Roberts Jekimovs (born November 11, 1989, in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union)[1] is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently a free agent having last played for Remparts de Tours of the FFHG Division 1 in France.
| Roberts Jekimovs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
November 11, 1989 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| team Former teams |
Free agent SK Riga 20 SK LSPA/Riga Dinamo-Juniors Riga SaiPa Ilves Graz 99ers Atlant Moscow Oblast Prizma Riga Gentofte Stars Herning Blue Fox Frederikshavn White Hawks Rapaces de Gap | ||
| National team |
 Latvia | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Playing career
editJekimovs began playing in his native Latvia, playing for SK Riga 20 and SK LSPA/Riga from 2005 to 2008. He then spent a year playing in Sweden for Brynäs IF's J20 team in SuperElit before splitting the 2009–10 season with Dinamo-Juniors Riga in the Belarusian Extraleague and for Jokipojat of Mestis in Finland.
In 2011, Jekimovs signed with SaiPa of the SM-liiga where he managed 7 goals and 13 assists in 43 games. He was re-signed for a second season with SaiPa the following year and improved his scoring from the previous season, notching up 16 goals in 54 games. On April 17, 2013, he joined Ilves but was not able to recapture the same level of form he achieved while at SaiPa, scoring just 5 goals and 6 assists in 39 games and was briefly loaned out to Mestis club Lempäälän Kisa.
On September 25, 2014, Jekimovs agreed to a try-out contract with Austrian club, Graz 99ers of the EBEL.[2] After just 8 games with the 99ers, Jekimovs opted to sign a contract in the Kontinental Hockey League after his rights were traded from Dinamo Riga with Atlant Moscow Oblast on December 24, 2014.[3] He would however only feature in two games for the team.
On September 1, 2015, Jekimovs returned to Latvia to sign for Prizma Riga[4] but played just two games before leaving to join Gentofte Stars of the Metal Ligaen in Denmark 14 days later.[5] He would spend the next two seasons in Denmark, spending the 2016–17 season with the Herning Blue Fox and the 2017–18 season with the Frederikshavn White Hawks.
On August 30, 2018, Jekimovs moved to France and signed for Rapaces de Gap of the Ligue Magnus. He re-signed for a second season with the team in May 2019 but was released on December 13, 2019, and he signed a contract with Division 1 side Remparts de Tours on December 26.[6]
International career
editJekimovs made his debut for the Latvia men's national ice hockey team in 2009 and was a member of their 2009 IIHF World Championship squad, going pointless in four games. He would also play in the 2013 IIHF World Championship where he played six games and scored one goal.
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2005–06 | SK Riga 20 | LHL | — | 6 | 3 | 9 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | SK Riga 20 | LHL | 48 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | SK LSPA/Riga | LHL | 45 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Brynäs IF | J20 | 38 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Dinamo-Juniors Riga | BXL | 19 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Jokipojat | Mestis | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Jokipojat | Mestis | 47 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | SaiPa | SM-l | 43 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | SaiPa | SM-l | 54 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ilves | Liiga | 39 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | LeKi | Mestis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Graz 99ers | EBEL | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Atlant Moscow Oblast | KHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Prizma Riga | LHL | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Gentofte Stars | ML | 44 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Herning Blue Fox | ML | 44 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | Gentofte Stars | ML | 44 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Rapaces de Gap | LM | 36 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | Rapaces de Gap | LM | 22 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Remparts de Tours | Div 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Liiga totals | 136 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
International
edit| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Latvia | WJC18-D1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2007 | Latvia | WJC18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2007 | Latvia | WJC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | Latvia | WJC-D1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | WJC | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Latvia | WC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Latvia | OGQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 27 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | |||
| Senior totals | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Roberts Jekimovs". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ "Graz bring in another Legionare". eishockey.at (in German). September 25, 2014. Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ "Newbie: Roberts Jekimovs signs contract" (in Russian). Atlant Moscow Oblast. December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ "Jekimovs and Golovkovs will start the new season as part of Prizma" (in Latvian). sportacentrs.com. September 1, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "Gentofte cleans out: Fires two and picks up two top players" (in Danish). bt.dk. September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ "2019-20 Transfers - Roberts Jekimovs" (in French). Remparts de Tours. December 26, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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