Jakub Galvas

Jakub Galvas
Born (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 24)
Ostrava, Czech Republic
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
SHL team
Former teams		 Malmö Redhawks
HC Olomouc
Jukurit
Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Draft 150th overall, 2017
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 2016–present

Jakub Galvas (born 15 June 1999) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays with the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Galvas was selected 150th overall (5th round) by the Blackhawks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

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]

While 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]

After two seasons in the Liiga with Jukurit, Galvas was signed by draft club, the Chicago Blackhawks, to a two-year, entry-level contract on 7 May 2021.[6]

During the 2021–22 season on January 11, 2022, in his NHL debut, the rookie defenseman played 23:40 against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the second-most among Blackhawks skaters, which included 1:51 on the penalty kill.[7] He completed the season making 6 appearances with the Blackhawks.

Following two seasons within the Blackhawks organization, Galvas as a pending restricted free agent opted to return to Europe in signing a two-year contract with Swedish club, Malmö Redhawks of the SHL, on 9 May 2023.[8]

International play

Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Ice hockey
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2016 Czech Republic/Slovakia

Galvas was part of the winning Czech team at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.[9] 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[10] and at the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[11]

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
2019–20 Jukurit Jr. A 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
2019–20 Jukurit Liiga 43 2 13 15 20 — — — — —
2020–21 Jukurit Liiga 47 2 9 11 16 — — — — —
2021–22 Rockford IceHogs AHL 59 2 18 20 14 4 0 0 0 0
2021–22 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2022–23 Rockford IceHogs AHL 64 3 26 29 22 5 0 3 3 0
ELH totals 118 7 29 36 36 16 2 4 6 2
Liiga totals 90 4 22 26 36 — — — — —
NHL totals 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2015 Czech Republic U17 7th 5 1 2 3 2
2016 Czech Republic IH18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 2 3 5 2
2017 Czech Republic U18 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 (28 September 2016). "Synku, vyhrávej, až já skončím. Galvasovi se zapsali do hokejové historie – iDNES.cz" (in Czech). Hokej.idnes.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2017.{cite web}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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. ^ "Blackhawks sign Galvas to entry-level deal". Chicago Blackhawks. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. ^ "I know it's hard to believe me, it's a good day: Blackhawks 4, Blue Jackets 2". Second City Hockey. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Jakub Galvas strengthens the blueline" (in Swedish). Malmö Redhawks. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  9. ^ úno 17 2017 (17 February 2017). "Za první gól mi táta vyčinil, usmívá se olomoucký Galvas – iDNES.cz". Hokej.idnes.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2017.{cite web}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Palatka, Marek (26 May 2017). "Olomoucký Galvas dostal pozvánku na reprezentační kemp – Olomoucký deník". Olomoucký Deník. Olomoucky.denik.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  11. ^ Merlina, Nick (3 January 2018). "Soderlund and Galvas move on to semifinals at World Juniors". NHL.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

External links

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