Early Life
Zuccarello grew up in the suburbs of Løren in Groruddalen, Oslo. He is of Sicilian and Norwegian ancestry.
At five-years-old, he started playing hockey in Hasle-Løren. After some years in Hasle-Løren, he started playing for Vålerenga where he stayed until the end of lower secondary school. By that time he had been scouted by the Frisk Tigers, who offered him a scholarship at the Norwegian College of Elite Sport, which he accepted.
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