Jason Zucker

Jason sugar ( born January 16, 1992 Newport Beach, California) is an American professional ice hockey player who is since March 2012 at the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League contract.

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Career

Jason sugar began his career as a hockey player in the U.S. National Team Development Program, for which he was active from 2008 to 2010 in the Junior League North American Hockey League. He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2010 in the second round than a total of 59 players from the Minnesota Wild. First, however, he attended from 2010 to 2012, the University of Denver, for their hockey team he played in parallel in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. In the years 2011 and 2012 he was selected in each case in the second All- Star team of the WCHA. In 2011 he was also named the WCHA Rookie of the Year and selected in the All- Rookie Team. 2012 was followed by the inclusion in the All- Academic Team of the WCHA and the second All- American team in the Western Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Due to its good performance at the university he was awarded a professional contract with the Minnesota Wild, for which he made ​​his debut in the National Hockey League at the end of the 2011/12 season in March 2012. By the end of the season he prepared two goals against in six games for the Wild.

Internationally

For the United States took part in the sugar U18 World Junior Championships in 2009 and 2010 and the U20 World Junior Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012. In the U18 World Junior Championships in 2009 and 2010 as well as the U20 World Youth Championship 2010, he won with his team the gold medal each. In the 2011 U20 World Championships he won the bronze medal with the United States.

Awards and achievements

  • 2011 WCHA Rookie of the Year
  • 2011 WCHA All- Rookie Team
  • 2011 WCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 2012 WCHA All- Academic Team
  • 2012 WCHA Second All-Star Team
  • 2012 NCAA West Second All-American Team
  • 2013 AHL All- Star Classic
  • 2013 AHL All- Rookie Team

Internationally

  • 2009 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
  • 2010 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
  • 2010 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
  • 2011 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships

NHL stats

(End of season 2012/ 13)

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