Maxim Sushko
{{short description|Belarusian ice hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Maxim Sushko
| image = Maxim Sushko.jpg
| caption = Sushko with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2020
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|2|10}}
| birth_place = Brest, Belarus
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 185
| position = Forward
| shoots = Left
| league = KHL
| team = Sibir Novosibirsk
| prospect_team =
| prospect_league =
| former_teams = Dinamo Minsk
Philadelphia Flyers
Dynamo Moscow
| ntl_team = Belarus
| draft = 107th overall
| draft_year = 2017
| draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
}}
Maxim Sergeyevich Sushko ({{langx|ru|Максим Сергеевич Сушко}}; born 10 February 1999) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Sushko was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the fourth round, 107th overall, of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web |title=Maksim Sushko – 107th overall |url=http://chl.ca/video/maksim-sushko-107th-overall/ |website=CHL.ca |accessdate=20 April 2019 |date=26 June 2017}} 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.{{cite web| url = https://hcdinamo.by/news/sobytiya/dostignuta-dogovoryennost-o-podpisanii-kontrakta-s-egorom-sharangovichem/ | title = An agreement was reached on signing a contract with Yegor Sharangovich | publisher = HC Dinamo Minsk | date = 16 July 2020 | accessdate = 16 July 2020 | language = Russian}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Carchidi |first1=Sam |title=From Belarus to the NHL: Maksim Sushko trying to take advantage of opportunity with Flyers |url=https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/philadelphia-flyers-maksim-sushko-david-kase-belarus-alain-vigneault-covid-19-new-york-rangers-nhl-debut-20210217.html |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=23 April 2021 |language=en |date=17 February 2021}}
Following the conclusion of the {{nhly|2021}} season with the Flyers, Sushko as an impending restricted free agent opted to halt his NHL career after his KHL rights were dealt from Dinamo Minsk to HC Dynamo Moscow on 20 May 2022.{{Cite news |last=Maxim Sushko moved to HC Dynamo Moscow |title=sportnaviny.com |url=https://sportnaviny.com/maksim-sushko-pereshel-v-xk-dinamo-moskva/}} He was immediately signed to a two-year contract with Dynamo to begin in the 2022–23 season.{{cite web| url = https://www.dynamo.ru/news/212464-maksim_sushko_pereshel_v____dinamo__ | title = Maxim Sushko moves to Dynamo | publisher = HC Dynamo Moscow | date = 20 May 2022 | accessdate = 20 May 2022 | language = Russian}} Sushko collected 8 points through 27 regular season games before he was traded by Dynamo Moscow to Sibir Novosibirsk on 16 December 2022.{{Cite web |title=Maxim Sushko moved to HC Sibir as a result of the exchange |url=https://sportnaviny.com/maksim-sushko-v-rezultate-obmena-pereshyol-v-sibir/ |website=sportnaviny.com | date = 16 December 2022 | accessdate = 16 December 2022 | language = Russian}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 2014–15
| Shakhter Soligorsk-2 | BEL-2 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 28
| 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
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| 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 |
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| 2016–17 | 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 |
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| 2018–19 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 62 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 44
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019–20
| AHL | 53 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 32
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2020–21 | KHL | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21
| Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2020–21 | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22
| Lehigh Valley Phantoms | AHL | 63 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 31
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2022–23 | KHL | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23
| KHL | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2023–24 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024–25
| Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 36 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |KHL totals ! 171 !! 13 !! 12 !! 25 !! 82 ! 11 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 2 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |NHL totals ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 2016
| Belarus | U18-IA | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
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| 2017 | Belarus | WJC-IA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018
| Belarus | WJC | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
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| 2018 | Belarus | WC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019
| Belarus | WJC-IA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2019 | Belarus | WC-IA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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! colspan="4"| Junior totals ! 20 !! 6 !! 12 !! 18 !! 14 | ||||
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! colspan="4"| Senior totals ! 11 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 4 |
References
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External links
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