Andrei Zyuzin

Andrei Jurjewitsch Sjusin (Russian: Андрей Юрьевич Зюзин; born January 21, 1978 in Ufa, Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who plays on the position of the defender for the EC KAC in the Erste Bank Hockey League since January 2012.

Career

Sjusin first played from 1994 to 1997 in the Russian Super League with his hometown club Salavat Yulaev Ufa The Russian was considered at that time as one of the best young players outside of North America and so named him the San Jose Sharks in the NHL Entry Draft in 1996 in the first round in second position.

In the summer of 1997 Sjusin signed his first professional contract in North America. First, the Sharks put him in their AHL farm team, the Kentucky Thoroughblades, a. During the season, but they called him in the NHL squad. The 1998/99 season Sjusin initially started in the NHL with San Jose. But after he left the team without permission, suspended him the management and enabled him to punishment back to the AHL. In summer 1999, he was sent, along with Bill Houlder, Shawn Burr and Steve Guolla to the Tampa Bay Lightning. In return, joined Niklas Sundstrom and a third-round pick in the NHL Entry Draft in 2000 to San Jose.

The 1999/00 season started solid for Sjusin, but in mid-January 2000, he injured his shoulder and fell the rest of the season out. At the start of the 2001/02 season he transferred the Lightning to the New Jersey Devils. Sascha Goc, Josef Boumedienne and Anton came But in exchange to Tampa.

In New Jersey, the Russians could not establish in the squad. After the transfer, he just stood at 38 games of the season on the ice. At the beginning of the season 2002/ 03, the Devils put the Russians on the waiver list. There, the Minnesota Wild secured his services and Sjusin reached with the team the Western Conference finals. After he had also played in the 2003/04 season in Minnesota, he went into the 2004/ 05 lockout season back to Russia, where he played both games for his former club in Ufa Severstal Cherepovets and for.

In the season 2005/ 06 Sjusin returned to the wild. After the discharge of his contract he renounced an extension of the selfsame, and signed for the season 2006 /07 at the Calgary Flames who cast him after just one season in a transfer transaction for the Chicago Blackhawks. Since Sjusin not often came there to use, he finished after almost 500 NHL inserts his involvement in North America and returned to Russia for SKA Saint Petersburg back into the newly formed Continental Hockey League.

In November 2010, he was released at the SKA and a week later committed Atlant Mytischtschi. His contract was also not renewed at the end of the season there. In early November 2011, he was awarded a fixed-term contract until December 23, 2011 at EHC Biel of the National League A. In January 2012 signed him the Austrian club EC KAC of the Erste Bank Hockey League.

Awards and achievements

Career Stats

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

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