Jan Bach '26 Recruiting Profile

Hello, my name is Jan Bach. I am 16 I am a 2007. I grew in West Palm Beach, FL then moved to King of Prussia, PA. I started playing at tier 2 level for Valley Forge Colonials since mite to 2-year peewee.  I left to play a higher level then AA and I played for AAA Philadelphia Hockey Club for my last year of youth hockey. I used to play at Philadelphia Little Flyers for 3 years and Valley Forge Minuteman for another 2 years . I started playing hockey at a young age it started when my dad played in Czech Republic when he was young, and he enjoy the game of hockey.  My first every skating was in winter on a pond and feel in love the game I started with the tier 2 level, because we didn't have money but in peewee, I wanted to take my game to another level, so I try out for AAA in my first-year bantam. I had made the Team, so I knew my next step was to get a good education, I decide to go to school at Archbishop John Carroll, to play school hockey and get a better chance to get a better step in Hockey. I was aT Carroll for two years and then got the opportunity to transfer to a better school with better academic and hockey. I now go to Devon prep and will be graduating from there in 2026. My Goal is to become a leader for my former team and even get to a college that suits me well. My aspirations are to play in college hockey and get as many memories as possible in hockey if I don't make it to the NHL, I could tell my kids I have play college hockey and all I did.  I could be great for a team I can bring new talent for any team that will want me, I can always hype the team out and be inspiring, I like working out my problems and like fixing them with teammates and building off of it. I am different by an milestone I always had an  different mind set and goals for each practice's and games, I like to workout to make me stronger and bigger out on the ice. I try to have the best shoot and skating but you cant have everything at the same time I want to work to my goals. My Academics is not my strongest but they have been really good every school year.  I have been trying very hard in every subject.