Mikhail Lyubushin

Mikhail Lyubushin is a Russian defenseman on Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

Lyubushin was drafted in 2002 by the Los Angeles Kings, after totalling 11 points and 56 penalty minutes over 55 games with THK Tver and Krylia Sovetov. He never came to the United States, though, playing another season with Krylia Sovetov before joining Dynamo Moscow in 2003. He played with three different teams over the next two seasons before settling with Avangard Omsk in 2006. He played the next three seasons with Omsk, before spending a couple years with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. He signed with Metallurg Magnitogorsk for the 2010-11 season.

Lyubushin won a gold medal with Russia at the 2003 World Junior Championships.