Gusev, Nikita
Russian Regular Season Games Start Tomorrow
Submitted by pete on August 31, 2012 - 20:11
The European regular season will begin tomorrow, 9/1 with matches from the Russian junior league, the MHL, before the big boys start on Tuesday when Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk square off in the KHL. For the Lightning's Russian prospects, their clubs' schedules for the next week are as follows:
MHL
9-1-12, Omsk Jr. vs. CSKA Jr. (Gusev)
9-4-12, Orenburg vs. Ufa Jr. (Vasilevski)
9-5-12, Orenburg vs. Ufa Jr. (Vasilevski)
9-5-12, Chelyabinsk Jr. (Nesterov) vs. Novokuznetsk Jr.
9-5-12, Stupino vs. CSKA Jr. (Gusev)
9-6-12, Chelyabinsk Jr. (Nesterov) vs. Novokuznetsk Jr.
9-6-12, Stupino vs. CSKA Jr. (Gusev)
KHL
9-6-12, Novosibirsk vs. Yaroslavl (Janus?)
9-6-12, Kazan vs. Cherepovets (Koshechkin)
Note that, as of right now, Nikita Gusev (pictured), Andrei Vasilevski, and Nikita Nesterov are currently listed on their respective clubs' MHL rosters, but are subject to potential call-up to the KHL throughout the year. Vasilevski looks to be locked into the MHL though, with Ufa's top club currently boasting veteran goaltender and former Canadiens draft pick Vadim Tarasov and ex-Syracuse Crunch netminder Iiro Tarkki.
Meanwhile, Yaroslavl may be the landing spot for goaltender Jaroslav Janus, according to reports out of Slovakia. Janus has been playing for KHL newcomer Bratislava during the preseason, but it appears he has been compelled to leave the Slovakian club by Yaroslavl, which holds his KHL draft rights, because the team is thin in net between inexperienced Nikita Lozkhin and their struggles to get Curtis Sanford in their lineup. So, Janus may even find himself playing on an emotional opening night for a Yaroslavl club he hasn't even played a preseason game behind. Recall a year ago that Yaroslavl's team perished in a tragic plane crash that led to the team pulling out of participating in the KHL last year.
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Nikita Gusev
Submitted by timothy on June 23, 2012 - 10:47Basics

Draft Info
Contract
Bio
2010-2011:
MHL All Star
MHL Champion
2011-2012:
U20 WJC Silver Medal
2011-2012:
Completed his third season for CSKA's MHL team, where he has amassed an amazing 69 goals and 192 points in 120 games, a 1.60 points per game pace. Had 3 goals and 9 points for Russia in the U20 World Junior Championships en route to a Silver Medal. Ranked the #20 European skater by NHL Central Scouting Service. Selected in the 7th round, 202nd overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Scouting Report
"Nikita Gusev is a very fast player which plays a typical Russian style. He likes to play a finesse kind of game, leaving thus more than a question mark about the translation of his style to North America. He makes thing happen with his excellent speed. If left unchecked in the neutral zone he has all it takes to get on a breakaway and trick out the goalie with one of his fancy moves. He can be lethal on breakaways and his speed and technique might force defensemen to play more deep in the own zone. He has also a very good reading of the ice, even if he isn’t a pure playmaker. Unfortunately he doesn’t tie his offensive skills with an equal defensive ability. He needs to be less passive back in the zone and has to keep his feet moving even if the other team has the puck. Gusev also needs to fill his frame as now he isn’t physically ready to play pro hockey." (RussianProspect.com)
Flat out lights it up statistically. He has all the puck skills and offensive hockey sense you would expect out of a Russian forward, and winds up all over the stat sheet because of it. Great in space, and a magician with the puck who dangles and buys time for his linemates as a playmaker. Also has a good sense for finding holes without the puck and jumping into them to set up a good one-timer.
Tiny. You won't see many highlights of Gusev working his way in and out of traffic, because not much footage exists. More of a perimeter player to this point of his career. Skating lacks the high end gear you'd want from a player his size. Turns 20 in July and has yet to taste much success on the KHL level. A flight risk back to the KHL if he ever comes over to North America. The "Russian factor" strikes again.
Second line scoring winger
Statistics
Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | Playoffs | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
2009-2010 | Krasnaya Armiya Moskva | MHL | 48 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 14 | | | Playoffs | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Russia U18 |WJAC-19| | WJAC-19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | |||||||
2010-2011 | CSKA Moskva | KHL | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | ||||||
Krasnaya Armiya Moskva | MHL | 38 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 14 | | | Playoffs | 16 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 6 | |
2011-2012 | CSKA Moskva | KHL | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | Playoffs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Krasnaya Armiya Moskva | MHL | 34 | 30 | 46 | 76 | 26 | | | Playoffs | 19 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 0 | |
Russia U20 | WJC-20 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | | | |||||||
Russian Selects U20 | Jr Super Series | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | | | |||||||
2012-2013 | CSKA Moskva | KHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | ||||||
THK Tver | VHL | 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | | | |||||||
Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | | | |||||||
Amur Khabarovsk | Nadezhda Cup | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | | |||||||
2013-2014 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | KHL | 44 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 10 | | | ||||||
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | Nadezhda Cup | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | |||||||
2014-2015 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | KHL | 55 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 12 | | | ||||||
2015-2016 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk | KHL | 23 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | | | ||||||
SKA St. Petersburg | KHL | 33 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 10 | | | Playoffs | 15 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | |
Russia | EHT | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | |||||||
Russia (all) | International | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | |||||||
2016-2017 | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL | 57 | 24 | 47 | 71 | 8 | | | Playoffs | 18 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 2 |
Russia | EHT | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | | | |||||||
Russia | WC | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | | | |||||||
Russia (all) | International | 16 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 10 | | | |||||||
2017-2018 | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL | 54 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 2 | | | Playoffs | 15 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
Russia | EHT | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | | | |||||||
Russia | OG | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | | | |||||||
Russia | WC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | | | |||||||
Russia (all) | International | 19 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 4 | | | |||||||
2018-2019 | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL | 62 | 17 | 65 | 82 | 10 | | | Playoffs | 18 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0 |
Russia | EHT | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | | | |||||||
Russia | WC | 10 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | | | |||||||
Russia (all) | International | 16 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 0 | | | |||||||
2019-2020 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 26 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | | |
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