# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikolai-tsulygin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:13:51.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikolai-tsulygin"
name: "Nikolai Tsulygin"
slug: "nikolai-tsulygin"
description: "Nikolai Leonidovich Tsulygin born May 29, 1975) is a retired Russian professional ice hockey player. Tsulygin was drafted 30th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 NHL 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 1996–97 NHL season. Tsulygin returned to Russia in 1999 and remained there until his retirement in 2008."
tagline: "Russian ice hockey player"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1975-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.07
  momentum:             3.26923076923077
  historical:           5.489022666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola%C3%AF_Tsoulyguine"
    title: "Nikolaï Tsoulyguine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "نيكولاى تسوليجين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Tsulygin"
    title: "Nikolai Tsulygin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A6%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Николай Цулыгин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niko%C5%82aj_Cu%C5%82ygin"
    title: "Nikołaj Cułygin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Цулыгин, Николай Леонидович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3341706"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump