Jason Mark Muzzatti (born February 3, 1970) is a Canadian-Italian former professional

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, and the current goaltending coach for the

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. He played 62 games in the

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between 1993 and 1998 for four teams. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1991 to 2007, was spent in various minor leagues and in Europe. Internationally Muzzatti played briefly for the Canadian national team in the early 1990s, and later in his career played for the

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at several

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and the

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Playing career

Muzzatti played four seasons at Michigan State University with a record of 83 wins, 34 losses, and 6 ties. He was drafted by the

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in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft as the 21st pick in the first round. He joined the

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of the IHL in 1991. He joined the Flames in 1993 but he had just a short career in Calgary, playing only two games in two seasons. He was claimed on waivers by the

Hartford Whalers The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut. The club played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 until 1979, and in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1979 to ...

in 1995 and played 53 games before he was traded to the

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...

. He finished his NHL career in 1997–98 with the

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. Muzzatti joined Deutsche Eishockey Liga side

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in 1998. He joined

Tappara Tappara (; Finnish for "Battle axe") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team playing in the Liiga. They play at ''Tampere Deck Arena'' in Tampere, Finland. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, ...

, a

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team, one year later before returning to Germany and the

Augsburger Panther The Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team is based in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They play their home games at the Curt Frenzel Stadion. Founded in 1878, the team's name was Augsburger EV ...

for one season. In 2001, he moved to Italy to play for

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team

HC Milano Vipers Hockey Club Junior Milano Vipers was an Italian professional ice hockey team from Milan. Founded in 1998 as Hockey Club Junior Milano, was renamed Vipers in 2000. In June 2008 the organization was disbanded and replaced with Hockey Milano Rossoblu ...

. Muzzatti became the number one goaltender for Milano. In 2004 Muzzatti was contracted by another Italian top team,

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. Muzzatti was Bolzano's top goalie for two seasons. In 2006, after 8 seasons in European top leagues, Muzzatti returned to North America and was contracted by

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of the

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. Muzzatti played the entire 2006–07 season in Flint Generals after which he retired. He was named the coach of the Generals in 2009.

International career

Despite being born in Canada, and representing the Canadian national team during 1992–93, Muzzatti also holds

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citizenship and played for the Italian national ice hockey team. He played in the

, held in

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, Italy for the host country.

Coaching career

In 2008-09 Muzzatti started as an assistant coach with the

of the International Hockey League (IHL). The following season in 2009-10 Muzzatti was hired as head coach of the Generals, and won the IHL Coach of the Year award that year. Starting with the 2015–16 season, Muzzatti was the goaltending coach for the

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for four seasons. On August 13, 2019, Muzzatti was hired as the goaltending coach of the

. He joined the coaching staff of

Rod Brind'Amour Roderic Jean Brind'Amour (born August 9, 1970) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the head coach for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Brind'Amour played 20 seasons in the National H ...

, a former teammate with the Michigan State Spartan hockey team during the 1988–89 season.

Personal

Muzzatti and former NCAA assistant coach Willie Mitchell co-founded Just Goalies, a training camp for young goaltenders. NHL goaltender

Ryan Miller Ryan Dean Miller (born July 17, 1980) is an American former ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) mostly for the Buffalo Sabres. Miller was drafted 138th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1999 NHL E ...

credits Muzzatti for aiding his development and considers him a friend.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

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Just Goalies Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muzzatti, Jason 1970 births Living people Augsburger Panther players Bolzano HC players Calgary Flames draft picks Calgary Flames players Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Carolina Hurricanes coaches Eisbären Berlin players Flint Generals players Hartford Whalers players Hartford Wolf Pack players HC Milano players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Indianapolis Ice players Kentucky Thoroughblades players Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey players National Hockey League first-round draft picks New York Rangers players Olympic ice hockey players of Italy Saint John Flames players Salt Lake Golden Eagles (IHL) players San Jose Sharks players Ice hockey people from Toronto Springfield Falcons players St. Michael's Buzzers players Tappara players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Italy Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Canadian people of Italian descent