{"id":519221,"date":"2026-03-23T22:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/519221\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:33:16","slug":"flyers-sign-prospect-alex-ciernik-to-3-year-entry-level-contract-nbc-sports-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/519221\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers sign prospect Alex Ciernik to 3-year entry-level contract \u2013 NBC Sports Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Ciernik became the third Flyers prospect to sign an entry-level contract this month as the 21-year-old winger inked his three-year deal Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/2023-nhl-draft-flyers-take-alex-ciernik-with-4th-round-pick\/526545\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/2023-nhl-draft-flyers-take-alex-ciernik-with-4th-round-pick\/526545\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The 2023 fourth-round pick<\/a> had played professionally in Finland and Sweden this season. His contract with the Flyers begins next season. He won&#8217;t be reporting to AHL affiliate Lehigh Valley right now.<\/p>\n<p>Last Tuesday, the Flyers signed Cole Knuble, their other 2023 fourth-rounder, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-sign-prospect-cole-knuble-2-year-entry-level-contract\/721451\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-sign-prospect-cole-knuble-2-year-entry-level-contract\/721451\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">his two-year entry-level deal<\/a>. A little over a week and a half ago, the Flyers signed 2024 fifth-rounder Noah Powell to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-sign-prospect-noah-powell-3-year-entry-level-contract\/720294\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-sign-prospect-noah-powell-3-year-entry-level-contract\/720294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">his three-year entry-level contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ciernik is around 5-foot-10 and 178 pounds. He&#8217;s a plus skater and has a skillful game. But he struggled a bit overseas this season and has battled some head injuries since being drafted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you can tell, I&#8217;m not the biggest guy,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-see-rust-and-positives-from-prospects-in-rookie-game-loss-to-rangers\/536113\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-see-rust-and-positives-from-prospects-in-rookie-game-loss-to-rangers\/536113\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ciernik said in September 2023<\/a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s definitely something I have to work on, but it has been that way ever since I was a kid. I just try to get through with the things that stand out in my game, which is speed. As long as I can just be smart with how I play \u2014 because I&#8217;m not going to be 6-4 &#8230; ever; let&#8217;s be honest. So I&#8217;ve just got to be smart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He started this season in Liiga, Finland&#8217;s top pro league. He had a goal, two assists and a minus-4 rating in 19 games for the Lahti Pelicans. Ciernik then rejoined the Nybro Vikings in HockeyAllsvenskan, a Swedish pro league that&#8217;s a tier below the SHL. He was limited to 21 games, recording two goals, three assists and a minus-7 mark.<\/p>\n<p>In 130 career HockeyAllsvenskan games, Ciernik put up 54 points (20 goals, 34 assists).<\/p>\n<p>Last season, he got a taste of the AHL when he played three games for the Phantoms. Ciernik had an assist, two shots and a plus-2 rating. Lehigh Valley is where he&#8217;s projected to play next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Ciernik became the third Flyers prospect to sign an entry-level contract this month as the 21-year-old winger&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5112],"tags":[1468,2575,5,4,1467,56,5205],"class_list":{"0":"post-519221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-flyers","8":"tag-flyers","9":"tag-flyers-news","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","14":"tag-philadelphiaflyers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116280872645478073","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}