CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Jason Zucker admitted that he had lost some love for the game last season.
You can't really blame him for that, either.
It was a frustrating year. Zucker was battling through a core muscle injury throughout most of the season, and it sidelined him for a total of 41 games over the course of the year -- exactly half of the regular season.
He was sidelined for a month starting in mid-December with a sports hernia before returning for one game on Jan. 17 in Las Vegas. He was sidelined again after that game with the same nagging injury before undergoing core muscle repair surgery on Jan.