The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed Seattle Thunderbirds right wing Lukas Svejkovsky to a three-year entry level contract.<\/p>\n
The contract will begin in the 2022-2023 season and run through 2024-2025, according to an April 5 Penguins media release. His deal carries an average annual value of $859,167 at the NHL level.<\/p>\n
So far, in the 2021-2022 season, Svejkovsky has played in 55 games and has 32 goals and 41 assists for a total of 73 points. He was named the Western Hockey League Player of the Week in late March for the Kent-based T-Birds who play their home games at the accesso ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh selected Svejkovsky in the fourth round, 108th overall, in the 2020 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n
“Congratulations to Lukas and his family, this signing is a result of a lot of hard work,” said Seattle general manager Bil La Forge. “Lukas has been a great T-Bird since we acquired him earlier in the year. He is a player that works on his game and is great in the dressing room. I look forward to watching him in a Penguins uniform after a long and successful playoff run with us this year.”<\/p>\n
The T-Birds have clinched a playoff berth. As of April 5, they are in fourth place in the Western Hockey League Western Conference. Their regular season ends April 15.<\/p>\n
Svejkovsky, 20, is in his fourth year in the Western Hockey League, splitting the 2021-2022 season between the Medicine Hat Tigers and the T-Birds. He scored 13 goals and 30 points with Medicine Hat prior to his trade in December.<\/p>\n
The 5-foot-10, 165-pound forward has recorded 71 goals, 88 assists and 159 points in 194 games in the WHL with Seattle, Medicine Hat and the Vancouver Giants.<\/p>\n
Prior to his time in the WHL, Svejkovsky, of Tampa, Florida, played one season in the British Columbia Hockey League with the Wenatchee Wild, recording 11 points (5G-6A) in 16 games.<\/p>\n
His father, Jaroslav Svejkovsky, played 113 games across four NHL seasons with the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning. From 1996-2000, he recorded 23 goals, 19 assists and 42 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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