Lukáš Sedlák (ice hockey player)

Czech Republic Lukáš Sedlák


Date of birth	February 25, 1993
place of birth	Budweis , Czech Republic
size	184 cm
Weight	94 kg

position	center
number	# 45
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2011 , 6th round, 158th position Columbus Blue Jackets
KHL Junior Draft	2016 , 3rd round, 89th position Yaroslavl locomotive

Career stations

until 2011	HC České Budějovice
2011-2013	Saguenéens de Chicoutimi
2013-2015	Springfield Falcons
2015-2016	Lake Erie Monsters
2016-2019	Columbus Blue Jackets
since 2019	HK tractor Chelyabinsk

Lukáš Sedlák (born February 25, 1993 in Budweis ) is a Czech ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Traktor Chelyabinsk from the Continental Hockey League (KHL) since May 2019, where he plays in the center position. Previously, he spent over six years in the organization of the Columbus Blue Jackets from the National Hockey League (NHL) and won the Calder Cup of the American Hockey League (AHL) with their farm team Lake Erie Monsters in 2016 .

Career

Sedlák spent his junior years in the youth team at HC České Budějovice , the ice hockey club in his hometown. There he played up to the age of 18 up to the A-Juniors, before he moved to North America . The Saguenéens de Chicoutimi from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (LHJMQ) secured the services of the striker via the CHL Import Draft and deployed him at the beginning of the 2011/12 season . Likewise, the Columbus Blue Jackets from the National Hockey League (NHL) secured the transfer rights for the Czech in the professional area in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft . They picked him 158th in the sixth round. Sedlák spent a total of two years in the LHJMQ at Chicoutimi.

In the summer of 2013, the attacker switched to the professional sector and the Blue Jackets franchise after signing a contract there in April of the same year. The center forward spent the first two years with the Springfield Falcons in the American Hockey League (AHL), but never reached the mark of 20 scorer points in more than 50 games - just as in the 2015/16 season with the Lake Erie Monsters . Only in the course of the play-offs in 2016 did Sedlák noticeably improve and, with 16 points in 17 appearances, played a key role in winning the Calder Cup . For the 2016/17 season , shortly after the start of the season, he made the jump to the NHL Blue Jackets squad, with which he then signed a new two-year contract in March 2017.

Sedlák then decided to leave North America after eight years, so that in May 2019 he joined the HK tractor Chelyabinsk from the Continental Hockey League (KHL).

International

For his home country Sedlák competed at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2010 , the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2010 , the U18 Junior World Championship in 2011 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2012 and 2013 . He achieved the best placings at both U20 World Championships, which the Czechs finished in fifth place. In 2013 he led the squad as team captain .

Sedlák made his debut in the Czech national team during the 2019/20 season. In six test matches he scored four goals.

Achievements and Awards

2016 Calder Cup win with the Lake Erie Monsters

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

			Regular season					Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2011/12	Saguenéens de Chicoutimi	LHJMQ	50	17th	28	45	57	18th	5	3	8th	20th
2012/13	Saguenéens de Chicoutimi	LHJMQ	48	15th	19th	34	64	6th	1	4th	5	8th
2013/14	Springfield Falcons	AHL	54	8th	6th	14th	26th	4th	0	1	1	0
2014/15	Springfield Falcons	AHL	51	6th	10	16	30th	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Lake Erie Monsters	AHL	54	14th	4th	18th	27	17th	9	7th	16	18th
2016/17	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	62	7th	6th	13	25th	2	0	0	0	0
2017/18	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	53	4th	4th	8th	21st	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	47	4th	2	6th	10	-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	KHL	57	23	17th	40	80	-	-	-	-	-
LHJMQ total			98	32	47	79	121	24	6th	7th	13	28
AHL total			159	28	20th	48	83	21st	9	8th	17th	18th
NHL overall			162	15th	12	27	56	2	0	0	0	0

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2010	Czech Republic	U17-WHC	9th place	5	1	1	2	6th
2010	Czech Republic	Hlinka Memorial	4th Place	5	0	3	3	2
2011	Czech Republic	U18 World Cup	8th place	5	3	1	4th	2
2012	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup	5th place	6th	0	0	0	0
2013	Czech Republic	U20 World Cup	5th place	6th	1	2	3	10
Juniors overall				27	5	7th	12	20th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹ play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Lukáš Sedlák - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Lukáš Sedlák in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
Lukáš Sedlák at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Jackets sign three to two-year contract extensions. nhl.com, March 21, 2017, accessed March 23, 2017 .

Squad of HK tractor Chelyabinsk in the 2020/21 season

personal data
SURNAME	Sedlák, Lukáš
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sedlak, Lukas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budweis , Czech Republic

[1] Jackets sign three to two-year contract extensions. nhl.com, March 21, 2017, accessed March 23, 2017 .