Jiricek, 21 (11/28/03), has collected one help in six video games with Columbus and three factors (2-1=3) in 4 video games with the Cleveland Monsters (AHL) this season. The 6-foot-4, 204-pound native of Klatovy, Czech Republic recorded 10 factors (1-9=10) and 22 penalty minutes (PIM) in 43 video games with the Blue Jackets in 2023-24. He ranked T-Ninth amongst NHL rookie defensemen in assists and T-Eleventh in scoring. Jiricek additionally tallied 19 factors (7-12=19) in 29 contests with Cleveland and added 11 factors (3-8=11) in 14 Calder Cup Playoff in 2023-24. He ranked third amongst AHL blueliners in scoring and T-4th in assists through the Calder Cup Playoffs.
The right-shot defenseman made his NHL debut on Oct. 28, 2022, in opposition to the Boston Bruins and tallied his first profession NHL objective on Oct. 14, 2023, in opposition to the New York Rangers (Igor Shesterkin). He notched 11 factors (1-10=11) and 28 PIM in 53 profession NHL video games with Columbus (2022-24). Jiricek notched 60 factors (15-45=60) together with six power-play objectives (PPG), 168 photographs on objective and 59 PIM in 88 profession AHL video games with Cleveland (2022-24).
He represented Czechia on the 2021, 2022 (silver medal) and 2023 IIHF World Junior Championships and the 2022 IIHF World Championship (bronze medal). Jiricek was named the highest defenseman on the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship and was named to the event All-Star Team. He was chosen by Columbus within the first-round (sixth total) of the 2022 NHL Draft.
Hunt, 21 (5/15/22), was chosen by Minnesota within the third-round (sixty fifth total) of the 2020 NHL Draft. He collected one help in 13 video games in components of two seasons with the Wild (2023-24) and recorded 45 factors (6-39=45) and 48 PIM in 125 video games in components of 4 AHL seasons (2020-24) with Iowa.
