Jakub Štěpánek

Jakub Štěpánek
Born 20 June 1986
Vsetín, TCH
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 156 lb (71 kg; 11 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
KHL team
Former teams
Severstal Cherepovets
HC Vitkovice
SKA St. Petersburg
National team  Czech Republic
Playing career 2006present
Jakub Štěpánek
Medal record
Competitor for  Czech Republic
World Championships
Gold 2010 Cologne Ice hockey
Bronze 2011 Bratislava Ice hockey
Bronze 2012 Helsinki Ice hockey

Jakub Štěpánek (born 20 June 1986 in Vsetín, Moravia, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Štěpánek began his professional career with HC Vítkovice of the Czech Extraliga in 2006. He was selected to play for the Czech national team at the 2010 Winter Olympics along with goaltenders Ondřej Pavelec and Tomáš Vokoun, both of whom play in the National Hockey League. He has also represented his country at two IIHF World Championships, helping the Czechs win gold at the 2010 tournament in Germany.

Štěpánek helped St. Petersburg win their fourth Spengler Cup in 2010, their first title since 1977.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2006-07 HC Vítkovice CZE 5 1 4 0 265 16 0 3.62 .909
2007–08 HC Vítkovice CZE 7 2 5 0 230 12 0 3.13 .928
2009-10 HC Vítkovice CZE 34 20 14 0 2031 86 2 2.54 .921 10 1.85 .944
2010-11 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 32 16 8 5 1844 63 3 2.05 .923 11 7 4 698 25 1 2.15 .921
2011-12 SKA St. Petersburg KHL 35 21 10 3 2068 79 1 2.29 .915 13 7 6 750 22 3 1.76 .924
CZE totals 46 23 23 0 2526 114 2 2.71 .921 10 1.85 .944

References

  1. "Canada loses Spengler Cup final". Toronto Sun. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2011-08-11.

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