Jakub Galvas

Jakub Galvas
Born (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
CZE team HC Olomouc
NHL Draft 150th overall, 2017
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2016–present

Jakub Galvas (born June 15, 1999) is an ice hockey player from the Czech Republic. He plays for HC Olomouc of the Czech Extraliga. Galvas was selected 150th overall (5th round) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Playing career

He 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]

He was part of the winning team at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.[4]

Galvas represented the Czech Republic at the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships[5] and at the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[6]

Career statistics

References

  1. ↑ Madeline Kenney. "Blackhawks select eight players on final day of NHL draft". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  2. ↑ Myers, Tracey (2017-06-21). "Blackhawks 2017 NHL Draft capsules: Scouting reports and analysis". CSN Chicago. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  3. ↑ zář 28 2016. "Synku, vyhrávej, až já skončím. Galvasovi se zapsali do hokejové historie – iDNES.cz". Hokej.idnes.cz. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  4. ↑ úno 17 2017. "Za první gól mi táta vyčinil, usmívá se olomoucký Galvas – iDNES.cz". Hokej.idnes.cz. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  5. ↑ "Olomoucký Galvas dostal pozvánku na reprezentační kemp – Olomoucký deník". Olomoucky.denik.cz. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  6. ↑ Merlina, Nick (3 January 2018). "Soderlund and Galvas move on to semifinals at World Juniors". NHL.com. NHL.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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