Jakub Galvas

Jakub Galvas (born 15 June 1999) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays with the HC Oceláři Třinec of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Galvas was selected 150th overall (5th round) by the Blackhawks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.^[1]

Jakub Galvas
Galvas in 2025
Born	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 26) Ostrava, Czech Republic
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Position	Defence
Shoots	Left
ELH team Former teams	HC Oceláři Třinec HC Olomouc Jukurit Chicago Blackhawks Malmö Redhawks
NHL draft	150th overall, 2017 Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career	2016–present

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 11 January 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 Swedish Hockey League (SHL), on 9 May 2023.^[8]

Galvas played out the duration of his contract with the Redhawks before returning to his native Czech Republic as a free agent. He was signed to a three-year contract with HC Oceláři Třinec of the ELH on 15 May 2025.^[9]

International play

Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Ice hockey
Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
	2016 Czech Republic/Slovakia

Galvas was part of the winning Czech team at the 2016 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.^[10] 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^[11] and at the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.^[12]

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
2023–24	Malmö Redhawks	SHL		45	3	10	13	14		—	—	—	—	—
2024–25	Malmö Redhawks	SHL		45	7	15	22	12		8	1	2	3	2
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		—	—	—	—	—
SHL totals				90	10	25	35	26		8	1	2	3	2

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2015	Czech Republic	U17	7th		5	1	2	3	2
2016	Czech Republic	IH18			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