Andrei Yuryevich Sjusin

Andrei Sjusin
Date of birth	January 21, 1978
place of birth	Ufa , Russian SFSR
size	185 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1996 , 1st round, 2nd position San Jose Sharks
Career stations
1994-1997	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
1997-1999	San Jose Sharks
1999-2001	Tampa Bay Lightning
2001-2002	New Jersey Devils
2002-2006	Minnesota Wild
2004-2005	Salawat Yulayev Ufa Severstal Cherepovets
2006-2007	Calgary Flames
2007-2008	Chicago Blackhawks
2008-2010	SKA Saint Petersburg
2010-2011	Atlant Mytishchi
2011	EHC Biel
2012	EC KAC
2012	Ruby Tyumen
2014	HK Vitebsk

Andrei Jurjewitsch Sjusin ( Russian Андрей Юрьевич Зюзин ; born January 21, 1978 in Ufa , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player who has been an assistant coach at Salawat Julajew Ufa since May 2015 . Before that, he was active for many years with the San Jose Sharks , Tampa Bay Lightning , Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League and for various Russian ice hockey clubs.

Career

Sjusin first played from 1994 to 1997 in the Russian Super League at his home club Salawat Julajew Ufa . The Russian was considered at the time as one of the best young players outside of North America and so chose him San Jose Sharks in the NHL Entry Draft in 1996 out in the first round in second position.

Andrei Sjusin in the jersey of the Calgary Flames

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

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

Even in New Jersey, the Russian could not establish himself in the squad. After the transfer, he was only on the ice for 38 games this season. At the beginning of the 2002/03 season , the Devils put the Russian on the waiver list. There the Minnesota Wild secured their services and Sjusin reached the Western Conference final with the team . After being in the 2003/04 season had also played in Minnesota, he went into the lockout - 2004/05 back to Russia, where he both his former club in Ufa as well as Severstal Cherepovets denied games.

In the 2005/06 season , Sjusin returned to the game. After the expiry of his contract, he waived an extension of the same and signed for the 2006/07 season with the Calgary Flames , who gave him to the Chicago Blackhawks after only one season in a transfer deal . Since Sjusin was not often used there, he ended his engagement in North America after almost 500 NHL appearances and returned to Russia for the SKA Saint Petersburg in the newly founded Continental Hockey League .

In November 2010 he was dismissed from the SKA and signed by Atlant Mytishchi a week later . At the end of the season, his contract was not extended there either. At the beginning of November 2011 he received a contract with EHC Biel from the National League A limited until December 23, 2011 . In January 2012, the Austrian club EC KAC signed him from the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga .

Achievements and Awards

• 1999 AHL All-Star Classic

International

1996 gold medal at the U18 European Junior Championship 1996 Best defender of the U18 European Junior Championship 1996 Top scorer in the U18 European Junior Championship (together with five other players)

1996 All-Star-Team of the Junior European Championship 1996 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship 1997 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1994/95	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	RSL		30th	3	0	3	16		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	RSL		41	6th	3	9	24		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	RSL		32	7th	10	17th	28		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL		17th	4th	5	9	28		-	-	-	-	-
	San Jose Sharks	NHL		56	6th	7th	13	66		6th	1	0	1	14th
1998/99	San Jose Sharks	NHL		25th	3	1	4th	38		-	-	-	-	-
	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL		23	2	12	14th	42		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		34	2	9	11	33		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Detroit Vipers	IHL		2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		64	4th	16	20th	76		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		9	0	2	2	6th		-	-	-	-	-
	Albany River Rats	AHL		3	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
	New Jersey Devils	NHL		38	1	2	3	25th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	New Jersey Devils	NHL		1	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
	Minnesota Wild	NHL		66	4th	12	16	34		18th	0	1	1	14th
2003/04	Minnesota Wild	NHL		65	8th	13	21st	48		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	RSL		14th	2	2	4th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
	Severstal Cherepovets	RSL		10	2	1	3	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Minnesota Wild	NHL		57	7th	11	18th	50		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Calgary Flames	NHL		49	1	5	6th	30th		5	1	0	1	2
2007/08	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		32	2	3	5	38		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL		36	6th	4th	10	36		2	0	0	0	4th
2009/10	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL		53	5	15th	20th	64		4th	0	0	0	2
2010/11	SKA Saint Petersburg	KHL		12	0	1	1	12		-	-	-	-	-
	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL		16	1	1	2	10		12	0	1	1	6th
RSL total				127	20th	16	36	80		-	-	-	-	-
KHL total				117	12	21st	33	122		18th	0	1	1	12
IHL total				2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
AHL total				43	6th	18th	24	72		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				496	38	82	120	440		29	2	1	3	30th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Andrei Sjusin at hockeydb.com (English)
• Andrei Sjusin at eliteprospects.com (English)