Vladimir Tsyplakov

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size=
team=retired
former_teams = Los Angeles Kings
Buffalo Sabres
league = NHL
position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 203
nickname = Tsyppie
The Man from Vlad
nationality = Russia
birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|4|18|mf=y
birth_place = Moscow, USSR
draft = 59th overall
draft_year = 1995
draft_team = Los Angeles Kings
career_start = 1988
career_end = 2005

Vladimir Tsyplakov ( _ru. Владимир Цыплаков; born April 18, 1969, in Moscow, U.S.S.R.) is a retired Russian professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the third round, 59th overall, by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He is now the General Manager of Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

By the time Tsyplakov was drafted by the Kings, he already had played six seasons in the Soviet Union with Torpedo Yaroslavl and HC Dynamo Minsk, as well as three seasons in the United States in the International Hockey League. He made his National Hockey League debut with the Kings during the 1995–96 season and was a fixture on their roster until being traded to the Buffalo Sabres during the 1999–2000 season. After a season and a half with Buffalo, he returned to the Russian Superleague to play with AK Bars Kazan. Most recently, Tsyplakov played for HC CSKA Moscow during the 2004–05 season.

In his NHL career, Tsyplakov played in 331 games. He recorded 69 goals and added 101 assists.

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