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Blue Jackets Assign Defenseman David Jiricek to Monsters

January 25, 2024 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Cleveland Monsters News Release


CLEVELAND - The AHL's Cleveland Monsters, top affiliate of the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, announced Thursday that the Blue Jackets assigned defenseman David Jiricek to the Monsters and reassigned defenseman Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm from Cleveland to the ECHL's Cincinnati Cyclones. In 36 appearances for Columbus this season, Jiricek supplied 1-8-9 with 20 penalty minutes and added 0-3-3 with two penalty minutes in three appearances for Cleveland. Bjorgvik-Holm appeared in three games for the Monsters and posted 3-19-22 with 19 penalty minutes and a +10 rating in 25 appearances for Cincinnati.

A 6'4", 206 lb. right-shooting native of Klatovy, Czechia, Jiricek, 20, was originally selected by the Blue Jackets in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. In 40 career NHL appearances, all for Columbus, spanning parts of two seasons from 2022-24, Jiricek registered 1-8-9 with 22 penalty minutes. In 58 appearances for the Monsters spanning parts of two seasons from 2022-23, Jiricek posted 6-35-41 with 38 penalty minutes and was selected to participate in the 2022-23 AHL All-Star Classic, although he did not play in the event. Jiricek was also named the AHL's Rookie of the Month for December 2022. In 67 appearances for HC Plzen of Czechia's Extraliga spanning parts of three seasons from 2019-22, Jiricek contributed 8-12-20 with 85 penalty minutes and a +14 rating.

Internationally, Jiricek represented Czechia at the 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 IIHF U20 World Junior Championships, helping claim the Silver Medal at the 2022-23 event where he was named to the tournament's All-Star Team and recognized as the event's top defenseman. Jiricek also helped Czechia claim the Bronze Medal at the 2021-22 IIHF World Championship.

A 6'4", 198 lb. left-shooting native of Oslo, Norway, Bjorgvik-Holm, 21, supplied 1-6-7 with 14 penalty minutes in 43 career AHL appearances, all for Cleveland, spanning parts of three seasons from 2020-21, and 2022-24. In parts of two ECHL campaigns from 2022-23 with the Kalamzoo Wings and Cincinnati, Bjorgvik-Holm contributed 4-22-26 with 42 penalty minutes and a +11 rating in 44 appearances.

Prior to his professional career, Bjorgvik-Holm notched 5-27-32 with 129 penalty minutes in 111 career appearances for the OHL's Mississauga Steelheads spanning the 2019-20 and 2021-22 seasons and also registered an even rating in two games for the USHL's Tri-City Storm in 2018-19. Internationally, Bjorgvik-Holm represented Norway at the 2020-21 and 2022-23 IIHF World Championships.

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