Friday, December 23, 2011

Zucker named captain for Team USA

Press Release

CAMROSE, Alta. - Jason Zucker (Las Vegas, Nev./Univ. of Denver) was named captain of the 2012 U.S. National Junior Team, and will be joined by alternate captains Emerson Etem (Long Beach, Calif./Medicine Hat Tigers) and Jarred Tinordi (Millersville, Md./London Knights).

Zucker will be playing in his third International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, having skated with the gold medal-winning 2010 U.S. National Junior Team in Regina and Saskatoon, Sask., and with the bronze medal-winning U.S. squad last year in Niagara and Buffalo, N.Y.

Etem also earned a bronze medal with Team USA last year, while Tinordi will be making his first U.S. National Junior Team appearance.

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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