Roberts Jekimovs

Roberts Jekimovs (born November 11, 1989, in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward who plays for Prizma Riga of the Latvian Hockey Higher League.

Playing career Jekimovs 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. 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. He would however only feature in two games for the team.

On September 1, 2015, Jekimovs returned to Latvia to sign for Prizma Riga but played just two games before leaving to join Gentofte Stars of the Metal Ligaen in Denmark 14 days later. 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.

International career Jekimovs 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 Regular season and playoffs 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 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