Memorabilia
L.A. KINGS - ONE AUTOGRAPHED JAKE MUZZIN PLAYER CARD
- Item Number
- 319
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 35 USD to nta6a3895
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
Hockey lore is full of stories about perseverance. Muzzin's is as good as any of them.
He did not sign with the Pittsburgh Penguins after they selected him in the fifth round (No. 141) in the 2007 NHL Draft. When he re-entered the selection process for the 2009 NHL Draft, the League passed on him. The Nashville Predators invited Muzzin to training camp in 2009, but cut him well before the season began.
Only when the Los Angeles Kings went to scout another player on Sault Ste. Marie of the Ontario Hockey League did Muzzin, then an overage junior player, catch their attention with his big, heavy shot and good sense for getting the puck out of danger. In 2009-10 he was named the OHL Defenseman of the Year and an OHL First-Team All-Star.
Muzzin made the Kings out of training camp in 2010 and played his first NHL game Oct. 9 of that year against the Vancouver Canucks. He scored his first NHL point in his fourth NHL game with an assist against the Canucks on Oct. 15, 2010.
Muzzin played 11 games with the Kings in 2010-11, then spent the next season and a half in the AHL before making the Kings for the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. Muzzin scored his first goal and got his first multipoint game in the NHL with a goal and an assist in a 4-2 win against the Phoenix Coyotes on Jan. 26, 2013. His first two-goal game and three-point performance came in a 6-4 win against the St. Louis Blues on March 5, 2013.
Among rookie defensemen, Muzzin was first with a plus-16 rating, second in goals (seven) and tied for third in points (16). The once-unwanted player finished eighth in voting for the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL's top rookie.
Muzzin got his first NHL postseason point in his first Stanley Cup Playoff appearance, Game 1 of the first round against St. Louis in 2013, when he assisted on the goal that sent the game to overtime (a 2-1 loss). He appeared in 17 playoff games that season and tied for the lead among rookie defensemen with three assists.
After finishing third among Kings defensemen in goals (five), assists (19), points (24) and hits (169) in 2013-14, Muzzin led NHL defensemen with six goals in the 2014 playoffs. He also finished fifth among defensemen with 12 playoff points to help Los Angeles win the Stanley Cup.
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