SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced at present that San Jose Barracuda ahead Danil Gushchin has been chosen because the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Participant of the Week for the interval ending March 23, 2025.
Gushchin registered 4 objectives and 7 factors in three video games final week, serving to the Barracuda transfer up the standings within the Pacific Division.
Gushchin notched a purpose and an help in a school-day matinee on Wednesday as San Jose posted a 4-0 victory over visiting San Diego. On Saturday, he scored two objectives in a span of 27 seconds and in addition recorded two third-period assists within the Barracuda’s come-from-behind 8-6 win at Bakersfield. And within the again finish of a home-and-home on Sunday, Gushchin scored once more as San Jose downed the Condors, 6-3.
With 14 factors throughout his present seven-game scoring streak, Gushchin has raised his season totals to 25 objectives (a profession excessive) and 17 assists for 42 factors in 45 video games with the Barracuda. He’s one off the league lead with 12 power-play objectives this season, and he ranks fifth within the AHL with 182 pictures on purpose.
A 3rd-year professional from Yekaterinburg, Russia, the 23-year-old Gushchin has totaled 67 objectives and 74 assists for 141 factors in 171 profession AHL video games. The third-round choose within the 2020 NHL Draft has additionally picked up two objectives and three assists in 16 NHL video games with the San Jose Sharks, together with one help in 10 appearances in 2024-25.
