| Position: | Right wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 176 |
| Played For: | PSG Zlín St. Louis Blues Ak Bars Kazan Dynamo Moscow SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Ntl Team: | Czech Republic |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia |
| Draft: | 253rd overall |
| Draft Year: | 2001 |
| Draft Team: | St. Louis Blues |
| Career Start: | 1993 |
| Career End: | 2015 |
Petr Čajánek (pronounced as /cs/; born August 18, 1975) is a Czech former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues from 2002 to 2007. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1993 to 2015, was mainly spent in the Czech Extraliga. He was selected by the Blues in the seventh round, 253rd overall, in the 2001 NHL entry draft. Internationally he played for the Czech national team at several tournaments, including the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 2006, and several Ice Hockey World Championships, winning gold medals in 2000, 2001, and 2005.
Petr Čajánek played for HC Zlín from 1993 to 2002. In the 2001–02 season, he was Czech Extraliga's leading scorer.
In the 2001 NHL entry draft, he was drafted in the seventh round, 253rd overall, by the St. Louis Blues. He was signed to an NHL contract on July 3, 2002.[1]
He was re-signed by the Blues on August 5, 2004.[2]
On February 26, 2007, Čajánek was placed on waivers, but he was not claimed by another NHL team and remained with St. Louis.[3] Though he was placed on waivers, the 2006–07 season was his best, as he scored a career-high 48 points, good for third on the Blues.
On October 21, 2007, Čajánek signed a one-year, $900,000 contract to play for Ak Bars Kazan in the Russian Superleague (RSL) for the 2007–08 season.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1993–94 | AC ZPS Zlín | CZE | 34 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1994–95 | AC ZPS Zlín | CZE | 35 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1994–95 | SHK Hodonín | CZE-2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | AC ZPS Zlín | CZE | 36 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1995–96 | HC Havířov | CZE-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | HC ZPS–Barum Zlín | CZE | 50 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | HC ZPS–Barum Zlín | CZE | 46 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | HC ZPS–Barum Zlín | CZE | 49 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 123 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | ||
| 1999–00 | HC Barum Continental Zlín | CZE | 50 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | HC Continental Zlín | CZE | 52 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | ||
| 2001–02 | HC Continental Zlín | CZE | 49 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 64 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | ||
| 2002–03 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 51 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 70 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Hamé Zlín | CZE | 49 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 91 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | ||
| 2005–06 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 71 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 77 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Peoria Rivermen | AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 33 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 53 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 123 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 52 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 51 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | PSG Zlín | CZE | 48 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 96 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 2012–13 | PSG Zlín | CZE | 48 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 73 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 26 | ||
| 2013–14 | PSG Zlín | CZE | 49 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 70 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 12 | ||
| 2014–15 | PSG Zlín | CZE | 48 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 112 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||
| ELH totals | 643 | 178 | 327 | 505 | 1019 | 127 | 32 | 63 | 95 | 156 | ||||
| NHL totals | 269 | 46 | 107 | 153 | 144 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Czech Republic | WJC | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 63 | |
| 2000 | Czech Republic | WC | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2001 | Czech Republic | WC | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2002 | Czech Republic | OLY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Czech Republic | WCH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Czech Republic | WC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2006 | Czech Republic | OLY | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2007 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| 2009 | Czech Republic | WC | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |
| 2010 | Czech Republic | OLY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 63 | |||
| Senior totals | 68 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 48 | |||