Jiri Smejkal and Jakob Chychrun scored first-period goals to propel the visiting Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. Ottawa (37-41-4, 78 points) posted its third win in four games to end the season.
The morning after another discouraging loss at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers, the Ottawa Senators have begun to tinker with the roster a little bit.
After being sent down on Wednesday, the team announced that the forward was recalled from AHL Belleville.
The Ottawa Senators have recalled defenseman Jacob Larsson from the AHL’s Belleville Senators and sent Jiri Smejkal to the minor leagues.
The Czech forward who came over this offseason expecting to have a spot with the big club has spent the entire season, thus far, in Belleville. For Smejkal, this had to be a blow to his ego and it showed in how he started the season - with just three points in his first nine games.
After playing two seasons of junior hockey in the Western League for Moose Jaw and Kamloops, Jiri Smejkal wondered if he’d ever make it back to North America.
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Prior to the offseason officially getting underway with the draft and free agency, the Ottawa Senators made a pair of signings out of Europe that many seem to be forgetting.
After failing to make the playoffs this season, April and May will be two of the busiest months for the Ottawa Senators. There is no shortage of news and rumours surrounding the team, and with Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd, and an out-of-the-blue Czech signing, here is the latest on the organization.
On Friday, May 5, the Ottawa Senators announced that they had signed 26-year-old Czech star, Jiri Smejkal, to a one-year, $870,000 deal. While many North American fans have never heard of him, he’s become quite the star in Europe through his blend of skill with the puck and tenacity off of it.
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