Jake Muzzin

Jacob Muzzin ( born February 21, 1989 in Woodstock, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since January 2010 with the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League contract.

Career

The defender was initially for the Brantford 99ers in a unterklassigen Canadian Junior Football League running before him, the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the OHL Priority Selection in 2005 in the first round selected in eleventh position. For the Greyhounds, however, the links Sagittarius debuted only in the course of the 2006/07 season in the Ontario Hockey League, after he had been playing ineligible during the previous season due to a back injury. Rasch sat the Canadians as a regular force in the OHL squad of Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds by, with his greatest team success was reaching the Western Conference finals in the season 2007 /08.

During this time, the Pittsburgh Penguins secured, as they chose Muzzin in the NHL Entry Draft in 2007 in the fifth round at a total of 141 position, his NHL rights. Then beorderten this the defender in the Ontario Hockey League back and ran again for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on the ice, which at times led the links Sagittarius in the role of team captain. After a disappointing 2008/09 season including misguided playoff qualification, he graduated in the following season, his most successful year as a junior player game. With 67 points in 64 games of the regular season, including 52 assists, Muzzin was the best points scorer of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and finished the league in third place among the defenders. Since him the Pittsburgh Penguins had not taken the meantime under contract, he was available as a free agent and had the right to negotiate fully with other NHL teams.

After he had agreed in principle in December 2009 on a contractual relationship with the Los Angeles Kings, the Canadians signed on January 4, 2010 Entry Level Contract with a term of three years. Previously Muzzin had participated in September 2009 at the training camp of the Nashville Predators, without having to recommend for an engagement.

The Los Angeles Kings placed him during the 2010/11 predominantly at their farm team, the Manchester Monarchs in the American Hockey League. In the course of the season he also made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League, where he came eleven times used.

After two more seasons in the jersey of the Monarchs Muzzin succeeded in January 2013, the final leap into the NHL squad of the Los Angeles Kings. He scored in his third season game against the Phoenix Coyotes also his first goal in the league. After he was able to record a total of eleven points scorer and a plus / minus rating of 10 in March, he was elected as the first defender since Tyler Myers 2010 NHL rookie of the month.

Awards and achievements

  • 2010 OHL All-Star Game
  • 2010 Max Kaminsky Trophy
  • 2010 OHL First All - Star Team
  • 2010 CHL First All - Star Team
  • 2013 NHL Rookie of the Month March

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

Woodstock (Ontario) 2007 NHL Entry Draft Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 2006–07 OHL season 2007–08 OHL season 2008–09 OHL season 2009–10 OHL season 2010–11 AHL season Farmteam Plus/Minus Canadian Hockey League 2005–06 OHL season 2009–10 AHL season 2010–11 NHL season 2011–12 AHL season 2012–13 AHL season 2012–13 NHL season Point (ice hockey) 2013–14 NHL season Jonathan Quick Drew Doughty Matt Greene Alec Martinez Willie Mitchell (ice hockey) Robyn Regehr Dustin Brown Jeff Carter Kyle Clifford Dwight King Trevor Lewis Jordan Nolan Mike Richards Jarret Stoll Justin Williams Darryl Sutter John Stevens (ice hockey) Dean Lombardi
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