Danil Vadimovich Gushchin (; born 6 February 2002) is a Russian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player for the

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of the

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(AHL), as a prospect to the

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of the

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(NHL). Selected by the Sharks in the 2020 NHL entry draft, he made his NHL debut with them in 2023.

Playing career

Gushchin was drafted by the

in the 2020 NHL entry draft. He signed an entry-level contract with the Sharks on 21 May 2021 and made his NHL debut on 1 April 2023, in a 7–2 win over the

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, while scoring a goal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 2002 births Living people Muskegon Lumberjacks players Niagara IceDogs players Russian expatriate ice hockey people Russian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Russian ice hockey right wingers San Jose Barracuda players San Jose Sharks draft picks San Jose Sharks players Ice hockey people from Yekaterinburg 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub