
The contract with the forward runs until the end of the current season.
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Nikita Gusev played for Dynamo Moscow in the 2023/24 season, where he set a KHL record for scoring in one regular season, scoring 89 points.
General manager of the Sochi hockey club Alexei Babintsev said that forward Nikita Gusev should help the team improve their attack and power play, noting the forward’s high motivation after the transition.
On Friday, Sochi announced Gusev's transfer. The contract with the forward runs until the end of the current season. His last club was Dynamo Moscow, where in the 2023/24 season the forward scored 89 points (23 goals + 66 assists) in 68 matches and set a Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) record for scoring in one regular season.
“Nikita Gusev is a world-class master, an Olympic champion, winner of the Gagarin Cup. This is one of the best players in the entire history of the league. It’s good that Nikita and I found common ground. He has great motivation. He himself understands that he is going not only to help in terms of results, but also to develop hockey in Sochi. Thousands of local boys will look up to Nikita and start playing hockey,” Babintsev is quoted as saying on the club’s Telegram channel.
“This is the reinforcement that we needed. Thanks to Gusev, we plan to improve the team’s play in attack and power play, since Nikita is one of the best in the league in this component. The striker’s transfer to the Sochi hockey club is an important impetus for the development of hockey in the Krasnodar region and for the popularization of the team,” the functionary noted.

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