Roberts Jekimovs

Roberts Jekimovs
Roberts Jekimovs
Born	November 11, 1989 (age 34); 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; Prizma Riga; Gentofte Stars; Herning Blue Fox; Frederikshavn White Hawks; Rapaces de Gap
National team	Latvia
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	2005–present

Roberts Jekimovs (born November 11, 1989, in

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.

Playing career

Jekimovs began playing in his native Latvia, playing 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,

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	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

References

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

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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[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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