Jake Lourdes

(Artist)

**Jacob Matthew "Jake" Lourdes** (pronouncedLords) is one of the main characters of *Between the Teeth*, along with his boyfriend David Chapman.

## Personal Life

Jake was born on the day after Christmas and grew up in Michigan with his parents (Greg and Claire Lourdes) and two sisters Allie and Nat Lourdes). Hockey was a luxury for his family, but within their possibilities, until his father lost his job. His family had to make some sacrifices after that for him to be able to play, as they realised he was a prodigy.

He is bisexual and out to friends and family, as well as teammates. He first came out to his sister Allie.

He dated a girl named Ashley in high school, then a girl named Sasha (for three weeks) and had a friends-with-benefits relationship with teammate and friend Gabe Markson in Juniors. He had a thing with Georgie Dineen at development camp, which was when he realised he was into men as well as women.

He has been in an on-and-off relationship with David Chapman since the 2010/2011 season, but he had a crush even before, due to David's tragic face upon losing to the US in World Juniors. Their relationship became steady in 2016 and has stayed that way since. During the series, he dated as well several girls, including a girl named Becca, for whom he stopped talking to David.

He's generally friendly and has many friends within his team and in other NHL franchises, but he's closest to Joe Forster, Armand Parent and Cody Gallagher from the Panthers, Gabe Markson from the Vancouver Canucks and Emily Ross.

After he retired from hockey, he spent some time bouncing between Florida and Michigan but spent a lot of time wherever David Chapman was playing. After David retires, they live together in DC during the season. They have a gigantic cottage in rural Michigan and normally spend the offseason there.

## Playing career

### Juniors

Jake chose an unconventional path through Juniors, opting to play for the London Knights in the OHL after a stint with the NTDP.

### NHL

Jake was chosen first overall in the 2010 Entry Draft by the Florida Panthers. He immediately made the jump to the NHL that year and would go on to win the Calder Trophy. After his rookie season, he was made captain and would continue to serve as captain until he retired from hockey. He is one of the few players in the NHL who only played for one team during his entire career.

He was named to the ASG 2016 in Cleveland.

### International

He has represented Team USA on numerous occasions internationally, participating in the World Juniors Championship and the Olympics (2014, where he got a bronze medal, and 2018). He won gold at World Juniors in January 2009 and silver in January 2010, both times playing against Canada.

## Appearance

He is 6'3, with light brown hair and eyes oscillating between blue, green and gold (nice, according to David Chapman, once you translate his thoughts.) His hair has actually been darkening for years, from dirty blond to brown in the span of the series. He got an undercut during the 2015-2016 season and it looked good.

He shares an uncanny resemblance to his NTDP (USA Hockey National Team Development Program) teammate Georgie Dineen.

He does not grow a beard unless it's for playoffs, but he does have scruff. He's involved in body-hugging white t-shirts and dresses like a generic hockey bro, and also his ass is so big his pants need tailoring.

In the thicc scale, he is **Big!!!!**.

## Personality

He's generally nice and friendly off the ice, even if his play on the ice is often borderline dirty. As a kid, he had boundless energy. He's kind, dedicated, loyal and emotional. He's an ESFJ and a SCUAN. His Enneagram type is 2 with a secondary 7.

He's not book smart, but he's great at people. He's a bad liar.

His love language is Words of Affirmation.

## Trivia

* He spent his signing bonus on his parents' mortgage, his sisters' student loans and paying for a nice home for his granddad.
* He was nominated for the Hart, but didn't win.
* He was a boyscout.
* He grew up a Detroit Red Wings fan.
* He plays a similar style to that of Milan Lucic.
* He is just very touchy and cuddly.. Extra cuddly when drunk.
* He has a history of dating people who are not good for him.
* He's in the "fairly often get into fights but they’re kind of terrible" category.
* He owns a guitar that sometimes "gets absentmindedly strummed."
* In the Canadian bird debate, he would be in Team 'Ineligible but DOES give a fuck'. He would vote for the loon.
* He cries during films, both happy and sad ones.
* He trains in New York with David Chapman, Kiro Volkov and Oleg Kurmazov, under Vladislav, starting summer 2016.. Before that, he does some strength training in Michigan.
* He wore purple to his draft.
* He's very good with kids.
* He loves frozen yogurt (with gummy worms).
* Jake legit has planned his wedding with David down to flower arrangements.
* He does all his pregame stuff right to left.
* In a Hogwarts AU, he would be a Gryffindor.
* He likes strawberry lemonade Powerade.
* He's good at swimming but doesn't love it.
* He's bad at saying no.
* Losing his family and friends would break him.
* He shared a room with Georgie Dineen in World juniors once.
* His favourite player growing up was an unnamed Red Wings player.
* He's pretty bad at singing.
* He would only lose willingly against his mother, who's a very sore loser.
* He likes pineapple on pizza.
* He has a standing yearly bet with Joe Forster on who will win WJC.
* He's a good gift giver.
* He doesn't kill spiders.
* If he were a drink, he would be light beer.
* He enjoys shopping.
* He was in the building with his boyfriend David Chapman won the Stanley Cup.
* He plays ball hockey with his childhood friends the Phillips siblings and Mason during the summer. He's only allowed to play goalie and he's bad at it.
* He's better at Mario Kart than Robbie Lombardi. He plays with Toad.
* He came in third in the Florida Panthers' breath-holding contest.
* He's good with kids.
* The first guy he kissed was Georgie Dineen.
* In the reaction to cold scale, he's "I am dressed appropriately for the weather."
* At team karaoke, he's banned from singing Miley Cyrus, Wrecking Ball; Rihanna, Stay; A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera, Say Something; and Leona Lewis, Bleeding Love.
* He worked in retail as a teenager during the summer.
* He likes Beyoncé.
* He's good at cooking.
* Cries at weddings but wouldn’t cry at his own.
* He claims the Spice Girls are before his time.

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