VEGAS (October 8, 2025) – General Manager of the Vegas Golden Knights Kelly McCrimmon announced today, October 8, that the team had signed Jack Eichel to an eight-year contract extension through the 2033-34 season with an average annual value of $13,500,000.
Eichel, 28, is in his fifth season with the Golden Knights and leads the team with 253 points (100 G, 153 A) since making his debut with Vegas during the 2021-22 season. Since then, Eichel also ranks fourth on his club in games played (241), second in plus-minus (+65) and takeaways (160), and first in goals (100), assists (153) and shots (867), as well as power play goals (21) and points (78). During the 2024-25 campaign, the forward posted a career-high 94 points (28 G, 66 A), a franchise record for the Golden Knights in a single season.
Eichel got his first taste of playoff hockey during Vegas’ historic run to the Stanley Cup in 2023 and led all playoff skaters with 26 points (6 G, 20 A), playing in each of the team’s 22 contests. The 28-year-old has also finished first for the Golden Knights in each of their last two trips to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with 7 points (3 G, 4 A) in 2024 and 10 points (1 G, 9 A) in 2025.
On the international stage, the North Chelmsford, Massachusetts native has represented the United States at multiple levels, most recently at the 2025 4 Nations showdown in Montreal and Boston. Eichel played in each of his country’s four games and recorded four assists with a +1 rating to help the Americans advance to the final game before losing to Canada, 3-2, in overtime. The forward has competed in the IIHF World Championship three times and won a bronze medal in his first appearance in 2015. Eichel has competed in the IIHF World Junior Championship four times in total, twice in the under-18 and under-20 ranks, and won a gold medal with the Americans in 2014, at age 17, and a silver medal in 2013, at age of 16 years. United States National Hockey Team Development Program.
Prior to his time with the Golden Knights, Eichel played six seasons with the Buffalo Sabers where he produced 355 points (139 G, 216 A) in 375 games. Eichel was drafted by Buffalo in the first round (2sd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft after a season of NCAA hockey with Boston University. During his college career, he became the second freshman to win the Hobey Baker Award, and the first since Paul Kariya in 1993. Eichel led the nation with 26 goals, 45 assists and 71 points and was named Hockey East scoring champion, player of the year, rookie of the year, earned Hockey East first team honors, a was a member of the All-Rookie team and was named conference tournament MVP.
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