Jason Sugar

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Jason Sugar
Date of birth January 16, 1992
place of birth Newport Beach , California , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Left wing
number # 16
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2010 , 2nd round, 59th position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2008-2010 USA Hockey National Team Development Program
2010–2012 University of Denver
2012-2020 Minnesota Wild
since 2020 Pittsburgh Penguins

Jason Zucker (born January 16, 1992 in Newport Beach , California ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League since February 2020 and plays for them in the position of left winger . Before that, he spent almost eight years in the Minnesota Wild organization .

Career

Sugar in the Jersey of the Minnesota Wild (2019)

Jason Zucker began his career as a hockey player in the USA Hockey National Team Development Program , for which he was active from 2008 to 2010 in the junior division of the North American Hockey League . He was then selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2010 in the second round as the 59th player of the Minnesota Wild . First, however, he attended the University of Denver from 2010 to 2012 , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . In 2011 and 2012 he was elected to the second WCHA All-Star Team. In 2011 he was also elected Rookie of the Year at WCHA and its all-rookie team. In 2012 he was accepted into the All-Academic Team of the WCHA and the second All-American Team of the Western Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Due to his good performance at the university, he received a professional contract with the Minnesota Wild in March 2012, for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League at the end of the 2011/12 season . By the end of the season he prepared two goals in six games for the Wild.

In the season 2016/17 sugar led together with his teammate Ryan Suter the plus / minus member and not of the NHL with +34 (Figs. NHL Plus / Minus Award ; no longer officially awarded). In the following season, the attacker increased his personal statistics significantly to 64 scorer points and thus achieved his best career performance so far, while he was the team's second best goalscorer (33). He then signed a new five-year contract in Minnesota in July 2018 that should earn him an average annual salary of $ 5.5 million.

For his social commitment, Zucker was honored with the King Clancy Memorial Trophy at the end of the 2018/19 season .

After about eight years in Minnesota, sugar was given to the Pittsburgh Penguins in February 2020 . In return, the Wild received Alex Galchenyuk , young defender Calen Addison and a conditional first-round vote for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft . The latter should automatically move a year back if the Penguins miss the playoffs in the 2019/20 season. Ultimately, the Wild received the right to vote for the 2021 draft, as the regulations of the 2020 playoffs , in which the penguins were eliminated in the qualifying round, changed significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

International

For the USA , Zucker took part in the U18 World Championships in 2009 and 2010 and the U20 World Championships in 2010 , 2011 and 2012 . At the U18 World Championships in 2009 and 2010 and the U20 World Championship in 2010, he and his team won the gold medal. At the U20 World Cup in 2011, he won the bronze medal with the USA.

Achievements and Awards

  • 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

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2008/09 USA Hockey NTDP NEAR 36 11 4th 15th -3 55 - - - - - -
2009/10 USA Hockey NTDP USHL 22nd 11 7th 18th +6 23 - - - - - -
2010/11 University of Denver NCAA 40 23 22nd 45 +24 59
2011/12 University of Denver NCAA 38 22nd 24 46 +5 38
2011/12 Minnesota Wild NHL 6th 0 2 2 -2 2 - - - - - -
2012/13 Houston Eros AHL 55 24 26th 50 –6 43 1 0 0 0 ± 0 4th
2012/13 Minnesota Wild NHL 20th 4th 1 5 +4 8th 5 1 1 2 +1 0
2013/14 Iowa Wild AHL 22nd 8th 5 13 -8th 55 - - - - - -
2013/14 Minnesota Wild NHL 21st 4th 1 5 +2 2 - - - - - -
2014/15 Minnesota Wild NHL 51 21st 5 26th –9 18th 10 2 1 3 -1 2
2015/16 Minnesota Wild NHL 71 13 10 23 -4 20th 6th 0 2 2 -4 2
2016/17 Minnesota Wild NHL 79 22nd 25th 47 +34 30th 5 1 0 1 -1 2
2017/18 Minnesota Wild NHL 82 33 31 64 +8 44 5 0 0 0 -4 0
2018/19 Minnesota Wild NHL 81 21st 21st 42 –9 28 - - - - - -
2019/20 Minnesota Wild NHL 45 14th 15th 29 -3 19th - - - - - -
2019/20 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 15th 6th 6th 12 -1 2 4th 2 0 2 ± 0 0
NCAA overall 78 45 46 91 +29 97
AHL total 77 32 31 63 -14 98 1 0 0 0 ± 0 4th
NHL overall 471 138 117 255 +20 173 35 6th 4th 10 –9 6th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2009 United States U18 World Cup gold medal 7th 1 5 6th +6 0
2010 United States U20 World Cup gold medal 7th 2 0 2 ± 0 2
2010 United States U18 World Cup gold medal 7th 4th 3 7th +6 2
2011 United States U20 World Cup Bronze medal 4th 1 0 1 ± 0 0
2012 United States U20 World Cup 7th place 6th 3 4th 7th +1 2
Juniors overall 31 11 12 23 +13 6th

( 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

Commons : Jason Zucker  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Satriano: Zucker agrees to terms on five-year contract with Wild. nhl.com, July 25, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Sugar traded to Penguins by Wild for Galchenyuk. nhl.com, February 10, 2020, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
Squad of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Sugar, Jason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Newport Beach , California , United States