Petr Čajánek (; born August 18, 1975) is a Czech former professional

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forward. He played in the

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(NHL) with the

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the ...

from 2002 to 2007. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2015, was mainly spent in the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The le ...

. He was selected by the Blues in the seventh round, 253rd overall, in the

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. Internationally he played for the Czech national team at several tournaments, including the

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, and

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, winning a bronze medal in 2006, and several

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, winning gold medals in

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, and

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Draft

In the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, he was drafted in the seventh round, 253rd overall, by the

. 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

's leading scorer. 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, as he scored a career-high 48 points, good for third on the Blues. On October 21, 2007, Čajánek signed a one-year, $900,000 contract to play for

Ak Bars Kazan Hockey Club Ak Bars (russian: Ак Барс, tt-Cyrl, Ак Барс, en, Snow Leopard), also known as Ak Bars Kazan, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Kazan. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey ...

in the

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was cons ...

(RSL) for the 2007–08 season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cajanek, Petr 1975 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Czech ice hockey right wingers HC Dynamo Moscow players HC Havířov players SHK Hodonín players Ice hockey people from Zlín Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in ice hockey Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players PSG Berani Zlín players St. Louis Blues draft picks St. Louis Blues players SKA Saint Petersburg players