first professional contract with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League on October 3, 2022. Continuing for a third season within the Phantoms organization, Gaucher signed a one-year AHL contract on August 8, 2024. During the 2024–25 season, Gaucher was signed a two-year entry-level NHL contract with the Phantoms' affiliate, the Philadelphia Flyers on December 12, 2024. Gaucher later received his first recall by the Flyers and made his NHL debut in a 3-0 defeat to the Colorado Avalanche on February 2, 2025. Personal life Gaucher's brother, Nathan Gaucher, was drafted in the first round of the 2022 NHL entry draft by the Anaheim Ducks.