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Jason Zucker

 #16

Position: Forward

Height: 5-11

Weight: 180

Birthdate: 1/16/92

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.

2010-11 Team: Univ. of Denver (WCHA)

USA HOCKEY:
2010:
• Participated in the USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, scoring once in six games against teams from Finland, Sweden and the U.S.
• Member of the U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team that captured the gold medal at the 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation World Men’s U18 Championship in Minsk and Bobruisk, Belarus
   o Finished second on the team with four goals and fourth on the squad with seven points
   o Along with teammate, Jack Campbell, became the first American man to earn three gold medals at IIHF World Championship events
• Finished second on the U.S. National Under-18 Team with six points (2-4) in five games at the 2010 Under-18 Six Nations Cup in Minsk and Bobruisk, Belarus
• Youngest member of the U.S Men’s National Junior Team that won the gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship in Regina and Saskatoon, Sask.
2009:
• Logged a goal and an assist at the 2009 Under-18 Four Nations Cup in Pori, Finland with the U.S. National Under-18 Team
• Member of the U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team that captured the gold medal at the 2009 IIHF World Men’s U18 Championship in Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn.
• Had a goal and an assist in three games with the U.S. National Under-17 Team at the 2009 Vlad Dzurilla Under-18 Tournament in Piestany, Slovakia
• Notched four goals and three assists in six games with the U.S. National Under-17 Team at the 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Port Alberni, B.C.
   o Named Team USA’s Player of the Game three times
2008:
• Led the U.S. National Under-17 Team with three goals and added an assist in three games at the 2008 Under-17 Four Nations Cup in Monthey, Switzerland

COLLEGE HOCKEY:
2010-11:
• Led all freshmen and ranked second at the University of Denver of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association with 12 goals and 18 points in 18 games through Dec. 6

USA HOCKEY - NTDP:
2009-10:
• Member of the U.S. National Under-18 Team, part of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, that competed in the United States Hockey League and against Division I and Division III college opponents and international teams
• Tied for the team lead with 29 goals and ranked fifth on the squad with 53 points
• First-ever Nevada native to play for USA Hockey’s NTDP
2008-09:
• Split time between the U.S. National Under-18 and Under-17 Teams, part of USA Hockey’s NTDP, that competed in the North American Hockey League and against NCAA Division I and Division III teams and international opponents

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
• Son of Scott and Natalie Zucker
• Selected in the second round (59th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild
   o Became first-ever Nevada native drafted into the NHL
• Continues to enjoy playing inline hockey
• Played Midget hockey for Detroit Compuware in 2007-08

PLAYER FEATURES:
• DU’s Zucker a real American prodigy 
• Zucker earns back-to-back Rookie Honors 
• Minnesota Wild Feature: Family Man-er-Kid 
• Wild second-round pick Jason Zucker
• Las Vegas’ Zucker among Americans taking center stage at NHL draft

2011 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP STATS

Date Opponent G A PTS PIM
12/19 RPI (ex) 0 1 1 0
12/23 Norway (ex) 0 1 1 0
12/26 Finland 1 0 1 0
12/28 Slovakia 0 0 0 0
1/3 Canada (Semis) 0 0 0 0
1/5 Sweden (Bronze) 0 0 0 0
  WJC TOTALS 1 0 1 0

IIHF EVENT STATISTICS:

Year Event GP G A PTS PIM
2011 World Junior Championship 4 1 0 1 0
2010 World U18 Championship 7 4 3 7 2
2010 World Junior Championship 7 2 0 2 2
2009 World U18 Championship 7 1 5 6 0
  TEAM USA TOTALS 25 8 8 16 4

COLLEGE/NTDP STATISTICS:

Season Team GP G A PTS PIM
2010-11 Univ. of Denver (WCHA) 20 14 7 21 26
2009-10 U.S. National U18 Team* 60 29 24 53 47
2008-09 U.S. National U18 Team* 16 2 6 8 8
  U.S. National U17 Team* 48 19 11 30 53
  NTDP TOTALS 124 50 41 91 108

*part of USA Hockey's National Team Development Program