Detroit City Wire

The Detroit Red Wings have signed defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker to a one-year contract, valued at an average annual amount of $875,000.

Bernard-Docker, aged 25, divided his time in the 2024-25 season between the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres. During this period, he recorded four points (1 goal and 3 assists), achieved a plus-two rating, and incurred four penalty minutes over 25 games with the Senators. He then added similar stats with a plus-three rating and 13 penalty minutes in 15 games while playing for the Sabres. In the previous season of 2023-24, Bernard-Docker primarily played with the Senators, where he amassed 14 points (4 goals and 10 assists) and had 25 penalty minutes across 72 games. Additionally, he appeared in two matches with the Belleville Senators in the American Hockey League during that same season.

Originally drafted by Ottawa as their first-round pick (26th overall) in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, Bernard-Docker has accumulated a total of 24 points (6 goals and 18 assists) along with 57 penalty minutes throughout his career spanning across both NHL teams since the start of his professional journey in the league during the 2020-21 season. In AHL play with Belleville from years ranging between 2021 to early parts of this year’s calendar cycle; he's gathered fifteen more scoreboard contributions alongside achieving an impressive plus-sixteen defensive statistic within one hundred-and-one appearances there too.

Before entering professional hockey ranks himself: Bernard-Docker spent three seasons at University level representing North Dakota - registering sixty point returns altogether while maintaining notable ratings including being named NCHC Defensive Defenseman Of The Year awardee among others such accolades accrued during collegiate tenure which also saw them win various titles like Penrose Cup amongst other achievements celebrated on ice arenas domestically or abroad where international tournaments took place featuring him partaking successfully alongside Canadian squads competing worldwide such as winning gold medals respectively obtained through participation via IIHF World Championship event held back around early stages post-collegiate career timeline circa past few years ago now elapsed already up until today when current signing news officially confirmed regarding new deal agreed upon involving future commitments made towards Red Wings organization moving forward together collectively united under shared aspirations set forth collaboratively therein overall aim mutually beneficially envisioned potentially realized further ahead long-term outlook wise.