Penguins select forward Lukas Svejkovsky in 4th round
The Pittsburgh Penguins selected forward Lukas Svejkovsky with the 108th overall pick in the fourth round of the NHL Draft on Wednesday.
A native of Point Roberts, Wash., Svejkovsky appeared in 52 Western Hockey League (WHL) games between the Vancouver Giants and Medicine Hat Tigers and recorded 38 points (18 goals, 20 assists).
A right-handed shot, Svejkovsky is listed at 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds.
He is the son of Jaroslav Svejkovsky, a forward who played with the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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