23Hockey’s Jack Brackett Re-signs in ECHL

23Hockey Coach, Jack Brackett re-signed with the ECHL’s Greenville Swamp Rabbits on August 12, 2025. Brackett returns to the Swamp Rabbits after joining the team late last season to start his professional career out of college. The 6’0”, 190-pound forward made his professional debut on March 12 th  at South Carolina, scoring his first professional goal in the milestone night. Brackett factored in 15 games for the Swamp Rabbits, finishing the tail end of the season with five goals and seven points. Six of his points came across three multi-point performances, including the final game of the season where he scored both goals in a massive 2-1 upset of the Stingrays to end their 17-game winning streak, the game-winner coming with 2:33 left in the game.

“It was a pretty easy decision for me to go back. Over the month I was in Greenville, I got to meet passionate fans and explore an incredible city. There’s so much for me there in my development as a player, so I’m excited to run it back this upcoming fall,” Brackett said of his decision to return.

In 2017, Brackett was the first ever player from Northern Virginia selected in the NCDC draft.This also marked the first time a player from Northern VA had been drafted to a tier 2 junior league coming directly from AA Hockey. Under the tutelage of 23Hockey Founder and Bandits Scout, Craig Desjarlais, Brackett was picked by the Boston Bandits. The Bandits General Manager was 23 Hockey Co-Founder, Doug Shepherd. Brackett had a stellar career and eventually moved on to play NCAA Hockey at RPI, where Shepherd is an alum.