San Diego Gulls Sign Ruslan Gazizov to One-Year Contract
Sep 26, 2024The San Diego Gulls announced today that the American Hockey League (AHL) club signed forward Ruslan Gazizov to a one-year standard player contract through the 2024-25 AHL season.
Gazizov, 20 (1/21/04), recorded 36-45=81 points with 59 penalty minutes (PIM) and a +42 rating in 63 games for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) in 2023-24. He helped guide the Knights to an OHL Championship, posting 7-7=14 points with 16 PIM and a +11 rating in 15 OHL Playoff games. He also guided London to the Memorial Cup Final, scoring three goals (3-0=3) in four Memorial Cup games, which ranked tied for third among all Memorial Cup skaters.
A Novy Urengoy, Russia native, Gazizov recorded 69-88=157 points in 173 career OHL contests for London from 2021-24. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound forward also tallied 9-14=23 points with 24 PIM and a +16 rating in 36 career OHL Playoff games. Gazizov also earned 3-1=4 points with six PIM in 13 games with Omskie Yastreby of the MHL, Russia’s top junior league, in 2020-21.