Andrei Zyuzin

Infobox Ice Hockey Player

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image_size = 200px
team = SKA St. Petersburg
former_teams = Calgary Flames
Minnesota Wild
New Jersey Devils
Tampa Bay Lightning
San Jose Sharks
Chicago Blackhawks
league = KHL
position = Defence
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 210
nickname = Susan
nationality = Russia
birth_date = birth date and age|1978|1|21
birth_place = Ufa, U.S.S.R.
draft = 2nd overall
draft_year = 1996
draft_team = San Jose Sharks
career_start = 1997

Andrei Zyuzin ( _ru. Андрей Зюзин; born January 21, 1978 in Ufa, USSR) is a Russian ice hockey defenceman who plays for SKA St. Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League. He formerly played for six different teams in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Zyuzin was drafted 2nd overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. 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 on July 1, 2006. On February 4, 2007 in the Calgary Flames skill competition he had the hardest shot at 99.3 mph.Fact|date=March 2007 Andrei 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 and helped the Sharks take Game 4 in the 1997–1998 Western Conference quarterfinals against the Dallas Stars. Zyuzin scored the goal 6:31 into the overtime period and led the Sharks to a 1–0 win.

On June 22, 2007, Andrei Zyuzin was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks along with Steve Marr for defenceman Adrian Aucoin and the Blackhawks' seventh round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Career statistics

External links

* [http://nhlstars.kulichki.net/players/zyuzin/zyuzin.html Player profile] ru icon