Michal Čajkovský
| Michal Čajkovský | |||
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| Born |
6 May 1992 Skalica, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 236 lb (107 kg; 16 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Spartak Moscow HC Slovan Bratislava HK Orange 20 Hershey Bears HC Sparta Praha Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Charlotte Checkers Dynamo Moscow Sibir Novosibirsk | ||
| National team |
 Slovakia | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
Michal Čajkovský (born 6 May 1992) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
[edit]Čajkovský made his European Elite debut during the 2009–10 season playing in the Slovak Extraliga with HC Slovan Bratislava. Undrafted, Čajkovský played major junior hockey with the Kingston Frontenacs and the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League.
He spent the 2013–14 season, his first professional North American season, in the ECHL with the Reading Royals, on loan from the Hershey Bears of the AHL. He scored an impressive 14 goals and 36 points in 66 games to earn a selection to the ECHL All-Rookie Team.[1] Čajkovský was re-signed by the Bears to a second one-year contract on 15 August 2014.[2]
On 19 June 2015, Čajkovský returned to Europe and signed a one-year contract with Czech Extraliga team, HC Sparta Praha.[3] In the 2015–16 season, Čajkovský made an immediate impact from the blueline with Sparta, compiling 11 goals and 28 points in 49 games.
After signing an extension to continue with Praha in the 2016–17 season, Čajkovský continued his upward development leading the defense in scoring with 12 points in 19 games before he opted for a mid-season transfer, having gained the attention of Russian-based, Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the KHL on 27 November 2016.[4]
After attending the Carolina Hurricanes' training camp on a try-out basis, the club signed Čajkovský to a one-year, two-way contract worth $650,000 on 27 September 2018.[5] He was among the last cuts re-assigned to begin the 2018–19 season with AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. While a fixture on the Checkers blueline, Čajkovský recorded 4 points in 23 games without a recall to the Hurricanes. On 28 December 2018, Čajkovský was placed on unconditional waivers by the Hurricanes in order to mutually terminate his contract in order to return to Europe.[6] He was soon signed to a two-year contract to resume play in the KHL with HC Dynamo Moscow.[7]
Čajkovský played two seasons with HC Sibir Novosibirsk before leaving to sign a two-year contract to remain in the KHL with Spartak Moscow on 3 May 2023.[8]
International play
[edit]| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Slovakia
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 |
2022 Beijing | |
Čajkovský participated at the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships as a member of the Slovakia men's national junior ice hockey team.
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK U18 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK U20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Slovan Bratislava | SVK U20 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Slovan Bratislava | Slovak | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | HK Orange 20 | Slovak | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 67 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 2011–12 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 59 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 120 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 2012–13 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 66 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Reading Royals | ECHL | 66 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | South Carolina Stingrays | ECHL | 25 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 18 | ||
| 2014–15 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 49 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 92 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 19 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHL | 20 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg | KHL | 43 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Charlotte Checkers | AHL | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2019–20 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 58 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 58 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2021–22 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 40 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 59 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Spartak Moscow | KHL | 61 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| KHL totals | 353 | 52 | 104 | 156 | 288 | 51 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 28 | ||||
International
[edit]| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Slovakia | U18 | 8th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2012 | Slovakia | WJC | 6th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2017 | Slovakia | WC | 14th | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Slovakia | OG | 11th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | |
| 2018 | Slovakia | WC | 9th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2019 | Slovakia | WC | 9th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Slovakia | OG | 
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7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Senior totals | 32 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 39 | ||||
Awards and honors
[edit]| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| ECHL | ||
| All-Rookie Team | 2013–14 | [9] |
References
[edit]- ^ "'Big Mike' Cajkovsky might loom large for Bears in 2014-15". pennlive.com. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Bears sign three to AHL deals". Hershey Bears. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "Slovak players Kudrna and Cajkovsky" (in Czech). HC Sparta Praha. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Čajkovský leaves Sparta for KHL" (in Czech). HC Sparta Praha. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Brown, Michael (27 September 2018). "Canes Sign Michal Cajkovsky to One-Year Deal". Carolina Hurricanes. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "Cajkovsky placed on waivers". Charlotte Checkers. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Michal Cajkovsky leaves NHL, returns to Europe" (in Slovak). tvnoviny.sk. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ^ "Michal Cajkovsky signs two-year contract with Spartak" (in Russian). HC Spartak Moscow. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Defenseman Michal Cajkovsky named to ECHL All-Rookie Team". Reading Royals. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players
- Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players
- HC Dynamo Moscow players
- Hershey Bears players
- Kingston Frontenacs players
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Ottawa 67's players
- Ice hockey people from Skalica
- Reading Royals players
- HC Sibir Novosibirsk players
- HC Slovan Bratislava players
- Slovak ice hockey defencemen
- South Carolina Stingrays players
- HC Sparta Praha players
- HC Spartak Moscow players
- Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic
- Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
- Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia