Slovak goalie Adam Húska, 28, has signed a one-year contract with Admiral Vladivostok, the KHL club recently announced on social media.

Húska spent most of last season in Switzerland with HC Lugano, where he played 18 National League games.

A native of Zvolen, Slovakia, Húska has played abroad since he was 18, save for three games in the Slovak Extraliga during the 2020-21 pandemic season. He played junior hockey for the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers and then three years of college hockey for the University of Connecticuit Huskies.

Húska was picked in the seventh round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers and spent three years in the organization, mostly in the AHL but he did play one NHL game for the Rangers on Dec. 8 2021, allowing seven goals on 39 shots in a 7-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

Húska previously played in the KHL for two seasons from 2022 to 2024 with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. He began last season without a contract before signing with Lugano in October when that team’s top two goalies went down with injuries.

After finishing 13th out of 14 teams, Húska was one of several noteworthy players who were released immediately after the end of the season. The club also parted ways with head coach Uwe Krupp at that time.

Lugano Dismisses Coach Krupp And Several Noteworthy Players Just days after the team saved its position in Switzerland’s National League by defeating HC Ajoie in a playout series, HC Lugano parted ways with head coach Uwe Krupp and several notable players, including goaltender <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/international/tempest-iihf-ci02e98325a00025d1?backLinkUrl=%2Fbbs%2Finternational%2Fsearch%2Fposts%3Fq%3DAdam%2520H%25C3%25BAska%26tokenName%3DTHNINTL%26domainName%3Dthehockeynews.com%26sortBy%3DbestMatch%26range%3DallTime&amp;backLinkLabel=Back%20to%20search%20results">Adam </a><a href="https://thehockeynews.com/international/tempest-iihf-ci02e98325a00025d1?backLinkUrl=%2Fbbs%2Finternational%2Fsearch%2Fposts%3Fq%3DAdam%2520H%25C3%25BAska%26tokenName%3DTHNINTL%26domainName%3Dthehockeynews.com%26sortBy%3DbestMatch%26range%3DallTime&amp;backLinkLabel=Back%20to%20search%20results">Húska</a>, defenseman <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/international/latest-news/ex-sharks-prospect-replaces-schultz-in-lugano">Valtteri Pulli</a>, and forwards Mark Arcobello, Daniel Carr, <a href="https://thehockeynews.com/international/latest-news/radim-zohorna-signs-with-lugano">Radim Zohorna</a> and Aleksi Peltonen.

Internationally, Húska has represented Slovakia at two U-18 World Championships, two World Junior Championships and two senior men’s World Championships. Slovakia is one of the few top hockey nations which selects active KHL players to its national team after reversing its policy last summer.

Húska joins a Vladivostok team that finished eighth in the KHL’s Eastern Conference last season and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The team also has under contract for 2025-26 Czech defenseman Lukáš Šulák, Slovak national team defenseman Mário Grman and 23-year-old Carolina Hurricanes prospect Nikita Guslistov.

Photo © Brad Penner-Imagn Images: Adam Húska making one of the 32 saves he made in his lone NHL game on Dec. 8, 2021. 

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