Petr Čajánek

Petr Čajánek
Born	(1975-08-18) August 18, 1975 Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Tipsport Extraliga team Former teams	PSG Zlin St. Louis Blues
National team	Czech Republic
NHL Draft	253rd overall, 2001 St. Louis Blues
Playing career	1993–present

Petr Čajánek

Medal record
Representing Czech Republic
World Championships
	2000 St.Petersburgh
	2001 Nuremberg
	2005 Vienna	Ice hockey
Winter Olympics Games
	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

Petr Čajánek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtr̩ ˈtʃajaːnɛk]) (born August 18, 1975 in Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech centre currently playing for SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Draft

In the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, he was drafted 253rd overall, in the 7th round by the St. Louis Blues. He was then signed to an NHL contract.

Career

Petr Čajánek played for HC Zlín from 1993 to 2002. In the 2001-02 season, he was the leading scorer in the Czech Extraliga.

On February 26, 2007, Čajánek was placed on waivers by the St. Louis Blues, which would have effectively allowed any other NHL club to sign him. When no other NHL teams tendered Čajánek an offer, the Blues re-signed him to a league-minimum contract, and added him back to their roster. Though he was placed on waivers, the 2006-07 season was his best, putting up a career high 48 points, good for 3rd on the Blues.

On October 21, 2007, Čajánek signed a 1-year, $900,000 deal to play for Ak Bars Kazan in the Russian Super League for the rest of the season.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1993–94	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		37	5	4	9	0		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		47	9	15	24	0		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		36	8	11	19	32		8	2	6	8	8
1996–97	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		50	9	30	39	46		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		46	19	27	46	125		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		49	15	33	48	131		11	5	7	12	0
1999–00	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		50	23	34	57	64		4	1	0	1	0
2000–01	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		52	18	31	49	105		6	0	4	4	22
2001–02	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		49	20	44	64	64		11	5	7	12	10
2002–03	St. Louis Blues	NHL		51	9	29	38	20		2	0	0	0	2
2003–04	St. Louis Blues	NHL		70	12	14	26	16		5	0	2	2	2
2004–05	HC Hamé Zlín	Czech		49	10	15	25	91		17	5	4	9	24
2005–06	St. Louis Blues	NHL		71	10	31	41	54		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	St. Louis Blues	NHL		77	15	33	48	54		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	Peoria Rivermen	AHL		4	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	AK Bars Kazan	RSL		33	13	20	33	56		10	5	6	11	4
2008–09	HC Dynamo Moscow	KHL		53	9	22	31	123		12	1	5	6	6
2009–10	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL		52	21	20	41	74		4	0	4	4	2
2010–11	SKA St. Petersburg	KHL		51	13	24	37	54		11	2	4	6	2
NHL totals				269	46	107	153	144		7	0	2	2	4
KHL totals				156	43	67	110	251		27	3	13	16	10
Czech Extraliga totals				465	136	244	380	658		57	18	28	46	64

International play

Played for the Czech Republic in :

• 2000 World Championships (Gold medal)
• 2001 World Championships (Gold medal)
• 2002 Winter Olympics
• 2002 World Championships
• 2005 World Championships (Gold medal)
• 2006 Winter Olympics (Bronze medal)
• 2007 World Championships
• 2009 World Championships
• 2010 Czech Republic Olympic hockey team

External links

• Petr Čajánek's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database