John Muse

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John Muse
Born (1988-08-01) August 1, 1988
East Falmouth, MA, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
AHL team
Former teams		 Rochester Americans
Portland Pirates
Charlotte Checkers
Texas Stars
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011–present

John Roger Muse (born August 1, 1988) is an American ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Playing career

Amateur

Muse played high school hockey at Noble and Greenough School under the coaching of Brian Day. He went on to play in college for the Boston College Eagles in the NCAA's Division I Hockey East conference.

Muse was a four-year player for Boston College, helping the Eagles to win the NCAA Division I National Championships in the 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 seasons, recording a 5-0 shutout against the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2010 National Championship game, becoming only the fourth goalie to do so in NCAA history.

Muse also backstopped for BC's Hockey East regular-season championship in 2010, as well as Beanpot Tournament and Hockey East tournament championships in 2008, 2010, and 2011. He finished his collegiate career with a record of 89-39-16, including 12 shutouts.[1][2]

Professional

Following his college career, Muse was signed to an amateur tryout contract by the AHL's Portland Pirates, winning his only start for them.[3] On July 18, 2011, Muse signed a two-way AHL deal with the Charlotte Checkers.[4] He attended 2011 training camp with the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes, but was sent to Charlotte, then to Florida, for training camps.[5][6]

Muse's first full professional season saw him spending time in both the ECHL and AHL, recording 15 games in Charlotte and 25 in Florida, where he shared netminding duties with Pat Nagle. Muse helped to lead Florida to their first Kelly Cup and their third Kelly Cup Final, recording a shutout win against Kalamazoo (7-0, with 32 saves), and the first 2/3 of a shutout against the Elmira (5-0, Muse had 11 saves, but he did not play the 3rd period due to a lower-body injury).[7] He was awarded the Kelly Cup MVP trophy following the Everblades victory in Game 5.[8]

On June 7, 2012, Muse was signed to his first NHL contract with the Everblades parent affiliate, the Carolina Hurricanes, on a one-year contract.[9] Due to the NHL lockout, Muse was directly returned initially to the Checkers, before splitting the year for a second consecutive season with the Everblades.

On August 6, 2013, with limited NHL interest, Muse signed as a free agent to remain in the ECHL with the Fort Wayne Komets.[10] After starting the season on the Komet's roster, Muse was signed to a PTO by the Checkers due to injuries to Cam Ward and Anton Khudobin.[11] In his first two starts for the Checkers, Muse recorded back to back 5-0 shutouts. By December, he had collected a record of 9-6-0 with a 2.29 GAA and .922 save percentage. As his PTO contract was nearing its end, the Checkers decided to extend an AHL deal to keep Muse in the organization through the end of the 2013-2014 season.[12]

On August 4, 2015, Muse left the Checkers as a free agent to sign a one-year AHL contract with the Texas Stars.[13] In the 2015–16 season, Muse assumed the backup role with the Stars, appearing in 19 games. Unable to replicate his form from previous years, Muse was traded by the Stars back to the Checkers for future considerations on February 29, 2016.[14] After returning to Charlotte, Muse assumed the starting role for 18 of the remaining 21 games, collecting a 9-6-1 record with a 2.08 G.A.A. and .918 Sv. %. On March 14, 2016, Muse was named the AHL Player of the Week for the third time in his career. [15]

On July 21, 2016, Muse continued his tenure in the AHL, signing a one-year contact as a free agent with the Rochester Americans.[16]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2007–08 Boston College HE 44 25 11 8 2725 100 3 2.20 .921 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Boston College HE 37 18 14 5 2248 102 3 2.72 .904 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Boston College HE 29 19 8 2 1724 69 2 2.40 .910 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Boston College HE 34 27 6 1 1954 75 4 2.30 .920 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Portland Pirates AHL 1 1 0 0 65 2 0 1.85 .943 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Florida Everblades ECHL 25 16 6 3 1489 60 1 2.42 .920 13 11 2 776 23 1 1.78 .939
2011–12 Charlotte Checkers AHL 15 10 3 2 897 27 2 1.81 .941 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Florida Everblades ECHL 21 9 8 4 1229 75 0 3.66 .884 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Charlotte Checkers AHL 16 7 7 1 912 49 0 3.22 .891 1 0 0 27 1 0 2.26 .917
2013–14 Fort Wayne Komets ECHL 1 0 0 1 65 3 0 2.77 .857 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Charlotte Checkers AHL 47 27 18 0 2657 121 5 2.73 .915 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Charlotte Checkers AHL 29 10 12 2 1612 72 0 2.68 .916 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 Texas Stars AHL 19 9 3 3 893 45 0 3.02 .904 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 Charlotte Checkers AHL 18 9 6 1 1010 35 0 2.08 .918 — — — — — — — —
AHL totals 145 73 49 9 8046 351 7 2.62 .915 1 0 0 27 1 0 2.26 .917

Awards and honors

Award Year
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 2008 [17]
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 2008 [18]
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 2010 [17]
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 2010 [18]
All-Hockey East First Team 2010–11 [19][20]
AHCA East Second-Team All-American 2010–11
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 2011 [17]

References

  1. ↑ BC Eagles Player Bio: John Muse
  2. ↑ "BC Eagles Player Bio: John Muse". Boston College. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Favat, Brian. "BC's John Muse Signs ATO With Portland Pirates". BCInterruption.com. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  4. ↑ gocheckers.com, July 18, 2011
  5. ↑ Preston, Ken. "Hurricanes Trim Training Camp Roster by Six". Carolina Hurricanes. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "ECHL transactions - Oct. 4". ECHL. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Wommack, Woody. "Game 3 Live Blog: Breaking News: Florida goalie John Muse to miss Game 3 with lower body injury, Pat Nagle to start; David Fischer returning". Naples Daily News. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  8. ↑ Press Release. "Florida's Muse Named Most Valuable Player of Kelly Cup Playoffs". ECHL.
  9. ↑ "Hurricanes sign Goaltender John Muse". Carolina Hurricanes. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  10. ↑ "Komets add Championship Goaltender John Muse". Fort Wayne Komets. 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  11. ↑ http://gocheckers.com/articles/341-checkers-sign-john-muse-to-pto.html
  12. ↑ http://gocheckers.com/articles/479-john-muse-to-sign-ahl-deal-with-checkers.html
  13. ↑ "Texas Stars sign Evans and Muse to 2015-16 roster". Texas Stars. 2015-08-04. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  14. ↑ "Charlotte re-acquire John Muse from Texas Stars". Charlotte Checkers. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
  15. ↑ "CHECKERS' MUSE NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK". American Hockey League. Retrieved 14 Mar 2016.
  16. ↑ "Amerks sign Goalie John Muse to AHL contract". Rochester Americans. 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  17. 1 2 3 "2013-14 Hockey East Media Guide". Hockey East. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  18. 1 2 "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  19. ↑ Hockey East First-Team All-Stars
  20. ↑ Concord Monitor, March 18, 2011
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