As a youth, Zyuzin played in the 1992 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Kharkiv.\n', '

Zyuzin was drafted 2nd overall by the San Jose Sharks in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.[citation needed] Zyuzin has played 415 career NHL games, scoring 35 goals and 74 assists for 109 points.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]\n', '

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. After playing 32 games for the Blackhawks, Zyuzin left the NHL, signing with St. Petersburg SKA of the Kontinental Hockey League.\n', '

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