Jakub Klepiš

Jakub Klepiš (born June 5, 1984) is a former Czech professional ice hockey player who last played for HC Stadion Litoměřice of the Czech 1. Liga (Czech.1).

Playing career Klepiš was drafted in the first round, 16th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2002 NHL entry draft. Before ever playing for Ottawa, Klepiš was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in 2003 in a deal that sent Vaclav Varada to the Senators. Before ever playing for the Sabres, he was dealt to the Washington Capitals on March 9, 2004 in exchange for forward Mike Grier.

Klepiš ultimately played in 66 NHL games (all with the Capitals) before returning to Europe to continue his professional career in the Kontinental Hockey League.

He won the Gagarin Cup in 2012 with Dynamo Moscow, scoring the series-winning goal in the seventh game.

On June 26, 2014, he left HC Lev Praha after two seasons to join Swedish club, Färjestad BK of the SHL. He then returned to the Czech Republic joining HC Oceláři Třinec before moving to his current club, BK Mladá Boleslav, part way through the 2015/2016 league season.

In 2026, it was announced that Klepiš had retired from professional hockey.

International play

Klepiš played his first game for the national team in 2004, and has played 4 World Championships for the Czech national team culminating in a gold medal win in the 2010 World Championships.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 HC Slavia Praha CZE U18 18 10 15 25 62 7 1 7 8 10 2000–01 HC Slavia Praha CZE U20 27 10 3 13 10 — — — — — 2001–02 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 70 14 50 64 111 7 0 3 3 22 2002–03 HC Slavia Praha CZE U20 11 4 5 9 59 3 0 3 3 4 2002–03 HC Slavia Praha ELH 38 2 6 8 22 4 0 0 0 6 2003–04 HC Slavia Praha CZE U20 1 3 1 4 0 — — — — — 2003–04 HC Slavia Praha ELH 44 4 9 13 43 17 5 3 8 10 2004–05 Portland Pirates AHL 78 13 14 27 76 — — — — — 2005–06 Hershey Bears AHL 24 3 8 11 28 15 2 6 8 4 2005–06 Washington Capitals NHL 25 1 3 4 8 — — — — — 2006–07 Hershey Bears AHL 31 6 26 32 24 — — — — — 2006–07 Washington Capitals NHL 41 3 7 10 28 — — — — — 2007–08 Hershey Bears AHL 19 5 6 11 9 — — — — — 2007–08 HC Slavia Praha ELH 24 5 7 12 22 — — — — — 2008–09 Avangard Omsk KHL 55 14 17 31 51 9 1 4 5 0 2009–10 Avangard Omsk KHL 56 10 12 22 50 3 0 2 2 2 2010–11 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 49 14 12 26 16 16 1 4 5 4 2011–12 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 15 3 2 5 8 — — — — — 2011–12 Dynamo Moscow KHL 29 4 5 9 14 14 5 1 6 6 2012–13 HC Lev Praha KHL 45 20 18 38 24 4 0 0 0 0 2013–14 HC Lev Praha KHL 38 8 9 17 22 4 1 0 1 4 2014–15 Färjestad BK SHL 21 6 5 11 18 — — — — — 2014–15 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 17 7 14 21 22 18 4 5 9 4 2015–16 HC Oceláři Třinec ELH 23 1 11 12 12 — — — — — 2015–16 BK Mladá Boleslav ELH 23 5 12 17 20 10 4 0 4 22 2016–17 BK Mladá Boleslav ELH 47 7 16 23 34 5 1 3 4 16 2017–18 BK Mladá Boleslav ELH 47 13 19 32 26 — — — — — 2018–19 BK Mladá Boleslav ELH 38 11 21 32 26 10 2 2 4 8 2019–20 BK Mladá Boleslav ELH 46 7 23 30 26 — — — — — 2020–21 HC Kometa Brno ELH 48 10 20 30 22 9 2 1 3 2 2021–22 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 40 8 12 20 20 10 3 6 9 8 2022–23 Rytíři Kladno ELH 34 9 11 20 18 — — — — — 2023–24 Rytíři Kladno ELH 49 7 33 40 31 — — — — — 2024–25 HC Plzeň ELH 41 4 13 17 14 4 1 2 3 0 ELH totals 559 100 227 327 358 111 35 31 66 134 NHL totals 66 4 10 14 36 — — — — — KHL totals 287 73 75 148 185 50 8 11 19 16

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2002 Czech Republic WJC18 8 1 8 9 8 2003 Czech Republic WJC 6th 6 0 4 4 4 2004 Czech Republic WJC 4th 7 2 2 4 4 2008 Czech Republic WC 5th 4 0 1 1 0 2009 Czech Republic WC 6th 7 1 4 5 6 2010 Czech Republic WC 9 3 4 7 8 2014 Czech Republic WC 4th 10 2 2 4 2 2015 Czech Republic WC 4th 5 0 2 2 2 Junior totals 21 3 14 17 16 Senior totals 35 6 13 19 18