11 Jakov Novak
Jakov Novak
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    215
  • Year:
    So
  • Hometown:
    Windsor, Ontario
  • Position:
    F
  • Previous Team:
    Janesville Jets (NAHL)
  • Shoots/Catches:
    L
  • gp
    35
  • p
    30
  • g
    16
  • a
    14
  • pim
    84
  • +/-
    +3

Bio

Drated by Ottawa Senators in the 7th round of the 2018 NHL Draft.

2018-19: Played in all 37 games in freshman season … scored seven goals and added eight assists for 15 points … scored two goals in 7-4 win over Holy Cross on Oct. 26 and was named the Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week … scored a power play goal to help Bentley win at Canisius (Jan. 25) … had assists in consecutive games against Air Force and Canisius (Feb. 2, 8) to help extend team’s winning streak to six games … lit the lamp in 6-4 victory over Canisius (Feb. 9), team’s 7th win in a row … had two goals, including game-winner with 1:37 left, in 3-2 win over RMU in game one of Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals … also scored in game three of quarterfinal series.

Before Bentley: Played two seasons of junior hockey, both with the Janesville Jets in the NAHL (2016-18) ... had a huge 2017-18 season for Janesville that saw him named the NAHL's Most Valuable Player and the Forward of the Year ... also named first team All-NAHL, and both the Midwest Division's MVP and Forward of the Year ... led all NAHL players during the regular season in points (73), goals (32) and plus/minus (+41), while leading the Jets to the divisional playoffs where he tallied a further 4 goals and 6 assists to bring his season totals to 36-47-83 ... had 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points in 52 games in 2016-17, his first season in Janesville.

Personal: Majoring in finance, with a minor in law ... graduated from New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire in 2016 ... parents' names are Ted and Jadranka ... has one sibling, Lucy.

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Feb 14 at Rochester Inst. L, 4-1
Feb 15 at Rochester Inst. L, 5-1
Feb 28 Holy Cross W, 3-2
Feb 29 at Holy Cross W, 6-2
Mar 6 Canisius W, 6-1
Mar 7 Canisius W, 5-3
  Overall Conf
Games 35 27
Points 30 27
Goals 16 14
Assists 14 13
PIM 84 73
+/- +3 +5
Power-play goals 5 3
Short-handed goals 2 2
Empty net goals 0 0
Games started 16 11
Game-winning goals 3 2
Game-tying goals 0 0
Hat tricks 0 0
Shots 100 79
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg s
Oct 11 at Robert Morris L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Oct 12 at Robert Morris L, 4-1 - 1 0 1 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Oct 18 New Hampshire W, 3-2 - 1 0 1 0 +1 1 0 0 1 0 2
Oct 25 Army West Point W, 5-0 1 2 1 3 0 +3 0 1 0 1 0 5
Oct 26 St. Lawrence L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 1 Mercyhurst L, 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nov 2 Mercyhurst W, 6-3 - 1 1 2 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Nov 8 at Air Force L, 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 9 at Air Force L, 3-2 - 1 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Nov 15 Robert Morris L, 6-4 - 1 2 3 0 +1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Nov 16 Robert Morris L, 4-2 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nov 26 Brown W, 1-0 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Nov 29 at Holy Cross W, 3-2 - 1 0 1 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Nov 30 Holy Cross W, 4-1 - 1 1 2 2 +1 1 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 6 at Army West Point L, 4-3 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dec 7 at Army West Point W, 4-2 - 0 0 0 15 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dec 12 at Dartmouth T, 2-2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dec 28 at Sacred Heart L, 4-0 - 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dec 29 at Sacred Heart W, 3-2 - 2 0 2 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 6 at Northeastern L, 4-2 1 1 0 1 2 -1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Jan 10 Canisius T, 3-3 1 1 1 2 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 11 Canisius T, 4-4 - 1 0 1 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 17 American Int'l L, 4-1 1 0 0 0 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jan 18 American Int'l L, 2-1 - 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jan 24 at Mercyhurst W, 4-3 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jan 25 at Mercyhurst W, 7-4 - 0 3 3 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jan 31 Niagara W, 3-2 - 1 1 2 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0 7
Feb 1 Niagara W, 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Feb 7 Army West Point W, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Feb 8 Arizona St. L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 14 at Rochester Inst. L, 4-1 1 0 0 0 4 +0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Feb 15 at Rochester Inst. L, 5-1 - 1 0 1 15 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 28 Holy Cross W, 3-2 - 0 0 0 15 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 29 at Holy Cross W, 6-2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 6 Canisius W, 6-1 1 0 0 0 0 +0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 7 Canisius W, 5-3 - 0 0 0 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mar 13 at American Int'l   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 14 at American Int'l   - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 15 at American Int'l   - - - - - - - - - - - -
  gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
2018-19 37 7 8 15 14 +1 4 0 0 2 0 0 64
2019-20 35 16 14 30 84 +3 5 2 0 3 0 0 100
2020-21 15 7 10 17 36 +5 1 0 1 0 0 0 40
Total 87 30 32 62 134 +9 10 2 1 5 0 0 204
    gp g a pts pim +/- ppg shg eng gwg gtg hat s
Event Total 35 16 14 30 84 +3 5 2 0 3 0 0 100
Conference 27 14 13 27 73 +5 3 2 0 2 0 0 79
Exhibition - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 20 9 9 18 36 +7 4 1 0 2 0 0 61
Away 15 7 5 12 48 -4 1 1 0 1 0 0 39
Neutral - - - 0 - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 16 9 8 17 49 +10 3 1 0 3 0 0 45
Losses 16 5 4 9 31 -8 2 1 0 0 0 0 46
Ties 3 2 2 4 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Month October 5 4 1 5 4 +4 1 1 0 2 0 0 18
November 9 5 6 11 2 -2 3 1 0 1 0 0 19
December 5 2 1 3 23 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
January 8 4 5 9 14 +1 1 0 0 0 0 0 34
February 6 1 1 2 36 +0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
March 2 0 0 0 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

News Mentions

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Bentley Places 20 Student-Athletes on Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team

The Bentley hockey team placed 20 of its student-athletes on the 2019-20 Atlantic Hockey All-Academic team, the conference announced on Tuesday.

June 16, 2020

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Hamblet Earns NCAA Statistical Champion Honors for Short-Handed Goals

Bentley University’s Brendan Hamblet (Hopkinton, Mass.) earned NCAA statistical champion honors for shorthanded goals for the 2019-20...

April 14, 2020

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Novak Named First Team All-Atlantic Hockey and Gosiewski All-Rookie

Bentley University’s Jakov Novak (Windsor, Ontario) was named first team All-Atlantic Hockey on Thursday, and teammate Matt Gosiewski...

March 12, 2020

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Bentley, Canisius Set to Take the Ice in Atlantic Hockey Playoffs

The regular season is in the books and now Bentley will host a first round series in the Atlantic Hockey playoffs against Canisius in a best of...

March 5, 2020

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RIT Defeats Bentley 5-1 in Series Finale

RIT defeated the Bentley hockey team 5-1 on Saturday night at the Polisseni Center to claim all six points on the weekend.

February 15, 2020

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Bentley Heads Out on the Road to Face RIT

Bentley heads out on the road this weekend to take on the RIT Tigers in a series that could have a big impact on playoff seeding as the postseason...

February 13, 2020

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No. 11 Arizona State Halts Bentley’s Winning Streak at Five

No. 11 ranked Arizona State stopped Bentley’s winning streak at five games on Saturday night, with a 3-0 victory over the Falcons in front...

February 8, 2020

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Bentley Hosts Army West Point and Arizona State This Weekend

Bentley has won four straight games and will put its winning streak on the line beginning Friday night when they host Army West Point at Bentley...

February 6, 2020

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Desbiens Scores in OT To Give Bentley 3-2 Win over Niagara

Senior Jonathan Desbiens (Montreal, Quebec) scored 1:09 into overtime to give the Bentley hockey team a 3-2 victory over Niagara on Friday night...

January 31, 2020

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Bentley Back at Home This Weekend to Battle Niagara

The Falcons return to Bentley Arena this weekend to start a two weekend home stand. The Niagara Purple Eagles are the opponent this weekend, and...

January 30, 2020

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Bentley Puts Seven Past Mercyhurst to Sweep Series

Bentley scored a season high seven goals in a 7-4 victory at Mercyhurst on Saturday night to complete the series sweep.

January 25, 2020

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Bentley Goes on the Road to Face Mercyhurst on Friday-Saturday

Bentley heads out to Erie, Pennsylvania this weekend to take on the Mercyhurst Lakers. It will be the second series of the season between the two...

January 23, 2020

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Novak on Fan Ballot for Hobey Baker Award

Bentley’s Jakov Novak is on the fan ballot for the 2020 Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the top player in NCAA Men’s Hockey.

January 17, 2020

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Falcons Continue Bentley Arena Home Stand with AIC Series

The Bentley hockey team will continue its home stand this weekend when they host the AIC Yellow Jackets on Friday at 7:05 pm and Saturday at 4:05...

January 15, 2020

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Bentley-Canisius Skate to 4-4 Tie; Griffs Get Extra Point in 3x3 OT

Bentley and Canisius played to a tie for the second straight night at Bentley Arena, this time by a 4-4 score. The Golden Griffins though earned...

January 11, 2020

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Bentley and Canisius Tie 3-3; Griffs Get Extra Point in Shootout

Bentley and Canisius played to a 3-3 tie at Bentley Arena on Friday night, but the Golden Griffins earned an extra point on the night by winning...

January 10, 2020

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Falcons Return to Bentley Arena This Weekend to Host Canisius

The Falcons will play at Bentley Arena this weekend for the first time in almost six weeks on Friday night when they host Canisius in the first...

January 9, 2020

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Northeastern Scores Twice Late to Clip Bentley 4-2

No. 11 ranked Northeastern broke a 2-2 tie with two goals late in the 3rd period to take a hard fought 4-2 victory over the Bentley hockey team on...

January 6, 2020

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Novak, Riggleman and Kirk Lead Bentley Past Sacred Heart 3-2

Goals by Jakov Novak (Windsor, Ontario) and Matt Riggleman (Milford, Mich.) and 26 saves by goalie Fraser Kirk (Burlington, Ontario) led Bentley...

December 29, 2019

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Desbiens Scores Late Goal in Bentley’s 2-2 Tie with Dartmouth

Senior Jonathan Desbiens (Montreal, Quebec) scored the tying goal with 2:05 left in regulation to help Bentley skate to a 2-2 tie at Dartmouth on...

December 12, 2019

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Bentley Visits Dartmouth Thursday Night for Final Game of First Half

Bentley will close out the first half of its season on Thursday night with a trip to visit the Dartmouth College Big Green for a non-conference...

December 11, 2019

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Bentley Visits Army West Point Looking to Extend Winning Streak

Bentley visits Army West Point this weekend for two games with the Falcons looking to extend their three game winning streak. The series gets...

December 5, 2019

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Four Different Goal Scorers and Kirk Lead Bentley Past Holy Cross 4-1 for Sweep

Four different players lit the lamp and sophomore goalie Fraser Kirk (Burlington, Ontario) made 33 saves as Bentley defeated Holy Cross 4-1 on...

November 30, 2019

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Novak’s Tie Breaking Goal Helps Bentley to 3-2 Win at Holy Cross

Sophomore Jakov Novak (Windsor, Ontario) broke a 2-2 tie with 6:22 left to lift the Bentley hockey team to a 3-2 road win over Atlantic Hockey...

November 29, 2019

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Bentley Blanks Brown 1-0 Behind Kirk’s Shutout

Sophomore goalie Fraser Kirk (Burlington, Ontario) made 16 saves and freshman Matt Gosiewski (Wilton, Conn.) scored the game’s only goal in...

November 26, 2019

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Bentley Returns to the Ice This Week to Face Brown and Holy Cross

After a nine day layoff Bentley is in action three times this week, beginning on Tuesday night at home against the Brown Bears of ECAC. The...

November 25, 2019

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Bentley’s Comeback Falls Short in 6-4 Defeat to Robert Morris

Bentley nearly came all the way back from a 5-1 deficit in the 3rd period to Robert Morris, but despite three unanswered goals the Colonials hung...

November 15, 2019

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Air Force Slips Past Bentley 4-2 in Series Opener

Bentley scored twice in the 3rd period to erase a 2-0 deficit, but Air Force scored the final two goals of the night to take a 4-2 victory over...

November 9, 2019

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Bentley Falls at Air Force 3-2 in Series Finale

A third period power play goal by Air Force’s Kieran Durgan was the difference in a 3-2 win over Bentley on Saturday night in the second...

November 9, 2019

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Bentley Heads to Colorado to Take on Air Force

Bentley will make its longest trip of the year this weekend when they fly out to Colorado to take on the Air Force Falcons. Both games at Cadet...

November 7, 2019

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Bentley Scores Four Power Play Goals in 6-3 Win over Mercyhurst

Bentley scored four power play goals and sophomore goalie Fraser Kirk (Burlington, Ontario) earned the win in his first career start as the...

November 2, 2019

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Mercyhurst Rallies Late to Top Bentely in OT 4-3

Mercyhurst’s James Anderson scored 30 seconds into overtime to give the visiting Lakers a 4-3 victory over Bentley on Friday night at...

November 1, 2019

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Hockey Welcomes in Mercyhurst to Bentley Arena for Weekend Set

The Falcons hockey team is back at Bentley Arena this weekend to host the Mercyhurst Lakers for a pair of games. It will be the first home,...

October 31, 2019

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Bentley Skates Past Army 5-0

Junior Michael Zuffante (Bloomingdale, Ill.) and sophomore Jakov Novak (Windsor, Ontario) each scored two goals and senior goalie Aidan Pelino...

October 25, 2019

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Bentley Hosts Split Weekend vs. Army West Point and St. Lawrence

Coming off a 3-2 overtime win over UNH in Friday’s home opener, the Bentley hockey team is back at the Arena this weekend for a split...

October 24, 2019

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Brassard Named Atlantic Hockey Defenseman of the Week

Senior Connor Brassard (Fitchburg, Mass.) has been named the Atlantic Hockey’s Defenseman of the Week, it was announced Tuesday.

October 22, 2019

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Novak Scores in OT to give Bentley 3-2 Victory over UNH

Sophomore Jakov Novak (Windsor, Ontario) scored a power play goal 1:22 into overtime to give the Bentley hockey team a 3-2 overtime win over UNH...

October 18, 2019

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Bentley Set to Host UNH for Home Opener Friday Night

Bentley is set to host UNH in its home opener at Bentley Arena on Friday night. The puck drops at 7:05 and tickets are available at https://www.et...

October 16, 2019

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Spellacy, Kapelmaster Lead Robert Morris Past Bentley 4-1

Sophomore Aidan Spellacy scored twice and goalie Justin Kapelmaster made 45 saves to lead Robert Morris to a 4-1 victory over Bentley University...

October 12, 2019