Roberts Jekimovs

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Roberts Jekimovs
Jekimovs Roberts SaiPa 2011 1.jpg
Born (1989-11-11) November 11, 1989 (age 34)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Winger
Shoots Left
team
Former teams		Free agent
SK Riga 20
SK LSPA/Riga
Dinamo-Juniors Riga
SaiPa
Ilves
Graz 99ers
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Prizma Riga
Gentofte Stars
Herning Blue Fox
Frederikshavn White Hawks
Rapaces de Gap
National teamFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2005–present

Roberts Jekimovs (born November 11, 1989, in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union) [1] is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently a free agent having last played for Remparts de Tours of the FFHG Division 1 in France.

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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. [2] 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. [3] He would however only feature in two games for the team.

On September 1, 2015, Jekimovs returned to Latvia to sign for Prizma Riga [4] but played just two games before leaving to join Gentofte Stars of the Metal Ligaen in Denmark 14 days later. [5] 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. [6]

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 TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2005–06 SK Riga 20 LHL  —63916 — — — — —
2006–07 SK Riga 20LHL4814122622 — — — — —
2007–08 SK LSPA/Riga LHL4519345342 — — — — —
2008–09 Brynäs IF J20 381011214570002
2009–10 Dinamo-Juniors Riga BXL 198182614 — — — — —
2009–10 Jokipojat Mestis 5336293360
2010–11 JokipojatMestis4724194336 — — — — —
2011–12 SaiPa SM-l 437132033 — — — — —
2012–13 SaiPaSM-l5416112720 1 0 0 0 0
2013–14 Ilves Liiga3956114 — — — — —
2013–14 LeKi Mestis20112 — — — — —
2014–15 Graz 99ers EBEL 80222 — — — — —
2014–15 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 20000 — — — — —
2015–16 Prizma Riga LHL23254 — — — — —
2015–16 Gentofte Stars ML 4420244420 — — — — —
2016–17 Herning Blue Fox ML442118391850116
2017–18 Gentofte Stars ML 441418321240332
2018–19 Rapaces de Gap LM 369172634103366
2019–20 Rapaces de GapLM220446 — — — — —
2019–20 Remparts de Tours Div 1 115712230112
Liiga totals1362830585710000

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
2006 Latvia WJC18-D1 50222
2007 LatviaWJC1860224
2007 Latvia WJC 50112
2008 LatviaWJC-D153582
2009 LatviaWJC64370
2009 Latvia WC 40000
2013 Latvia OGQ 30220
2013 LatviaWC61012
Junior totals277132010
Senior totals131232

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References

  1. ↑ "Roberts Jekimovs". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Graz bring in another Legionare". eishockey.at (in German). September 25, 2014. Archived from the original on September 27, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Newbie: Roberts Jekimovs signs contract" (in Russian). Atlant Moscow Oblast. December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jekimovs and Golovkovs will start the new season as part of Prizma" (in Latvian). sportacentrs.com. September 1, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Gentofte cleans out: Fires two and picks up two top players" (in Danish). bt.dk. September 15, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ "2019-20 Transfers - Roberts Jekimovs" (in French). Remparts de Tours. December 26, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020.


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