Career
He has played for various KHL, Supreme Hockey League (VHL), and Junior Hockey League (MHL) teams. 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 however as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl cancelled their participation in the 2011-2012 KHL season. Instead Russian hockey coach Petr Vorobiev lead the team as it played part of the 2011-2012 season in the VHL, Russia"s equivalent of the American Hockey League.
As the only surviving player, Zyuzyakin later was named captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl for the 2011-2012 VHL season and became a symbol of the team"s revival.
In the 2013-2014 VHL season he went to the playoffs with Rubin Tyumen. He played with Metallurg Novokuznetsk for part of the 2013-2014 KHL season.
