Career

Tsulygin was drafted 30th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 National Hockey League Entry Draft, the Ducks" second ever draft pick behind Paul Kariya and played twenty-two games for Anaheim, scoring one assist and collecting eight penalty minutes during the 1996-1997 National Hockey League season. Tsulygin returned to Russia in 1999 and remained there until his retirement in 2008.