Jakub Klepiš Explained

Birth Date:5 June 1984
Birth Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
League:EHL
Team:BK Mladá Boleslav
Former Teams:HC Slavia Praha
Washington Capitals
Avangard Omsk
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Dynamo Moscow
HC Lev Praha
Färjestad BK
HC Oceláři Třinec
Position:Centre
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:201
Ntl Team:CZE
Draft:16th overall
Draft Year:2002
Draft Team:Ottawa Senators
Career Start:2002

Jakub Klepiš (born June 5, 1984) is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for BK Mladá Boleslav of the Czech Extraliga (EHL).

Playing career

Klepiš was drafted in the first round, 16th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Before ever playing for Ottawa, Klepiš was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in 2003 in a deal that sent Vaclav Varada to the Senators. Before ever playing for the Sabres, he was dealt to the Washington Capitals on March 9, 2004 in exchange for forward Mike Grier.

Klepiš ultimately played in 66 NHL games (all with the Capitals) before returning to Europe to continue his professional career in the Kontinental Hockey League.

He won the Gagarin Cup in 2012 with Dynamo Moscow, scoring the series-winning goal in the seventh game.

On June 26, 2014, he left HC Lev Praha after two seasons to join Swedish club, Färjestad BK of the SHL.[1] He then returned to the Czech Republic joining HC Oceláři Třinec before moving to his current club, BK Mladá Boleslav, part way through the 2015/2016 league season.

International play

Klepiš played his first game for the national team in 2004, and has played 4 World Championships for the Czech national team culminating in a gold medal win in the 2010 World Championships.[2] [3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2000–01HC Slavia PrahaCZE U181810152562717810
2000–01HC Slavia PrahaCZE U20271031310
2001–02Portland Winter HawksWHL70145064111703322
2002–03HC Slavia PrahaCZE U20114595930334
2002–03HC Slavia PrahaELH382682240006
2003–04HC Slavia PrahaCZE U2013140
2003–04HC Slavia PrahaELH444913431753810
2004–05Portland PiratesAHL7813142776
2005–06Hershey BearsAHL24381128152684
2005–06Washington CapitalsNHL251348
2006–07Hershey BearsAHL316263224
2006–07Washington CapitalsNHL41371028
2007–08Hershey BearsAHL1956119
2007–08HC Slavia PrahaELH24571222
2008–09Avangard OmskKHL551417315191450
2009–10Avangard OmskKHL561012225030222
2010–11Salavat Yulaev UfaKHL4914122616161454
2011–12Salavat Yulaev UfaKHL153258
2011–12Dynamo MoscowKHL2945914145166
2012–13HC Lev PrahaKHL452018382440000
2013–14HC Lev PrahaKHL3889172241014
2014–15Färjestad BKSHL21651118
2014–15HC Oceláři TřinecELH177142122184594
2015–16HC Oceláři TřinecELH231111212
2015–16BK Mladá BoleslavELH2351217201040422
2016–17BK Mladá BoleslavELH477162334513416
2017–18BK Mladá BoleslavELH4713193226
2018–19BK Mladá BoleslavELH3811213226102248
2019–20BK Mladá BoleslavELH467233026
2020–21HC Kometa BrnoELH481020302292132
2021–22Bílí Tygři LiberecELH408122020103698
ELH totals43580170250295102312758100
NHL totals664101436
KHL totals2877375148185508111916

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2002Czech RepublicWJC1881898
Czech RepublicWJC6th 6 0 4 4 4
Czech RepublicWJC4th 7 2 2 4 4
Czech RepublicWC5th 4 0 1 1 0
Czech RepublicWC6th7 1 4 5 6
Czech RepublicWC9 3 4 7 8
Czech RepublicWC4th 10 22 4 2
Czech RepublicWC4th50222
Junior totals 213141716
Senior totals 356131918

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KHL center Jakub Klepis ready for Farjestad . . 2014-06-26 . 2014-06-26.
  2. Web site: National Hockey team are World Champions . . 2010-05-01 . 2010-05-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100529202052/http://www.praguepost.com/sports/4545-national-ice-hockey-team-is-world-champion.html . 2010-05-29 .
  3. Web site: International Czech stats . hokej.cz . Czech . 2010-05-02 . 2010-05-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718172726/http://hokej.cz/index.php?lng=CZ&webid=472&view=hrac_info&idh=2219 . 2011-07-18 .