Jakub Galvas (born 15 June 1999) is a Czech professional

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who currently plays with the

HC Oceláři Třinec HC Oceláři Třinec (''Třinec Steelers'') is a Czech ice hockey team from Třinec who play in the Czech Extraliga, the top tier of Czech ice hockey. Their home arena is the Werk Arena. The team's main sponsors are the local Třinec Iron and S ...

. Galvas was selected 150th overall (5th round) by the Blackhawks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Galvas scored one goal in 36 games for

HC Olomouc HC Olomouc is a professional ice hockey team in the Czech Extraliga, from the city of Olomouc. They won the Extraliga championship in the 1993/1994 season. In 1997, the club sold the Extraliga license to HC Karlovy Vary, and was thus relegated ...

of the

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during the 2016–17 season. 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. 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. 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

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club,

Mikkelin Jukurit Mikkelin Jukurit is a professional ice hockey team in Liiga, the top tier Finnish ice hockey league. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli (also known as Let's Go Areena for sponsorship reasons). The team has won seven ...

, on 15 May 2019. 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. During the season on 11 January 2022, in his NHL debut, the rookie defenseman played 23:40 against the

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, the second-most among Blackhawks skaters, which included 1:51 on the penalty kill. 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.

International play

Galvas was part of the winning

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team at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. 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 The 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 19th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted by Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia. The tournament was played from 13 to 23 April 2017. Finland entered the tournament as the defending champions ...

and at the

2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship was the 42nd edition of the IIHF World U20 Championship, Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, and was hosted by the city of Buffalo, New York at KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. It opened on Decembe ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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