{"id":703931,"date":"2026-11-05T09:54:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/703931\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T09:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T09:54:45","slug":"worcester-railers-forward-nikita-susuyev-assigned-to-railers-from-springfield-thunderbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/703931\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcester Railers | FORWARD NIKITA SUSUYEV ASSIGNED TO RAILERS FROM SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">FORWARD NIKITA SUSUYEV ASSIGNED TO RAILERS FROM SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Presented by Fly Worcester: Susuyev scored in his very first game as a Railer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">WORCESTER, Mass. \u2013 The Worcester Railers Hockey Club (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailersHC\">@RailersHC<\/a>), proud\u00a0ECHL\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ECHL\">@ECHL<\/a>) affiliate of the St. Louis Blues (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StLouisBlues\">@StLouisBlues<\/a>), and Head Coach &amp; General Manager Nick Tuzzolino, announced today that forward Nikita Susuyev has been reassigned to Worcester from the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League by the St. Louis Blues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">Susuyev, 21, returns to Worcester for his second stint with the Railers. The Moscow, Russia native was originally selected by the St. Louis Blues in the seventh round (202nd overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft and remains under contract with the Blues through the 2027-28 season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The 6-foot, 192 lb forward appeared in four games with Springfield during the 2026-27 season, recording two penalty minutes. In 34 games with the Thunderbirds during the 2025-26 season, Susuyev recorded seven points (1G, 6A). Susuyev previously appeared in three games with Worcester during the 2025-26 season, recording one goal in his team debut and two penalty minutes. Across his professional career in North America, he has appeared in 45 games between the AHL and ECHL, totaling eight points (2G, 6A). Prior to coming to North America, Susuyev played professionally in Russia, including time in the Kontinental Hockey League with Spartak Moskva. Across 55 KHL games, he recorded nine points (6G, 3A).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.massport.com\/worcester-airport\">Worcester Regional Airport<\/a>\u00a0is the official airport of the Worcester Railers HC and presenting partner of all Railers transactions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px;\">The 508 Club is now on sale for the 2026-27 season! Get access to games this season, exclusive events and additional benefits by calling the Railers front office at 774-436-6904 or by visiting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.railershc.com\/\">RailersHC.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0px;text-align:center;\">#RailersHC<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORWARD NIKITA SUSUYEV ASSIGNED TO RAILERS FROM SPRINGFIELD THUNDERBIRDS Presented by Fly Worcester: Susuyev scored in his very&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120],"tags":[71,5,4,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":["post-703931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-louis-blues","tag-blues","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-st-louis","tag-st-louis-blues","tag-stlouis","tag-stlouisblues"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117563232311815986","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}