Daniil Gushchin Signs With KHL’s Avtomobilist

By Brennan McClain | at July 8, 2026 9:34 am According to a press release from the KHL, forward Daniil Gushchin has signed a two-year contract with the KHL’s Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. It’ll be the first time Gushchin has played in the Russian circuit in nearly a decade. Despite being born and raised in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Gushchin spent his junior days with the USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks before finally joining the OHL’s Niagara IceDogs. He was selected with the 76th overall pick of the 2020 NHL Draft by the San Jose Sharks. Although he was a third-round pick, Gushchin showed flashes of…