Andrei Yurievich Zyuzin (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Зюзин; born January 21, 1978) is a Russian former professional
ice hockey
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defenceman
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. He played in the
National Hockey League
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(NHL) for the
San Jose Sharks
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,
Tampa Bay Lightning
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,
New Jersey Devils
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,
Minnesota Wild
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,
Calgary Flames
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and
Chicago Blackhawks
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.
Playing career
As a youth, Zyuzin played in the 1992
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
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with the
Druzhba-78
Druzbha-78 ( uk, Дружба-78; en, Friendship-78) was an U-18 ice hockey team based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Sexual abuse allegations and suicide
In January 2012, the coach and owner of the team, Ivan Pravilov was accused of fondling a 14-year- ...
squad, a team from
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.[Ivan Pravilov
Ivan Pravilov ( uk, Іван Правілов; January 22, 1963 – February 10, 2012) was a Ukrainian ice hockey coach. He coached a Ukrainian hockey school, Druzhba-78, before he moved to the United States in 2007.] , who was arrested in 2012 for
sexual abuse
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of a teenage student, and committed
suicide by hanging
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Hanging is often considered t ...
in prison.
Zyuzin was drafted 2nd overall by the
San Jose Sharks
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in the
1996 NHL Entry Draft
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The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Zdeno Chára, who retired after the 2021–22 season.
...
. Zyuzin has played 415 career NHL games, scoring 35 goals and 74 assists for 109 points. He was signed as an unrestricted free agent by the
Calgary Flames
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on July 1, 2006. On February 4, 2007, in the Calgary Flames skill competition he had the hardest shot at 99.3 mph. Zyuzin scored one of the biggest goals in the history of the San Jose Sharks when he took a slapshot from the point to beat
Ed Belfour
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and helped the Sharks take Game 4 in the 1997–1998 Western Conference quarterfinals against the
Dallas Stars
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. Zyuzin scored the goal 6:31 into the overtime period and led the Sharks to a 1–0 win.
![Andrei Zyuzin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Andrei_Zyuzin.JPG)
On June 22, 2007, Andrei Zyuzin was traded to the
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division i ...
along with Steve Marr for defenceman
Adrian Aucoin
Adrian Mark Aucoin (born July 3, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played over 1,100 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Aucoin was born in Ottawa, Ontario, but grew up in Gloucester, Ontario.
Playing car ...
and the Blackhawks' seventh round pick in the
2007 NHL Entry Draft
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. After playing 32 games for the Blackhawks, Zyuzin left the NHL, signing with
St. Petersburg SKA of the
Kontinental Hockey League
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.
Zyuzin played parts of three seasons for St. Petersburg, achieving 31 points with the team. After leaving St. Petersburg SKA and the KHL, he headed over to Austria and Switzerland, playing parts of the 2011-12 season in the Swiss
National League A
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for
EHC Biel
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and playing in the
Austrian Hockey League
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for
Klagenfurt AC
Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually ...
.
After ending his tenure in Austria and Switzerland, Zyuzin played the next two seasons with three different teams. He played 2 games in the
2012-13 VHL season for
Rubin Tyumen
Rubin Tyumen is an ice hockey team in Tyumen, Russia. They play in the VHL, the second level of Russian ice hockey.
History
The club's direct predecessor was a team called Vodnik Tyumen. It participated in lower levels of the Soviet hockey champi ...
and in the 2013-14 hockey season he played games for Bilyi Bars of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship and 8 games for HK Vitebsk of the Belarusian Extraliga, going pointless with 12
penalty minutes
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.
Coaching
Zyuzin began his coaching career in the
2015–16 KHL season
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as an assistant coach for
Ufa Salavat Yulayev. The team placed fourth in the
Eastern Conference and advanced to the
Gagarin Cup
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playoffs. The team was eliminated in the Conference Finals by
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Metallurg Magnitogorsk (russian: Металлург Магнитогорск) is a professional ice hockey team based in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. They a ...
in 5 games. Zyuzin returned for the
2016-17 season, once again as an assistant coach for Ufa Salavat Yulayev, finishing sixth in the Eastern Conference with 88 points. The team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by
AK Bars Kazan
Hockey Club Ak Bars (russian: Ак Барс, tt-Cyrl, Ак Барс, en, Snow Leopard), also known as Ak Bars Kazan, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Kazan. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey ...
.
Personal life
Andrei Zyuzin is married to his wife, Teresa, and has a son, Ivan, and a daughter, Ava.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
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Player profile
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1978 births
Albany River Rats players
Atlant Moscow Oblast players
EHC Biel players
Bilyi Bars Bila Tserkva players
Calgary Flames players
Chicago Blackhawks players
Detroit Vipers players
HC Almaty players
EC KAC players
Kentucky Thoroughblades players
Living people
Minnesota Wild players
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
New Jersey Devils players
Rubin Tyumen players
Russian ice hockey defencemen
Salavat Yulaev Ufa players
San Jose Sharks draft picks
San Jose Sharks players
Severstal Cherepovets players
SKA Saint Petersburg players
Sportspeople from Ufa
Tampa Bay Lightning players
HK Vitebsk players