Jason Zucker
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| Born |
January 16, 1992 Newport Beach, California, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Minnesota Wild | ||
| NHL Draft | 59th overall, 2010 Minnesota Wild |
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| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
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Representing  United States
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| IIHF World U18 Championships | ||
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2009 United States | |
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2010 Belarus | |
| World Junior Hockey Championships | ||
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2010 Canada | |
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2011 USA | |
Jason Alan Zucker (born January 16, 1992) is an American ice hockey player, playing currently at left wing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League.
Zucker played in the 2009 World Juniors and 2010 World Juniors for Team USA, and won gold medals in each event. He was also a member of Team USA's bronze medal-winning team at the 2011 World Juniors. Playing for the University of Denver in 2010–11, he was the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Rookie of the Year. He was drafted in the second round (59th overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Wild.
Zucker, who is Jewish, was born in Newport Beach, California. His mother, Natalie Zucker, is a former competitive figure skater, and his father, Scott Zucker, is a general contractor who built ice rinks and roller rinks when Jason was young. He has two older brothers, Evan and Adam, and a younger sister, Kimmie, and brother, Cameron.
When he was two months old, Zucker and his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Zucker moved to Los Angeles for hockey for two years when he was 11, and to Plymouth, Michigan, when he was 15 so he could play with the Compuware AAA Minor Midget Team, and finally to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for two years. He attended Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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