Maksim Valerevich Zyuzyakin (

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: Максим Валерьевич Зюзякин) (born 13 January 1991) is a

professional

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player who is currently under contract to HC Khimik Voskresensk in the

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(VHL). He has played for various KHL, (VHL), and

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(MHL) teams. Zyuzyakin was the only rostered member of the team not aboard the

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. He had been asked by head coach

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to stay behind in Yaroslavl to rest and meet with the team in

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for their next scheduled game against Spartak, which was never played, as

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cancelled their participation in the

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as a result of the crash. Instead Russian hockey coach

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led the team as it played part of the 2011–12 season in the VHL, the second highest level of Russian hockey. 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. In the 2013–14 VHL season he went to the playoffs with

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. He played with

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for part of the 2013–14 KHL season.

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