Maxim Zyuzyakin

Maxim Zyuzyakin
Born (1991-01-13) 13 January 1991 (age 33)
Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
VHL team
Former teams		 HC Khimik Voskresensk
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Lada Togliatti
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present

Maksim Valerevich Zyuzyakin (Russian: Максим Валерьевич Зюзякин) (born 13 January 1991) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently under contract to HC Khimik Voskresensk in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). He has played for various KHL,[1] (VHL),[2] and Junior Hockey League (MHL) teams.

Zyuzyakin was the only rostered member of the team not aboard the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He had been asked by head coach Brad McCrimmon to stay behind in Yaroslavl to rest and meet with the team in Moscow for their next scheduled game against Spartak, which was never played, as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl cancelled their participation in the 2011–12 KHL season as a result of the crash.[3] Instead Russian hockey coach Petr Vorobiev led the team as it played part of the 2011–12 season in the VHL, the second highest level of Russian hockey.[4] As the only surviving player, Zyuzyakin later was named captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl for the 2011–12 VHL season and became a symbol of the team's revival.[5]

In the 2013–14 VHL season he went to the playoffs with Rubin Tyumen.[6] He played with Metallurg Novokuznetsk for part of the 2013–14 KHL season.[7]

  1. ^ KHL. "Максим Зюзякин (Maxim Zyuzyakin) [Russian]". Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ VHL. "Максим Зюзякин [Russian]". Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. ^ Хоккеист Урычев не должен был лететь с "Локомотивом" в Минск (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  4. ^ Schwirtz, Michael (30 April 2012). "A Soviet-style builder of teams is weary, but undaunted; After a crash wiped out roster, coach also acted as therapist to young squad" (PDF). International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. ^ Schwirtz, Michael (14 December 2011). "A City Embraces the Soul of Its Team". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  6. ^ Рубин (Rubin). "Состав команды (Team Roster) 2013–14 [Russian]". Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  7. ^ НП НХК «Металлург». "Состав команды (Team Roster) "Металлург" [Russian]". Retrieved 2 July 2014.