Jan Kovář

#43 EV Zug / NL - 26/27

Date of Birth: Mar 20, 1990
Age: 36
Place of Birth: Pisek, CZE
Nation: Czechia
Youth Team: IHC Pisek
Position: C
Height: 182 cm / 6'0"
Weight: 94 kg / 207 lbs
Shoots: R
Contract: 26/27

Jan Kovář Facts

Agency: Premium

A leader by example, Kovar's playmaking abilities - based on his high hockey IQ - are extraordinary. Has a great vision to bring linemates into a promising scoring-position. Effective in both ends of the rink and very resistant thanks to strong physique. Wins majority of his faceoffs. (by Reto Grimm, May 2021)

Brother: Jakub Kovar

Jan Kovář Statistics

									Post
2004-2005	IHC Pisek U18	Czechia U18	47	16	4	20	44	-21
2005-2006	IHC Pisek U18	Czechia U18 2	13	17	10	27	24	-
2005-2006	HC Plzen U18	Czechia U18	40	10	23	33	28	16	Playoffs	6	2	5	7	8	4
2006-2007	HC Plzen U18	Czechia U18	41	40	39	79	79	22	Playoffs	8	2	3	5	18	-3
2006-2007	HC Plzeň U20	Czechia U20	1	0	1	1	2	0
2006-2007	Czechia U17 (all)	International-Jr	12	4	1	5	6	0
2007-2008	HC Plzeň U20	Czechia U20	45	24	34	58	60	36	Playoffs	5	2	4	6	2	1
2007-2008	Czechia U18	WJC-18 D1	5	1	7	8	2	3
2007-2008	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	23	7	7	14	16	-
2008-2009	HC Plzeň U20	Czechia U20	13	13	13	26	24	6
2008-2009	HC Plzeň	Czechia	44	2	7	9	18	-5	Playoffs	17	2	5	7	6	-5
2008-2009	SHC Klatovy Loan	Czechia3	4	3	1	4	4	-
2009-2010	HC Plzeň 1929 U20	Czechia U20	4	2	3	5	0	4
2009-2010	HC Plzeň 1929	Czechia	38	4	9	13	26	-1	Playoffs	6	1	6	7	2	0
2009-2010	KLH Chomutov Loan	Czechia2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	2	2	0	2	2	2
2009-2010	Czechia U20	WJC-20	6	3	3	6	2	-1
2009-2010	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	12	4	4	8	6	-
2009-2010	Czechia (all)	International	5	0	1	1	0	-
2010-2011	HC Plzeň 1929	Czechia	50	19	19	38	38	11	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	4	-1
2010-2011	HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi Loan	Czechia2	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	6	2	4	6	4	5
2010-2011	HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi Loan	Czechia Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	5	2	1	3	4	0
2010-2011	Czechia (all)	International	3	0	0	0	0	0
2011-2012	HC Plzeň 1929	Czechia	52	18	33	51	52	15	Playoffs	12	2	6	8	10	-4
2011-2012	Piráti Chomutov Loan	Czechia2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	1	0	3	3	0	1
2011-2012	Piráti Chomutov Loan	Czechia Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-2012	Czechia (all)	International	7	2	0	2	6	0
2012-2013	HC Plzeň	Czechia	52	17	34	51	66	10	Playoffs	20	11	15	26	12	12
2012-2013	Czechia	WC	6	0	0	0	2	0
2012-2013	Czechia (all)	International	14	0	0	0	18	-3
2013-2014	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	54	23	45	68	46	46	Playoffs	21	8	18	26	16	12
2013-2014	Czechia	WC	10	0	1	1	27	0
2013-2014	Czechia (all)	International	19	1	2	3	29	-2
2014-2015	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	60	24	44	68	50	15	Playoffs	10	2	7	9	16	1
2014-2015	Czechia	WC	10	3	6	9	6	0
2014-2015	Czechia (all)	International	19	6	7	13	6	2
2015-2016	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	58	20	32	52	61	7	Playoffs	23	8	15	23	10	13
2015-2016	Czechia	WC	8	1	3	4	4	4
2015-2016	Czechia (all)	International	18	2	7	9	10	0
2016-2017	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	59	23	40	63	22	6	Playoffs	18	10	15	25	22	11
2016-2017	Czechia "A"	WC	8	2	3	5	0	-1
2016-2017	Czechia (all)	International	15	7	10	17	4	4
2017-2018	Metallurg Magnitogorsk "A"	KHL	54	7	28	35	80	-4	Playoffs	11	4	4	8	4	3
2017-2018	Czechia Olympics "A"	OG	6	3	2	5	2	2
2017-2018	Czechia (all)	International	12	3	7	10	4	5
2018-2019	Providence Bruins	AHL	12	4	6	10	10	-11
2018-2019	HC Plzeň "A"	Czechia	28	7	26	33	32	11	Playoffs	14	3	10	13	28	-1
2018-2019	Czechia	WC	10	5	5	10	6	11
2018-2019	Czechia (all)	International	15	8	6	14	31	12
2019-2020	EV Zug	NL	50	14	31	45	48	19
2019-2020	Czechia (all)	International	6	2	0	2	6	0
2020-2021	EV Zug "A"	NL	52	16	47	63	58	24	Playoffs	13	1	14	15	22	5
2020-2021	Czechia "C"	WC	7	2	3	5	2	-1
2020-2021	Czechia (all)	International	8	2	3	5	2	-1
2021-2022	EV Zug "C"	NL	46	9	34	43	94	4	Playoffs	15	5	16	21	12	8
2021-2022	Czechia Olympics	OG	4	0	2	2	4	-1
2021-2022	Czechia (all)	International	7	3	3	6	4	0
2022-2023	EV Zug "C"	NL	52	20	30	50	26	4	Playoffs	11	0	4	4	8	2
2022-2023	Czechia (all)	International	3	1	1	2	2	-1
2023-2024	EV Zug "C"	NL	47	9	19	28	40	7	Playoffs	10	1	5	6	8	-3
2023-2024	Czechia (all)	International	2	1	0	1	0	-1
2024-2025	EV Zug "C"	NL	48	10	26	36	57	10	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	4	1
2025-2026	EV Zug "C"	NL	47	11	16	27	22	-9	Playoffs	7	0	5	5	10	-3
2026-2027	EV Zug "C"	NL	14	4	8	12	10	7
2026-2027	Projected	NL	52	15	30	45	37	26

Jan Kovář Tournament Statistics

									Post
2007-2008	Czechia U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	-	0	-	-	-	-
2010-2011	Czechia	EHT	3	0	0	0	0	-1
2011-2012	HC Plzeň 1929	ET	8	1	4	5	14	-	Playoffs	3	2	0	2	0	0
2011-2012	Czechia	EHT	3	0	0	0	2	0
2012-2013	HC Plzeň	ET	6	2	2	4	6	-
2012-2013	Czechia	EHT	8	0	0	0	16	-3
2013-2014	Czechia	EHT	9	1	1	2	2	-2
2014-2015	Czechia	EHT	5	2	0	2	0	-1
2015-2016	Czechia "C"	EHT	10	1	4	5	6	-2
2016-2017	Czechia	EHT	7	5	7	12	4	5
2017-2018	Czechia	EHT	5	0	5	5	2	5
2018-2019	HC Plzeň	Champions HL	3	1	2	3	4	1
2018-2019	Czechia	EHT	4	3	1	4	25	0
2019-2020	EV Zug	Champions HL	10	1	4	5	6	0
2019-2020	EV Zug	Swiss Cup	3	1	1	2	0	-
2019-2020	Czechia "C"	EHT	6	2	0	2	6	0
2020-2021	EV Zug	Swiss Cup	2	3	1	4	0	-
2020-2021	Czechia	EHT	0	0	0	0	0	-
2021-2022	EV Zug	Champions HL	6	3	4	7	8	4
2021-2022	Czechia (EHT)	EHT	3	3	1	4	0	1
2022-2023	EV Zug "C"	Champions HL	11	0	6	6	12	-1
2022-2023	Czechia	EHT	3	1	1	2	2	-1
2023-2024	Czechia	EHT	2	1	0	1	0	-1
2025-2026	EV Zug "C"	Champions HL	10	3	4	7	2	1

Jan Kovář Career Totals by League


AHL	1	12	4	6	10	0.83	10	-11	0
Champions HL	5	40	8	20	28	0.70	32	5	0
Czechia	6	264	67	128	195	0.74	232	41	6	73	19	44	63	0.86	62	1
Czechia Q	0								2	6	2	1	3	0.50	4	0
Czechia U18	3	128	66	66	132	1.03	151	17	2	14	4	8	12	0.86	26	1
Czechia U18 2	1	13	17	10	27	2.08	24	-	0
Czechia U20	4	63	39	51	90	1.43	86	46	1	5	2	4	6	1.20	2	1
Czechia2	3	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	3	9	4	7	11	1.22	6	8
Czechia3	1	4	3	1	4	1.00	4	-	0
EHT	14	68	19	20	39	0.57	65	0	0
ET	2	14	3	6	9	0.64	20	-	1	3	2	0	2	0.67	0	0
International	15	153	38	47	85	0.56	122	15*	0
International-Jr	3	47	15	12	27	0.57	28	0	0
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	-	0	-	0	-	-	-	0
KHL	5	285	97	189	286	1.00	259	70	5	83	32	59	91	1.10	68	40
NL	8	356	93	211	304	0.85	355	66	6	58	7	45	52	0.90	64	10
OG	2	10	3	4	7	0.70	6	1	0
Swiss Cup	2	5	4	2	6	1.20	0	-	0
WC	7	59	13	21	34	0.58	47	13	0
WJC-18 D1	1	5	1	7	8	1.60	2	3	0
WJC-20	1	6	3	3	6	1.00	2	-1	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Jan Kovář Career Totals by Team


Czechia	7	59	13	21	34	0.58	47	13	0
Czechia (EHT)	14	68	19	20	39	0.57	65	0	0
Czechia (all)	15	153	38	47	85	0.56	122	15*	0
Czechia Olympics	2	10	3	4	7	0.70	6	1	0
Czechia U17 (all)	1	12	4	1	5	0.42	6	0	0
Czechia U18	1	5	1	7	8	1.60	2	3	0
Czechia U18 (Cup)	1	-	0	-	0	-	-	-	0
Czechia U18 (all)	1	23	7	7	14	0.61	16	-	0
Czechia U20	1	6	3	3	6	1.00	2	-1	0
Czechia U20 (all)	1	12	4	4	8	0.67	6	-	0
EV Zug	8	398	104	231	335	0.84	383	70*	6	58	7	45	52	0.90	64	10
HC Plzen	6	281	71	136	207	0.74	256	42*	6	76	21	44	65	0.86	62	1
HC Plzen U18	2	81	50	62	112	1.38	107	38	2	14	4	8	12	0.86	26	1
HC Plzen U20	4	63	39	51	90	1.43	86	46	1	5	2	4	6	1.20	2	1
HC Slovan Ústečtí Lvi	1	0	0	0	0	-	0	-	1	11	4	5	9	0.82	8	5
IHC Pisek U18	2	60	33	14	47	0.78	68	-21*	0
Metallurg Magnitogorsk	5	285	97	189	286	1.00	259	70	5	83	32	59	91	1.10	68	40
Pirati Chomutov	2	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	2	4	2	3	5	1.25	2	3
Providence Bruins	1	12	4	6	10	0.83	10	-11	0
SHC Klatovy	1	4	3	1	4	1.00	4	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Jan Kovář Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2006-2007	Czechia U18 Most Goals (40) Czechia U18 Most Points (79) Czechia U18 Most Power Play Goals (15)
2007-2008	Czechia U20 Best Plus/Minus (+36) U18 WJC (D1\|A) Gold Medal
2009-2010	Czech Extraliga Most Points by Junior (13) Czechia2 Champion Zlatá hokejka (Czech Junior of the Year)
2010-2011	Czechia2 Champion
2011-2012	Czech Extraliga Bronze Medal Czechia2 Champion Czechia2 to Czechia Promotion (KLH Chomutov)
2012-2013	Czech Extraliga Champion Czech Extraliga Player of the Year Czech Extraliga Playoffs Best Plus/Minus (+12) Czech Extraliga Playoffs Most Assists (15) Czech Extraliga Playoffs Most Goals (11) Czech Extraliga Playoffs Most Points (26) Czech Extraliga Playoffs MVP
2013-2014	KHL All-Star Game KHL Best Plus/Minus (+46) KHL Gagarin Cup Champion KHL Most Assists (45) KHL Most Points by Foreigner (68)
2014-2015	KHL Most Points by Foreigner (68)
2015-2016	KHL All-Star Game KHL First All-Star Team KHL Gagarin Cup Champion KHL Playoffs Most Assists (15)
2016-2017	KHL All-Star Game KHL First All-Star Team KHL Iron Man Award KHL Playoffs Most Points (25)
2018-2019	Czech Extraliga Best Face-Off Percentage (61.96%)
2020-2021	NL Champion (Zug) NL Media All-Star Team (Zug) NL Media Best Forward NL Media Most Valuable Player NL Most Assists (47) NL Most Assists Playoffs (14) NL Most Points (63) NL Most Points Playoffs (15) NL Most Valuable Player NL Most Valuable Player Playoffs
2021-2022	NL Champion (Zug) NL Most Assists Playoffs (16) NL Most Penalized Player (94) NL Most Points Playoffs (21) NL Most Valuable Player Playoffs

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
12/05/2024	Extension	EV Zug	EV Zug
09/22/2021	Extension	EV Zug	EV Zug
02/17/2020	Extension	EV Zug	EV Zug
06/18/2019	Confirmed	HC Plzeň	EV Zug
12/05/2018	Confirmed	Providence Bruins	HC Plzeň
10/18/2018	Confirmed	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Providence Bruins
10/10/2018	Confirmed	New York Islanders	Unknown
07/09/2018	Confirmed	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	New York Islanders
05/01/2015	Extension	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
04/25/2013	Confirmed	HC Plzeň	Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Jan Kovář Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for EV Zug