Career Notes: 2022-23: Scored four assists in 14 GP w/ AHL Rochester. Made AHL Calder Cup Playoff debut on 4/28/23 V. SYR. Scored assist in back-to-back games on 4/7/23 @ SYR and 4/14/23 V. BEL. Fired season-high three shots on 3/11/23 @ SYR and 3/25/23 @ UTC. Scored 24 points (13 g, 11 a) in 28 GP w/ ECHL Cincinnati...…2021-22: Scored six points (3 g, 3 a) in 47 GP w/ AHL Rochester. Recorded two-game point streak (1 g, 1 a) from 1/12/22 (V. UTC) to 1/14/22 (V. BEL). Scored first goal of the season on 10/30/21 @ LAV. Also scored on 11/10/21 @ WBS. Recorded 12 PIM on 11/17/21 V. UTC. Recorded a season-high 17 PIM on 11/26/21 V. HER...2020-21: Dressed in 13 games w/ Bili Tygři Liberec in Czech Extraliga, scoring four points (1 g, 3 a). Added nine points (2 g, 7 a) in 9 GP in Czech2. Scored six points (1 g, 5 a) in 25 GP w/ AHL Rochester. Made AHL debut on 2/5/21 V. UTC. Recorded first two AHL points, both assists, on 4/17/21 @ CLE. Scored first AHL goal on 5/1/21 @ SYR. Recorded three-game point streak from 4/30/21 – 5/8/21 (1 g, 2 a).... 2019-20: Scored 29 points (16 g, 13 a) in 26 GP w/ OHL Barrie. Traded to OHL Sudbury on 1/8/20. Scored 34 points (12 g, 22 a) in 25 GP w/ OHL Sudbury. Scored three hat-tricks, two w/ Barrie (9/21/19 V. London & 10/19/19 @ Soo) and two w/ Sudbury (2/8/20 @ Barrie & 2/16/20 @ Niagara). Scored season-high five points on three occasions: 10/19/19 @ Soo (3 g, 2 a), 3/8/20 V. Kingston (1 g, 4 a), and 1/10/20 V. North Bay (5 a). Fired a season-high eight shots on 10/30/19 @ Hamilton…2018-19: Appeared in 33 games w/ OHL Barrie as an OHL rookie, scoring 36 points (14 g, 22 a). Made OHL debut on 9/20/18 V. Owen Sound. Scored three points (2 g, 1 a) in OHL debut, including first goal, assist, and point. Scored two goals on 9/20/18 V. Owen Sound and 1/6/19 @ Kingston. Notched a season-high three points on five separate occasions: 9/20/18 V. Owen Sound (2 g, 1 a), 1/6/19 @ Kingston (2 g, 1 a), 9/27/18 V. Sudbury (1 g, 2 a), 11/14/18 @ Hamilton (1 g, 2 a), and 11/22/18 @ Erie (3 a). Fired a season-high seven shots on 1/6/19 @ Kingston.…Transactions: Selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the fourth round of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft (94tht overall). Signed three-year entry-level contract w/ BUF on 10/17/18. Signed one-year AHL Contract w/ Hartford in July 2023. Traded by OHL Barrie Colts to OHL Sudbury Wolves on 1/8/20 in exchange for draft picks…Misc.: Named to USHL All-Rookie Team and named USHL Rookie of the Year following 2017-18 season w/ Muskegon Lumberjacks. Represented Czechia at the 2019 and 2020 World Junior Championships, scoring one assist in ten games.
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