Jakub Kovář

#43 HC Sparta Praha / Czechia - 26/27

Date of Birth: Jul 19, 1988
Age: 38
Place of Birth: Pisek, CZE
Nation: Czechia
Youth Team: IHC Pisek
Position: G
Height: 185 cm / 6'1"
Weight: 91 kg / 201 lbs
Catches: L
Contract: 26/27

Jakub Kovář Facts

Drafted: 2006 round 4 #109 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Agency: Premium

Brother: Jan Kovar

Jakub Kovář Statistics

								Post
2002-2003	IHC Pisek U18	Czechia U18 2	-	-	-	-	-
2003-2004	IHC Pisek U18	Czechia U18 2	44	2.18	.936	-	-
2004-2005	IHC Pisek U18	Czechia U18	40	3.58	.913	-	-
2004-2005	IHC Písek U20	Czechia U20 2	12	3.09	-	-	-
2004-2005	Czechia U17 (all)	International-Jr	1	7.83	.000	0	0-1-0
2005-2006	HC České Budějovice U20	Czechia U20	19	2.23	.926	-	-	Playoffs	5	1.58	.948	0	3-2-0
2005-2006	Czechia U18	WJC-18	2	1.14	.964	0	0-2-0
2005-2006	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	9	2.26	.932	-	-
2006-2007	HC Mountfield U20	Czechia U20	38	2.07	.929	-	-	Playoffs	3	6.00	.848	0	1-2-0
2006-2007	Czechia U20	WJC-20	2	2.86	.907	0	1-0-0
2006-2007	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	9	3.00	.859	-	-
2007-2008	Oshawa Generals	OHL	16	3.14	.903	0	12-3-0
2007-2008	Windsor Spitfires	OHL	20	3.42	.893	1	14-3-3	Playoffs	4	4.15	.873	0	1-2-0
2007-2008	Czechia U20	WJC-20	2	3.00	.833	0	1-1-0
2007-2008	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	4	2.25	.912	-	-
2008-2009	HC Mountfield	Czechia	23	2.69	.916	0	9-14-0	Relegation	2	9.47	.700	0	1-1-0
2008-2009	SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč Loan	Czechia2	3	3.59	.915	0	0-3-0
2009-2010	HC Mountfield	Czechia	17	2.46	.915	1	8-9-0
2009-2010	HC Tábor Loan	Czechia2	13	2.53	.920	1	6-7-0	Playoffs	5	3.60	.900	0	2-3-0
2010-2011	HC Mountfield	Czechia	52	2.47	.924	4	29-23-0	Playoffs	6	1.79	.947	1	2-4-0
2010-2011	Czechia	WC	0	-	-	-	-
2010-2011	Czechia (all)	International	4	1.50	.933	0	3-1-0
2011-2012	HC Mountfield	Czechia	52	2.37	.926	3	28-24-0	Playoffs	5	3.12	.914	0	1-4-0
2011-2012	Czechia	WC	6	2.05	.928	1	3-2-0
2011-2012	Czechia (all)	International	13	2.01	.928	2	9-4-0
2012-2013	HC Mountfield	Czechia	24	2.00	.935	2	17-7-0	Playoffs	3	2.24	.918	0	1-2-0
2012-2013	Czechia (all)	International	5	2.01	.920	0	4-1-0
2013-2014	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	48	2.01	.931	6	20-18-10	Playoffs	4	2.61	.893	0	0-4-0
2013-2014	Czechia Olympics	OG	1	8.63	.700	0	0-1-0
2013-2014	Czechia	WC	1	6.59	.692	0	0-1-0
2013-2014	Czechia (all)	International	11	2.54	.892	2	4-7-0
2014-2015	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	60	2.20	.923	8	23-28-8	Playoffs	5	2.19	.929	1	1-4-0
2014-2015	Czechia	WC	0	-	-	-	-
2014-2015	Czechia (all)	International	8	1.30	.932	2	5-3-0
2015-2016	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	42	2.32	.914	1	14-17-7	Playoffs	2	3.19	.907	0	1-1-0
2015-2016	Czechia (all)	International	3	3.93	.797	0	1-2-0
2016-2017	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	55	2.45	.915	2	20-27-5
2016-2017	Czechia (all)	International	1	9.00	.700	0	0-1-0
2017-2018	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	47	2.25	.926	4	23-16-6	Playoffs	5	2.22	.923	0	2-3-0
2018-2019	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	50	1.78	.939	8	38-9-2	Playoffs	9	1.92	.927	2	5-4-0
2018-2019	Czechia (all)	International	6	2.81	.880	0	4-2-0
2019-2020	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	47	2.17	.931	5	26-15-3	Playoffs	5	1.69	.935	0	1-4-0
2020-2021	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	51	2.21	.924	8	23-21-6	Playoffs	5	2.78	.918	0	1-4-0
2021-2022	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	1	6.00	.769	0	0-1-0
2021-2022	ZSC Lions	NL	14	2.15	.932	1	9-2-2	Playoffs	15	1.83	.938	2	8-6-1
2022-2023	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	41	2.21	.912	6	25-14-0	Playoffs	6	2.30	.905	0	2-4-0
2023-2024	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	29	2.11	.910	2	19-8-0	Playoffs	11	1.81	.923	1	7-4-0
2024-2025	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	16	2.13	.908	3	11-5-0	Playoffs	4	2.14	.901	1	3-1-0
2025-2026	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	26	2.29	.921	1	13-12-0	Playoffs	7	1.44	.941	0	3-4-0
2026-2027	HC Sparta Praha	Czechia	11	1.89	.926	1	7-4-0

Jakub Kovář Tournament Statistics

								Post
2008-2009	HC Mountfield	Champions HL	1	4.02	.889	0	0-1-0
2010-2011	Czechia	EHT	0	-	-	-	-
2011-2012	HC Mountfield	ET	8	1.83	.936	-	-	Playoffs	2	5.77	.800	-	-
2011-2012	Czechia	EHT	4	1.76	.926	1	-
2012-2013	HC Mountfield	ET	1	4.15	.871	0	-
2012-2013	Czechia	EHT	2	1.50	.951	0	-
2013-2014	Czechia	EHT	8	2.62	.899	1	-
2014-2015	Czechia	EHT	3	2.18	.902	0	-
2015-2016	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Spengler Cup	2	1.54	.941	0	1-1-0
2015-2016	Czechia	EHT	2	4.32	.785	0	-
2016-2017	Czechia	EHT	1	9.00	.700	0	-
2018-2019	Czechia	EHT	3	2.74	.880	0	1-2-0
2022-2023	HC Sparta Praha	Champions HL	2	4.04	.862	0	0-2-0
2022-2023	HC Sparta Praha	Spengler Cup	2	1.85	.907	0	1-0-1
2024-2025	HC Sparta Praha	Champions HL	5	2.61	.900	0	2-2-0
2025-2026	HC Sparta Praha	Champions HL	4	0.98	.941	1	4-0-0
2025-2026	HC Sparta Praha	Spengler Cup	4	2.77	.899	0	2-2-0

Jakub Kovář Career Totals by League


Champions HL	4	12	4.02*	.901	1	6-5-0	0
Czechia	10	291	2.30	.921	23	166-120-0	8	44	2.06	.923	3	20-24-0
Czechia U18	1	40	3.58	.913	-	-	0
Czechia U18 2	2	44*	2.18	.936	-	-	0
Czechia U20	2	57	-	-	-	-	2	8	3.10	.908	0	4-4-0
Czechia U20 2	1	12	3.09	-	-	-	0
Czechia2	2	16	2.74	.918	1	6-10-0	1	5	3.60	.900	0	2-3-0
EHT	8	23	2.74*	.881*	2	1-2-0	0
ET	2	9	-	-	0	-	1	2	5.77	.800	-	-
International	8	51	2.24	.906	6	30-21-0	0
International-Jr	4	23	7.83*	-	0	0-1-0	0
KHL	9	401	2.18	.925	42	187-152-47	7	35	2.23	.922	3	11-24-0
NL	1	14	2.15	.932	1	9-2-2	1	15	1.83	.938	2	8-6-1
OG	1	1	8.63	.700	0	0-1-0	0
OHL	1	36	3.30	.897	1	26-6-3	1	4	4.15	.873	0	1-2-0
Spengler Cup	3	8	2.23	.911	0	4-3-1	0
WC	4	7	2.48	.911	1	3-3-0	0
WJC-18	1	2	1.14	.964	0	0-2-0	0
WJC-20	2	4	2.94	.873	0	2-1-0	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Jakub Kovář Career Totals by Team


Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	8	348	2.14	.927	40	168-126-42	7	35	2.23	.922	3	11-24-0
Czechia	4	7	2.48	.911	1	3-3-0	0
Czechia (EHT)	8	23	2.74*	.881*	2	1-2-0	0
Czechia (all)	8	51	2.24	.906	6	30-21-0	0
Czechia Olympics	1	1	8.63	.700	0	0-1-0	0
Czechia U17 (all)	1	1	7.83	.000	0	0-1-0	0
Czechia U18	1	2	1.14	.964	0	0-2-0	0
Czechia U18 (all)	1	9	2.26	.932	-	-	0
Czechia U20	2	4	2.94	.873	0	2-1-0	0
Czechia U20 (all)	2	13	-	-	-	-	0
HC Motor Ceske Budejovice U20	2	57	-	-	-	-	2	8	3.10	.908	0	4-4-0
HC Mountfield	5	178	2.41*	.924*	10*	91-78-0	4	18	2.48*	.925*	1*	5-11-0
HC Sparta Praha	5	140	2.18*	.913	14	84-49-1	4	28	1.86	.921	2	15-13-0
HC Tábor	1	13	2.53	.920	1	6-7-0	1	5	3.60	.900	0	2-3-0
IHC Pisek U18	3	84*	-	-	-	-	0
IHC Písek U20	1	12	3.09	-	-	-	0
Oshawa Generals	1	16	3.14	.903	0	12-3-0	0
Severstal Cherepovets	1	55	2.45	.915	2	20-27-5	0
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč	1	3	3.59	.915	0	0-3-0	0
Windsor Spitfires	1	20	3.42	.893	1	14-3-3	1	4	4.15	.873	0	1-2-0
ZSC Lions	1	14	2.15	.932	1	9-2-2	1	15	1.83	.938	2	8-6-1

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Jakub Kovář Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2005-2006	Czechia U20 Playoffs Best GAA (1.58) Czechia U20 Playoffs Best SVS% (.948) U18 WJC Bronze Medal
2006-2007	Zlatá hokejka (Czech Junior of the Year)
2010-2011	Czech Extraliga Most Wins (29) Czech Extraliga Playoffs Best SVS% (.947) World Championship Bronze Medal
2011-2012	World Championship Bronze Medal World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2012-2013	Czech Extraliga Best SVS% (.935)
2013-2014	KHL Goaltender of the Month (December) KHL Goaltender of the Month (January)
2014-2015	KHL All-Star Game KHL Most Shutouts (8)
2018-2019	KHL All-Star Game KHL Goaltender of the Month (September)
2019-2020	KHL All-Star Game KHL Goaltender of the Month (December)
2020-2021	KHL Most Shutouts (8)
2021-2022	NL Most Minutes Played Playoffs (917)
2024-2025	Czech Extraliga Zlatá helma (Play Or Save of the Year)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
11/20/2025	Extension	HC Sparta Praha	HC Sparta Praha
12/30/2023	Extension	HC Sparta Praha	HC Sparta Praha
04/30/2022	Confirmed	ZSC Lions	HC Sparta Praha
12/21/2021	Confirmed	No team	ZSC Lions
09/19/2021	Confirmed	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Unknown
03/16/2021	Extension	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
07/30/2019	Extension	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
05/02/2017	Confirmed	Severstal Cherepovets	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
05/06/2016	Confirmed	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Severstal Cherepovets
05/08/2015	Extension	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
05/06/2013	Confirmed	HC Mountfield	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
01/20/2013	Extension	HC Mountfield	HC Mountfield
01/05/2012	Extension	HC Mountfield	HC Mountfield

Jakub Kovář Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2007, 1 #29 by Oshawa Generals in the CHL Import Draft
Cult/Star player for Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg