Jakub Kindl

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Jakub Kindl
Date of birth February 10, 1987
place of birth Šumperk , Czechoslovakia
size 191 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
number # 46
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2005 , 1st lap, 19th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
2001-2004 HC Pardubice
2004-2007 Kitchener Rangers
2007-2016 Grand Rapids Griffins
2010-2016 Detroit Red Wings
2016-2017 Florida Panthers
Springfield Thunderbirds
2017-2019 HC Plzeň 1929
since 2019 Cologne Sharks

Jakub Kindl (born February 10, 1987 in Šumperk , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech ice hockey defender who has been under contract with the Kölner Haien in the German Ice Hockey League since July 2019 .

Career

Jakub Kindl began his career in 2001 with the U18 juniors of HC Pardubice and soon played in the team in the older U20 group. He spent three years in the two youth teams and also made his debut in the professional squad in the Extraliga at the age of 16 , but one game remained with the seniors.

In 2004, at the age of 17, he moved to North America in the Canadian Junior League OHL , where he played for the Kitchener Rangers . He established himself with a solid debut season in the squad of Rangers, who moved in the playoffs to the final of the Western Conference, but there were defeated by the London Knights . Kindl was then selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in 19th position.

In the 2005/06 season Kindl was able to improve significantly and was one of the leading players in the Rangers. He developed into one of the best defenders in the league, scoring twelve goals and 46 assists in 60 league games. However, his team failed in the playoffs in the first round. Kindl was shortly after leaving the squad the Grand Rapids Griffins , the AHL - farm team of the Detroit Red Wings called, and there should make his debut in the senior. He was able to prepare a goal in his first of three games.

For the 2006/07 season he returned to the OHL, where he was able to build on the good performance of the previous season and scored 55 points in 54 games. Also in the playoffs he was one of the best players in the Rangers, but they did not get beyond the second round. Kindl was then brought back to the Griffins squad for the AHL playoffs and was on the ice at each of the seven first round games. The series was lost 3: 4.

From the 2007/08 season Kindl had a permanent place in the squad of the Grand Rapids Griffins and had a solid start with 13 points in the first 42 games, but weakened in the second half of the season when he only came up with four assists. He also had the worst plus / minus value in the entire AHL. The following year he was initially much improved and he made the leap among the best defenders in the league. Defensively, he was much more stable and was able to surpass his points yield from the previous season in the 30th game of the season. The fans then voted him into the starting grid of the PlanetUSA All-Star Team for the All-Star Game of the AHL . But as in his debut season, he was unable to continue his good form in the second half of the season. Before the All-Star Game, he was a reliable figure in the Griffins' superior number game, but afterwards he only made three assists in the following 17 games.

After more than ten years in the organization of the Red Wings, Kindl was handed over to the Florida Panthers in February 2016 , who in return sent six- round voting rights for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft to Detroit. After the 2016/17 season, the Czech did not get a new contract in Florida, so he had been looking for a new employer since July 2017. He found this in October 2017 in HC Plzeň 1929 .

In July 2019, Kindl signed a contract with the Kölner Haien from the DEL .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2016/17 season

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001/02 HC Pardubice U18-EL 23 4th 10 14th 30th 6th 1 1 2 8th
HC Pardubice U20-EL 19th 1 1 2 20th - - - - -
2002/03 HC Pardubice U18-EL 3 0 3 3 10 - - - - -
HC Pardubice U20-EL 16 0 1 1 22nd - - - - -
HC Pardubice EL (Cz) 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2003/04 HC Pardubice U18-EL 2 0 1 1 6th - - - - -
HC Pardubice U20-EL 48 4th 14th 18th 108 - - - - -
HC Hradec Králové 1.L (Cz) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2004/05 Kitchener Rangers OHL 62 3 11 14th 92 12 0 0 0 22nd
2005/06 Kitchener Rangers OHL 60 12 46 58 112 5 1 0 1 10
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2006/07 Kitchener Rangers OHL 54 11 44 55 142 9 2 9 11 8th
Grand Rapids Griffins AHL - - - - - 7th 0 2 2 0
2007/08 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 75 3 14th 17th 82 - - - - -
2008/09 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 78 6th 27 33 76 10 2 1 3 2
2009/10 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 73 3 30th 33 59 - - - - -
Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2010/11 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 8th 1 4th 5 6th - - - - -
Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 2 2 4th 36 - - - - -
2011/12 Detroit Red Wings NHL 55 1 12 13 25th - - - - -
2012/13 HC Pardubice EL (Cz) 27 1 10 11 26th - - - - -
Detroit Red Wings NHL 41 4th 9 13 28 14th 1 4th 5 10
2013/14 Detroit Red Wings NHL 66 2 17th 19th 24 4th 0 0 0 2
2014/15 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 2 1 0 1 2 - - - - -
Detroit Red Wings NHL 35 5 8th 13 22nd 1 0 0 0 0
2015/16 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 10 3 1 4th 12 - - - - -
Detroit Red Wings NHL 25th 2 4th 6th 14th - - - - -
Florida panthers NHL 19th 0 2 2 4th 1 0 0 0 0
2016/17 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 13 1 6th 7th 16 - - - - -
Florida panthers NHL 39 0 4th 4th 28 - - - - -
U18 extra league overall 28 4th 14th 18th 46 6th 1 1 2 8th
U20 extra league overall 83 5 16 21st 150 0 0 0 0 0
Tbsp total 28 1 10 11 26th 0 0 0 0 0
OHL total 176 26th 101 127 346 26th 3 9 12 40
AHL total 262 18th 83 101 255 17th 2 3 5 2
NHL overall 331 16 58 74 181 20th 1 4th 5 12

International

Represented the Czech Republic at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
2006 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th 0 1 1 10
2007 Czech Republic U20 World Cup 6th 0 4th 4th 8th
2014 Czech Republic WM 10 1 2 3 6th
Juniors overall 12 0 5 5 18th
Men overall 10 1 2 3 6th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kölner Haie bring the former NHL defender Jakub Kindl from Pilsen. Ice Hockey News , July 5, 2019, accessed August 2, 2019 .
Squad of the Kölner Haie in the 2020/21 season
personal data
SURNAME Kindl, Jakub
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Šumperk , Czechoslovakia