| Jakub Galvas | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 15, 1999, Ostrava |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb) |
| Position | Defenceman |
| Shoots | Left |
| Liiga team F. teams |
Jukurit Tipsport Extraliga HC Olomouc Chance Liga HC Dukla Jihlava |
| Ntl. team |  Czech Republic
|
| NHL Draft | 150th overall, 2017 Chicago Blackhawks |
| Playing career | 2012–present |
Jakub Galvas (born on June 15, 1999 in Ostrava) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays with the Jukurit of the Liiga. Galvas was selected 150th overall (in the 5th round) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[1]
Club career[]
Galvas played junior hockey with the HC Olomouc organisation.
He made his senior debut during the 2016-17 season [2] when Galvas scored one goal and 6 points in 36 games with the HC Olomouc of the Tipsport Extraliga. During that season, he played against his father Lukáš Galvas, it was the first time father and son played a game against one another in league history.[3] He also played one play-off game with the HC Dukla Jihlava of the WSM Liga, 3 games with the HC Olomouc under-18 team and 5 games with the HC Olomouc under-20 team in this season.
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 regular season games and 1 goal and 5 points in 9 play-off games.[4]
After improving his offensive totals in each of his three seasons with Olomouc, Galvas left following the 2018-19 season in which he was the junior with the most points (17) scored in Tipsport Extraliga to continue his development by agreeing to a two-year contract with Finnish Liiga club, the Jukurit, on May 15, 2019.[5] In his first season with the Jukurit played Galvas 2 regular season games and 1 play-off game with the Jukurit under-20 team and 43 games with the Jukurit of the Liiga. In his second season with the Jukurit, Galvas played 47 games scoring 11 points.
International career[]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Czech Republic
| ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament | ||
| Gold | 2016 Czech Republic/Slovakia | |
Galvas played with the Czech National Team at the 2015 World U17 Hockey Challenge, 2016 Hlinka Memorial Cup[6] (winning there gold medal while Galvas scored 2 goals and 5 points in as many games), 2017 World U18 Championship[7] and at the 2018[8] and 2019 World Junior Championships.
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 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Olomouc | Czech.20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Olomouc | ELH | 36 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Dukla Jihlava | Czech.1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Olomouc | ELH | 42 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | HC Olomouc | ELH | 40 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| ELH totals | 118 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||
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[]
- ↑ Madeline Kenney. "Blackhawks select eight players on final day of NHL draft". Retrieved on 2017-06-25.
- ↑ Myers, Tracey (2017-06-21). Blackhawks 2017 NHL Draft capsules: Scouting reports and analysis. CSN Chicago. Retrieved on 2017-06-25.
- ↑ zář 28 2016. Synku, vyhrávej, až já skončím. Galvasovi se zapsali do hokejové historie – iDNES.cz (Czech). Hokej.idnes.cz. Retrieved on 2017-06-25.
- ↑ "Galvas gives pro experience". IIHF (2018-12-18). Retrieved on 2018-12-18.
- ↑ "Jakub Galvas agrees to terms with Jukurit" (in Finnish). Mikkelin Jukurit (15 May 2019). Retrieved on 15 May 2019.
- ↑ úno 17 2017. Za první gól mi táta vyčinil, usmívá se olomoucký Galvas – iDNES.cz. Hokej.idnes.cz. Retrieved on 2017-06-25.
- ↑ Olomoucký Galvas dostal pozvánku na reprezentační kemp – Olomoucký deník. Olomoucky.denik.cz (2017-05-26). Retrieved on 2017-06-25.
- ↑ Soderlund and Galvas move on to semifinals at World Juniors. NHL.com (3 January 2018). Retrieved on 19 June 2018.