Jēkabs Rēdlihs

Jēkabs Rēdlihs (born March 29, 1982) is a Latvian former ice hockey defenceman.

Playing career Rēdlihs was selected in the fourth round 119th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2002 NHL entry draft. Drafted from the New York Applecore of the EJHL, Rēdlihs then enrolled with Boston University of the Hockey East and completed a four-collegiate career with the Terriers earning Hockey East All-Rookie honors in his freshman year.

After his 2005–06 senior season with the Hockey East champions, Rēdlihs made his professional debut when he signed an ATO contract with the Blue Jackets affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL on March 30, 2006.

Un-signed by Columbus, Rēdlihs was invited to the Blue Jackets training camp for the 2006–07 season but was then reassigned to play with the Syracuse Crunch and second tier affiliate, the Dayton Bombers of the ECHL. He was again invited to the Blue Jackets 2007–08 training camp on September 10, 2007, but was later released to the Crunch on September 20, 2007.

After spending the majority of the season with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL, Rēdlihs left North America when he signed with HC Plzeň of the Czech Extraliga on January 9, 2008. Helping to strengthen 1929's defense, he was then re-signed to a one-year contract for the 2008–09 season on March 31, 2008.

On July 17, 2009, Rēdlihs, a free agent, signed a two-year contract with Dinamo Riga of the KHL.

On June 1, 2015, Rēdlihs continued his career in the Czech Extraliga in signing with Piráti Chomutov after one season with HC Karlovy Vary.

Personal Jēkabs Rēdlihs has three brothers. Two of them, Miķelis Rēdlihs and Krišjānis Rēdlihs, are hockey players. All three brothers have appeared together in Latvia national team.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1999–2000 HK Liepājas Metalurgs EEHL 11 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1999–2000 Juniors Essamika Rīga EEHL B 16 1 4 5 6 — — — — — 1999–2000 Juniors Essamika Rīga LAT 14 2 3 5 10 — — — — — 2000–01 HK Liepājas Metalurgs EEHL 31 1 3 4 — — — — — 2000–01 HK Liepājas Metalurgs LAT 23 4 5 9 — — — — — 2001–02 New York Applecore EJHL 38 3 16 19 24 — — — — — 2002–03 Boston University HE 40 4 12 16 12 — — — — — 2003–04 Boston University HE 23 2 4 6 53 — — — — — 2004–05 Boston University HE 40 1 0 1 32 — — — — — 2005–06 Boston University HE 27 1 5 6 34 — — — — — 2005–06 Syracuse Crunch AHL 4 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 2006–07 Dayton Bombers ECHL 7 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2006–07 Syracuse Crunch AHL 46 3 9 12 42 — — — — — 2006–07 HK Rīga 2000 LAT 4 2 1 3 6 — — — — — 2007–08 Syracuse Crunch AHL 13 1 2 3 10 — — — — — 2007–08 Elmira Jackals ECHL 21 0 4 4 21 — — — — — 2007–08 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň ELH 13 1 2 3 14 4 0 0 0 2 2008–09 HC Lasselsberger Plzeň ELH 41 3 2 5 49 12 0 1 1 37 2009–10 Dinamo Rīga KHL 35 1 2 3 86 7 0 1 1 10 2009–10 HK Dinamo/Juniors BLR 3 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 2009–10 HK Dinamo/Juniors LAT — — — — — 5 1 1 2 2 2010–11 Dinamo Rīga KHL 47 0 5 5 58 8 0 1 1 10 2011–12 Dinamo Rīga KHL 46 2 1 3 35 6 1 1 2 8 2012–13 Dinamo Rīga KHL 24 2 1 3 22 — — — — — 2012–13 HK Liepājas Metalurgs BLR 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2013–14 Modo Hockey SHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2013–14 Dinamo Rīga KHL 12 0 0 0 10 7 0 0 0 4 2014–15 HC Energie Karlovy Vary ELH 50 1 7 8 69 — — — — — 2015–16 Piráti Chomutov ELH 11 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2015–16 HC Energie Karlovy Vary ELH 21 0 2 2 14 — — — — — 2016–17 Dinamo Rīga KHL 33 0 4 4 34 — — — — — 2017–18 HK Kurbads LAT 23 0 3 3 18 9 1 0 1 2 2018–19 HK Kurbads LAT 31 3 4 7 20 7 0 0 0 2 2019–20 HK Kurbads LAT 29 2 11 13 66 — — — — — 2021–22 HK Kurbads EST 6 1 3 4 6 — — — — — LAT totals 124 13 27 40 120 21 1 2 3 6 ELH totals 136 5 14 19 152 21 1 1 2 43 KHL totals 197 5 13 18 245 28 1 3 4 32

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1999 Latvia EJC D1 4 1 1 2 2 2000 Latvia WJC18 B 5 0 3 3 16 2002 Latvia WJC D2 4 0 2 2 0 2008 Latvia WC 4 0 0 0 2 2010 Latvia WC 6 0 1 1 4 2011 Latvia WC 6 1 1 2 4 2014 Latvia WC 7 0 2 2 4 Junior totals 13 1 6 7 18 Senior totals 23 1 4 5 14

Awards and honors Award Year College All-Hockey East Rookie Team 2003 Hockey East Champions 2006