| Played For: | SKA Saint Petersburg Avangard Omsk Minnesota Wild Dynamo Moscow Salavat Yulaev Ufa Metallurg Magnitogorsk HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
| Position: | Right Wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 179 |
| Ntl Team: | RUS |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Draft: | 132nd overall |
| Draft Year: | 2000 |
| Draft Team: | Minnesota Wild |
| Career Start: | 1991 |
| Career End: | 2013 |
Maxim Yuryevich Sushinsky (Russian: Максим Юрьевич Сушинский; born July 1, 1974) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and with the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League (NHL). His last name is sometimes transliterated as Sushinski or Sushinskiy.
A skillful right winger, Sushinsky was drafted 132nd overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild, and played 30 games with the Wild before leaving the team for personal and family reasons.
Sushinsky has spent the majority of his career in playing in Russia, spending time with Avangard Omsk, HC Dynamo Moscow, and his current team SKA St. Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Sushinsky represented the Russian Federation in the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he had five points in eight games played. Throughout the event the nameplate on the back of his jersey had his name spelled as "Sushinksky".
Before the 2006 Olympic Games, Sushinsky joined United Russia.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1990–91 | SKA Leningrad | URS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | SKA–2 Leningrad | URS.3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | SKA St. Petersburg | CIS.2 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | SKA–2 St. Petersburg | CIS.3 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | SKA St. Petersburg | IHL | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | SKA St. Petersburg | RUS.2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | SKA St. Petersburg | IHL | 45 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | SKA St. Petersburg | IHL | 52 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | SKA St. Petersburg | IHL | 49 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1996–97 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 39 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 20 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 41 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 37 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 30 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 12 | ||
| 2001–02 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 46 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 60 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 18 | ||
| 2002–03 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 37 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 76 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 54 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2004–05 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 50 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 64 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | ||
| 2005–06 | Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 39 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | SKA St. Petersburg | RSL | 54 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | SKA St. Petersburg | RSL | 56 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 65 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2008–09 | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL | 48 | 18 | 27 | 46 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL | 56 | 27 | 38 | 65 | 87 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | SKA St. Petersburg | KHL | 50 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 2011–12 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 25 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Toros Neftekamsk | VHL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IHL totals | 169 | 41 | 33 | 74 | 148 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| RSL totals | 485 | 184 | 278 | 462 | 575 | 90 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 104 | ||||
| KHL totals | 203 | 70 | 107 | 177 | 266 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 22 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Russia | WJC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1999 | Russia | WC | 5th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2000 | Russia | WC | 11th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2002 | Russia | WC | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2004 | Russia | WC | 10th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2006 | Russia | OG | 4th | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2006 | Russia | WC | 5th | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Russia | WC | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2010 | Russia | WC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Senior totals | 56 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 42 | ||||