Maxim Sushko
| Maxim Sushko | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sushko with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2020 | |||
| Born |
10 February 1999 Brest, Belarus | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Sibir Novosibirsk Dinamo Minsk Philadelphia Flyers Dynamo Moscow | ||
| National team |
 Belarus | ||
| NHL draft |
107th overall, 2017 Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
Maxim Sergeyevich Sushko (
2017 NHL Entry Draft.[1] Internationally he has played for the Belarusian national team
at both the junior and senior level.
Playing career
With the
2020–21 NHL season to be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on 17 July 2020 Sushko opted to return to Belarus and sign with the country's highest ranked professional team, HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League on loan from the Flyers, and play until the resumption of the North American season.[2]
In 30 contests with Minsk, Sushko added 2 goals and 5 points before returning to the Flyers organization.
On 18 February 2021 Sushko made his NHL debut with the Flyers against the New York Rangers due to multiple COVID-19 related absences on the main roster.[3]
Following the conclusion of the
2022–23 season.[5] Sushko collected 8 points through 27 regular season games before he was traded by Dynamo Moscow to Sibir Novosibirsk on 16 December 2022.[6]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
|
Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2014–15 | Shakhter Soligorsk-2 | BEL-2 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 2015–16 | Dinamo-Raubichi | BEL-2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Shakhter Soligorsk-2 | BEL-2 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | ||
| 2016–17 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 54 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 2017–18 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 60 | 31 | 29 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 62 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 2019–20 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 53 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 63 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| KHL totals | 135 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Belarus | U18-IA | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2017 | Belarus | WJC-IA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Belarus | WJC | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2018 | Belarus | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Belarus | WJC-IA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2019 | Belarus | WC-IA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 20 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | |||
| Senior totals | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
References
- ^ "Maksim Sushko – 107th overall". CHL.ca. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "An agreement was reached on signing a contract with Yegor Sharangovich" (in Russian). HC Dinamo Minsk. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ Carchidi, Sam (17 February 2021). "From Belarus to the NHL: Maksim Sushko trying to take advantage of opportunity with Flyers". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ Maxim Sushko moved to HC Dynamo Moscow. "sportnaviny.com".
- ^ "Maxim Sushko moves to Dynamo" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Maxim Sushko moved to HC Sibir as a result of the exchange". sportnaviny.com (in Russian). 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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