Jason Zucker

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.\n', ' Zucker played in the 2009 World Juniors and 2010 World Juniors for Team USA, coming in 5th place in 2009 and winning a gold medal in 2010. 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.\n', ' Zucker was born in Newport Beach, California, and is Jewish. 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.\n', '