Peter Cehlárik (born on 2 August 1995) is a Slovak professional

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for

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in the

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(SHL). He was selected by the

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in the 3rd round (90th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Cehlárik played four junior seasons in his native Slovakia before continuing his development in Sweden. He made his

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debut playing with

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during the

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. He helped the team win the

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during the 2014–15 season. After playing 132 games, adding 22 goals and 49 points throughout four seasons with Luleå, he signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the

on 16 June 2016. He made his NHL debut on 11 February 2017 against the

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. He played 11 games for Boston Bruins before returning to

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. Cehlárik scored his first

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goal on 18 November 2017 with the Bruins as the first Boston goal in a road game against the

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, in what would become a 3–1 Boston victory. After Cehlárik was left off Boston's Return to Play roster as an impending restricted free agent from the Bruins, Cehlárik halted his North American career and signed a two-year contract with Swedish club,

of the SHL, on 17 August 2020. After a lone season in the

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(KHL) with

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in 2021–22, Cehlárik opted to move to Switzerland in agreeing to a two-year contract with

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of the

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(NL) on 24 May 2022. In the

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season, Cehlárik in a top-six scoring role, scored 6 goals and 24 points through 38 regular season games, before opting to leave Switzerland and immediately return to former club, Leksands IF of the SHL, signing a contract until 2026 on 8 February 2023.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cehlarik, Peter 1995 births Living people Asplöven HC players Avangard Omsk players Boston Bruins draft picks Boston Bruins players EV Zug players Ice hockey people from Žilina Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Luleå HF players Leksands IF players Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Slovakia Olympic ice hockey players for Slovakia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Providence Bruins players Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Slovak ice hockey left wingers 21st-century Slovak sportsmen