Jonathan Quick | |||
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Quick with the Los Angeles Kings in 2009
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Born |
Milford, Connecticut, U.S. |
January 21, 1986 ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Catches | Left | ||
NHL team | Los Angeles Kings | ||
National team | United States | ||
NHL Draft | 72nd overall, 2005 Los Angeles Kings |
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Playing career | 2007–present |
Medal record | ||
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Ice hockey | ||
Representing United States | ||
Winter Olympics | ||
2010 Vancouver |
Jonathan Douglas Quick (born January 21, 1986) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Quick was selected in the third round, 72nd overall, by Los Angeles at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
Quick is a two-time Vezina trophy nominee and was a silver medalist with the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He won his first Stanley Cup championship with the Kings on June 11, 2012, and his second in 2014, again with the Kings. He was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, the most recent goaltender to win the award.
Quick played travel youth hockey with the Mid Fairfield youth hockey association out of Darien Ice Rink. He carried his team to win a national championship and he was single time during his midget major year. His team also featured forwards Sean Backman, John Mori and Augie DiMarzo,Joey Sides, Joe DeBello, Chris Davis, Cam Atkinson who all went on to play professional hockey.
Quick played at Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut, before transferring to Avon Old Farms, where he was named to the 2002 New Haven Register All-Area Ice Hockey Team. Quick's number 32 Kings jersey is proudly displayed in the Lou Astorino Ice Arena of Hamden. He led Avon Old Farms to two-straight New England Prep Championships in his junior and senior seasons. He had nine shutouts during his senior year.