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1996 NHL Draft

Andrei Zyuzin in the 1996 NHL Draft

San Jose Sharks selected Andrei Zyuzin 2nd overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 496 games put him 35th in the class.

Overall pick
2
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 2
Drafting team
SJSSan Jose Sharks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–5 in the 1996 draft

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJS
  3. 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYI
  4. 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSH
  5. 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDAL

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

1st
of 21 Russians selected
2nd
of 80 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Russians selected

  1. 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJS
  2. 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSH
  3. 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOL
  4. 58Sergei ZimakovDWSH
  5. 61Andrei PetruninLHFD
  6. 65Oleg KvashaC493 GP · 217 PFLA
  7. 73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGY
  8. 76Dmitri SubbotinLNYR
  9. 97Andrei PetrakovLSTL
  10. 103Vladimir AntipovLTOR

+ 11 more

Every pick from Russia in the 1996 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Andrei Zyuzin made his NHL debut on October 7, 1997, 1 year and 107 days after the draft.

496
Games
38
Goals
82
Assists
120
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

San Jose Sharks picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJS
  2. 21Marco SturmL938 GP · 487 PSJS
  3. 55Terry FriesenGSJS
  4. 102Matt BradleyR675 GP · 149 PSJS
  5. 137Michel LarocqueG3 GP · 0 WSJS
  6. 164Jake DeadmarshDSJS
  7. 191Cory CyrenneCSJS
  8. 217David ThibeaultLSJS