SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League introduced right this moment that Belleville Senators ahead Jan Jeník has been chosen because the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Participant of the Week for the interval ending March 16, 2025.
Jeník posted eight factors and a plus-6 ranking in two video games final week, main the Senators to a pair of much-needed victories of their pursuit of a berth within the Calder Cup Playoffs.
With Belleville internet hosting Bridgeport for a weekend collection at CAA Enviornment, Jeník matched a franchise file by recording 5 assists in a 6-1 win on Friday evening. Then on Saturday, he scored the game-winning aim, dished out two extra assists and registered a game-high 5 pictures on aim in one other 6-1 Senators victory as Belleville improved to 8-0-1-0 in its final 9 residence contests.
A fifth-year professional, Jeník has totaled 9 targets and 14 assists for 23 factors in 38 video games for Belleville this season, and has additionally appeared in two video games with the mother or father Ottawa Senators. The 24-year-old native of Nymburk, Czechia, was a third-round choice by Arizona within the 2018 NHL Draft and was acquired by Ottawa in a commerce with Utah on July 3, 2024.
In 203 profession AHL video games with Belleville and Tucson, Jeník has recorded 55 targets and 88 assists for 143 factors. He scored a aim in every of his first two profession NHL video games with the Coyotes in 2021, and has compiled 4 targets and two assists in 24 profession NHL outings with Arizona and Ottawa.
