Jakub Galvas

Jakub Galvas (born 15 June 1999) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for Mikkelin Jukurit of the Liiga. Galvas was selected 150th overall (5th round) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Jakub Galvas
Born (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Liiga team
Former teams
Jukurit
HC Olomouc
NHL Draft 150th overall, 2017
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2016present

Playing career

Galvas scored one goal in 36 games for HC Olomouc of the Czech Extraliga during the 2016–17 season.[2] During that season, he played against his father Lukas Galvas, the first time father and son played a game against one another in league history.[3]

In the following 2017–18 season, Galvas was paired defensively alongside his father who joined Olomouc as a free agent for his last professional season. He established new career highs with Olomouc, recording 2 goals and 13 points in 42 games.[4]

After improving his offensive totals in each of his three seasons with Olomouc, Galvas left following the 2018–19 season to continue his development by agreeing to a two-year contract with Finnish Liiga club, Mikkelin Jukurit, on 15 May 2019.[5]

International play

Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Ice hockey
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
2016 Czech Republic/Slovakia

Galvas was part of the winning Czech team at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.[6] He contributed offensively with 2 goals and 5 points in as many games.

Galvas represented the Czech Republic at the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships[7] and at the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2015–16 HC Olomouc Czech.20 221111210
2016–17 HC Olomouc Czech.20 51450
2016–17 HC Olomouc ELH 3615614
2016–17 HC Dukla Jihlava Czech.1 10110
2017–18 HC Olomouc ELH 422111310 91452
2018–19 HC Olomouc ELH 404131712 71010
ELH totals 1187293636 162462

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2015 Czech Republic U17 7th 5 1 2 3 2
2016 Czech Republic IH18 5 2 3 5 2
2017 Czech Republic WJC18 7th 2 0 1 1 0
2018 Czech Republic WJC 4th 7 0 2 2 4
2019 Czech Republic WJC 7th 5 0 1 1 2
Junior totals 24 3 9 12 10

References

  1. Madeline Kenney. "Blackhawks select eight players on final day of NHL draft". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. Myers, Tracey (21 June 2017). "Blackhawks 2017 NHL Draft capsules: Scouting reports and analysis". CSN Chicago. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. zář 28 2016. "Synku, vyhrávej, až já skončím. Galvasovi se zapsali do hokejové historie – iDNES.cz" (in Czech). Hokej.idnes.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  4. "Galvas gives pro experience". IIHF. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. "Jakub Galvas agrees to terms with Jukurit" (in Finnish). Mikkelin Jukurit. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  6. úno 17 2017. "Za první gól mi táta vyčinil, usmívá se olomoucký Galvas – iDNES.cz". Hokej.idnes.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  7. "Olomoucký Galvas dostal pozvánku na reprezentační kemp – Olomoucký deník". Olomoucky.denik.cz. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  8. Merlina, Nick (3 January 2018). "Soderlund and Galvas move on to semifinals at World Juniors". NHL.com. NHL.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database


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