Jake Muzzin

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CanadaCanada  Jake Muzzin Ice hockey player
Jake Muzzin
Date of birth February 21, 1989
place of birth Woodstock , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 97 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 5th lap, 141st position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
2004-2005 Brantford 99ers
2005-2010 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
2010-2013 Manchester monarchs
2010-2019 Los Angeles Kings
since 2019 Toronto Maple Leafs

Jacob "Jake" Muzzin (born February 21, 1989 in Woodstock , Ontario ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League since January 2019 . Previously, the defender spent nine years in the organization of the Los Angeles Kings , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2014 . He also won the gold medal at the 2015 World Cup with the Canadian national team .

Career

The defender was initially active for the Brantford 99ers in a lower-class Canadian junior league before the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the OHL Priority Selection 2005 in the first round in eleventh position. For the greyhounds, however, the left shooter made his debut during the 2006/07 season in the Ontario Hockey League after he had been unable to play due to a back injury during the previous season. The Canadian quickly sat down as a regular in the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, with his greatest team success reaching the Western Conference final in the 2007/08 season .

During this time, the Pittsburgh Penguins secured his NHL rights when they selected Muzzin in the fifth round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round in a total of 141st position. Then this ordered the defender back to the Ontario Hockey League and ran again for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds on the ice, which the left-shooter led at times in the role of team captain. After an unsatisfactory 2008/09 season including failed playoff qualification, he completed his most successful year as a junior player in the following season . With 67 points in 64 games of the regular season, including 52 assists, Muzzin was the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and took third place among defenders in the league. Since the Pittsburgh Penguins had not signed him in the meantime, he was available as a free agent and had the right to negotiate with other NHL teams without restriction.

After he had basically agreed on a contractual relationship with the Los Angeles Kings in December 2009 , the Canadian signed an entry level contract on January 4, 2010 with a term of three years. Muzzin had previously taken part in the Nashville Predators training camp in September 2009 without recommending himself for a commitment.

The Los Angeles Kings used him during the 2010/11 season mainly with their farm team , the Manchester Monarchs , in the American Hockey League . During the season he also made his debut in the National Hockey League , where he was used eleven times.

After two more seasons in the Monarchs jersey, Muzzin made it into the Los Angeles Kings NHL squad in January 2013. There he scored his first goal in the league in his third game of the season against the Phoenix Coyotes . After he had a total of eleven scorer points and a plus / minus rating of +10 in March , he was named the first defender since Tyler Myers 2010 NHL rookie of the month .

At the 2015 World Cup , he won the gold medal with the Canadian national team, as well as the 2016 World Cup of Hockey .

After nine years in the organization of the Kings, Muzzin was transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs in January 2019 . In return, the young players Carl Grundström and Sean Durzi and a first-round right to vote for the 2019 NHL Entry Draft moved to Los Angeles. The Canadian signed a new four-year contract in Toronto in February 2020, which should bring him an average annual salary of around 5.6 million US dollars from the start of the 2020/21 season.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2004/05 Brantford 99ers AHMMPL 69 21st 25th 46 112 - - - - -
2005/06 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL not played because of back injury
2006/07 Soo Thunderbirds NOJHL 4th 0 3 3 2 - - - - -
2006/07 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 37 1 3 4th 10 13 0 4th 4th 6th
2007/08 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 67 6th 12 18th 53 10 1 3 4th 4th
2008/09 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 62 6th 23 29 57 - - - - -
2009/10 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 64 15th 52 67 76 5 0 1 1 2
2009/10 Manchester monarchs AHL 1 0 1 1 0 13 1 3 4th 6th
2010/11 Manchester monarchs AHL 45 3 15th 18th 39 7th 3 1 4th 2
2010/11 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2011/12 Manchester monarchs AHL 71 7th 24 31 40 3 0 1 1 2
2012/13 Manchester monarchs AHL 29 2 9 11 23 - - - - -
2012/13 Los Angeles Kings NHL 45 7th 9 16 35 17th 0 3 3 6th
2013/14 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 5 19th 24 58 26th 6th 6th 12 8th
2014/15 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 10 31 41 22nd - - - - -
2015/16 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 8th 32 40 64 5 1 4th 5 2
2016/17 Los Angeles Kings NHL 82 9 19th 28 46 - - - - -
2017/18 Los Angeles Kings NHL 74 8th 34 42 40 2 0 0 0 2
2018/19 Los Angeles Kings NHL 50 4th 17th 21st 33 - - - - -
2018/19 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 30th 5 11 16 14th 7th 0 2 2 2
2019/20 Toronto Marlies AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2019/20 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 53 6th 17th 23 40 2 0 0 0 2
OHL total 230 28 90 118 196 28 1 8th 9 12
AHL total 147 12 49 61 102 23 4th 5 9 10
NHL overall 579 62 190 252 352 59 7th 15th 22nd 22nd

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2015 Canada WM 1st place, gold 10 0 8th 8th 4th
2016 Canada World cup 1st place, gold 1 0 0 0 0
Men overall 11 0 8th 8th 4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Captain Muzzin Crowned By Los Angeles. OurSports Central, January 4, 2010, accessed February 13, 2012 .
  2. ^ Bob McKenzie, Greyhounds' Muzzin to ink free agent deal with Kings. The Sports Network, December 20, 2009, accessed February 13, 2012 .
  3. ^ Kings Sign Muzzin; Activate Stoll. Los Angeles Kings, January 4, 2010, accessed February 13, 2012 .
  4. ^ Kings' Muzzin named Rookie of the Month for March. NHL.com, April 1, 2013, accessed April 15, 2013 .
  5. ^ Maple Leafs Acquire Muzzin from Los Angeles. nhl.com, January 29, 2019, accessed on January 29, 2019 .
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Squad of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Muzzin, Jake
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muzzin, Jacob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Woodstock , Ontario