Jason Muzzatti

Jason Mark Muzzatti (born February 3, 1970) is a Canadian-Italian former professional ice hockey goaltender, and the current goaltending development coach for the Carolina Hurricanes. He played 62 games in the National Hockey League 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 Italian national team at several World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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 Calgary Flames in the 1988 NHL entry draft as the 21st pick in the first round. He joined the Salt Lake Golden Eagles 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 in 1995 and played 53 games before he was traded to the New York Rangers. He finished his NHL career in 1997–98 with the San Jose Sharks.

Muzzatti joined Deutsche Eishockey Liga side Eisbären Berlin in 1998. He joined Tappara, a Finnish SM-liiga team, one year later before returning to Germany and the Augsburger Panther for one season. In 2001, he moved to Italy to play for Serie A team HC Milano Vipers. Muzzatti became the number one goaltender for Milano. In 2004 Muzzatti was contracted by another Italian top team, Hockey Club Bolzano. Muzzatti was Bolzano's top goalie for two seasons.

International career Despite being born in Canada, and representing the Canadian national team during 1992–93, Muzzatti also holds Italian citizenship and played for the Italian national ice hockey team. He played in the 2006 Winter Olympics, held in Turin, Italy for the host country.

Coaching career In 2008-09 Muzzatti started as an assistant coach with the Flint Generals 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 Michigan State Spartans for four seasons.

On August 13, 2019, Muzzatti was hired as the goaltending coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. He joined the coaching staff of Rod Brind'Amour, a former teammate with the Michigan State Spartan hockey team during the 1988–89 season. Serving as the team's goaltender development coach, Muzzatti won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes in 2026.

Personal Muzzatti and former NCAA assistant coach Willie Mitchell co-founded Just Goalies, a training camp for young goaltenders. NHL goaltender Ryan Miller credits Muzzatti for aiding his development and considers him a friend.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1985–86 St. Michael's Buzzers MJBHL 11 6 3 0 517 48 0 5.57 — — — — — — — — — 1986–87 St. Michael's Buzzers MJBHL 20 10 5 2 1054 69 1 3.93 — — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Michigan State University CCHA 33 19 9 3 1915 109 0 3.41 .877 — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Michigan State University CCA 42 32 9 1 2515 127 3 3.03 .876 — — — — — — — — 1989–90 Michigan State University CCA 33 24 6 0 1976 99 0 3.01 .889 — — — — — — — — 1990–91 Michigan State University CCA 22 8 10 2 1204 75 1 3.74 .859 — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Salt Lake Golden Eagles IHL 52 24 22 5 3033 167 2 3.30 — 4 1 3 247 18 0 4.37 — 1992–93 Canadian National Team Intl 16 6 9 0 880 53 0 3.84 — — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Indianapolis Ice IHL 12 5 6 1 707 48 0 4.07 .884 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Salt Lake Golden Ealges IHL 13 5 6 1 747 52 0 4.18 .869 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Calgary Flames NHL 1 0 1 0 60 8 0 8.00 .771 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Saint John Flames AHL 51 26 21 3 2939 183 2 3.74 .877 7 3 4 415 19 0 2.75 .903 1994–95 Calgary Flames NHL 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 0.00 1.000 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Saint John Flames AHL 31 10 14 4 1741 101 2 3.48 .892 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Hartford Whalers NHL 22 4 8 3 1013 49 1 2.90 .911 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Springfield Falcons AHL 5 4 0 1 300 12 1 2.40 .912 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Hartford Whalers NHL 31 9 13 5 1591 91 0 3.43 .888 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 New York Rangers NHL 6 0 3 2 313 17 0 3.26 .891 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 17 11 5 1 999 57 0 3.42 .897 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 San Jose Sharks NHL 1 0 0 0 27 2 0 4.49 .846 — — — — — — — — 1997–98 Kentucky Thoroughblades AHL 7 2 3 2 430 25 0 3.49 .881 3 0 3 153 13 0 5.07 .824 1998–99 Eisbären Berlin DEL 4 — — — 240 12 0 3.00 .917 3 0 3 166 14 0 5.06 .837 1999–00 Tappara FIN 41 26 9 5 2479 94 5 2.28 .921 4 1 3 252 14 0 3.33 .890 2000–01 Augsburg Panthers DEL 43 — — — 2391 143 1 3.59 .896 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 HC Milano ITA 34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002–03 HC Milano ITA 32 — — — — — — 2.06 .940 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 HC Milano ITA 27 — — — 1531 62 2 2.43 .892 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 HC Bolzano ITA 31 — — — 1694 82 1 2.90 .910 — — — — — — — — 2005–06 HC Bolzano ITA 26 — — — 1411 63 1 2.68 .916 2 — — — — — — — 2006–07 Flint Generals UHL 41 18 15 6 2352 131 0 3.34 .891 5 2 3 305 19 0 3.74 .877 NHL totals 62 13 25 10 3013 167 1 3.33 .894 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2004 Italy WC-B 3 2 1 0 175 5 1 1.72 .933 2005 Italy WC-B 4 3 0 1 240 3 1 0.75 .963 2006 Italy OLY 4 0 1 2 212 14 0 3.96 .891 2006 Italy WC 6 1 4 1 304 18 0 3.55 .897 2007 Italy WC 1 0 1 0 60 3 0 3.00 .917 Senior totals 18 6 7 4 991 43 2 2.60 —

Awards and honours Award Year All-CCHA Second Team 1987–88 CCHA All-Tournament Team 1989 All-CCHA First Team 1989–90 AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1989–90 CCHA All-Tournament Team 1990