Koba Jass

Koba Jass
Born (1990-05-01) May 1, 1990 (age 34)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
ELH team
Former teams		 HC Bílí Tygři Liberec
Kazzinc-Torpedo
HC Kladno
National team  Latvia
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2007–present

Koba Jass (born May 1, 1990) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for HK Kurbads in Latvian Hockey Higher League. He is a two time Latvian champion.[1]

Career

He started his career in 2007 playing for ASK Ogre, which also played in the Latvian championships. In the 2009-2010 season he represented Riga's Dinamo Juniors in the Belarus Extraleague (was one of the captain's assistants.) From 2010-2011 he represented Liepaja Metalurgs in the Belarus Extraleague and also the second team in the Latvian championships.

In the 2011-2012 season he played for Kazakh club Ustjkamenogorsk "Kazzinc-Torpedo" in the Supreme Hockey League and Kazakh championships. In the middle of 2012 Jass trialled for KHL club Dinamo Riga, but he couldn't secure his place at the club. Later that season he played for Slovak Extraleague club HK Zilina, and also Czech Extraleague club HC Kladno.

International

At the 2011 and 2012 World Hockey championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics, he competed with the Latvia men's national ice hockey team.

He was named in the Latvia men's national ice hockey team for the competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.[2]

Personal

His cousins Māris and Mareks Jass are also hockey players.[1] He is of Georgian descent through his father and of Romani descent through his mother.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07 HK Liepājas Metalurgs LAT U18 — 8 4 12 12 — — — — —
2007–08 ASK/Ogre LAT 24 1 2 3 12 2 0 0 0 0
2008–09 ASK/Ogre BLR 40 2 5 7 16 — — — — —
2008–09 ASK/Ogre LAT — — — — — 12 1 1 2 8
2009–10 Dinamo Juniors Rīga BLR 42 4 2 6 22 — — — — —
2009–10 Dinamo Juniors Rīga LAT — — — — — 7 0 1 1 4
2010–11 HK Liepājas Metalurgs BLR 35 4 2 6 16 — — — — —
2010–11 HK Liepājas Metalurgs–2 LAT 13 7 17 24 10 3 1 2 3 2
2010–11 HK SMScredit LAT 1 0 1 1 29 — — — — —
2011–12 Kazzinc–Torpedo VHL 19 1 1 2 18 2 0 0 0 0
2011–12 Kazzinc–Torpedo–2 KAZ 20 4 5 9 40 — — — — —
2012–13 Vlci Žilina SVK 24 4 6 10 55 — — — — —
2012–13 Rytíři Kladno ELH 8 3 3 6 4 10 2 1 3 29
2013–14 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 33 5 1 6 33 3 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Bílí Tygři Liberec ELH 23 2 0 2 6 — — — — —
2014–15 HC Benátky nad Jizerou CZE.2 — — — — — 8 1 2 3 2
2015–16 HK 36 HANT Skalica SVK 27 2 8 10 22 — — — — —
2015–16 MHC Mountfield Martin SVK 14 0 10 10 6 4 0 1 1 2
2016–17 HK Prizma Rīga LAT 1 0 0 0 27 — — — — —
2016–17 HK Kurbads LAT 11 4 8 12 16 8 1 1 2 43
2017–18 HC Nové Zámky SVK 17 2 1 3 32 — — — — —
2017–18 HC Nové Zámky B SVK.2 11 4 8 12 16 — — — — —
2017–18 Mississippi RiverKings SPHL 17 2 6 8 13 — — — — —
2018–19 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk KAZ 7 0 0 0 8 — — — — —
2018–19 HK Kurbads LAT 10 1 3 4 10 10 1 0 1 6
2019–20 HK Kurbads LAT 8 0 4 4 4 — — — — —
2021–22 HK Olimp/Venta 2002 LAT 31 3 20 23 55 9 0 0 0 25
LAT totals 99 16 55 71 163 51 4 5 9 88
BLR totals 117 10 9 19 54 — — — — —
SVK totals 82 8 25 33 115 4 0 1 1 2

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Latvia WJC 6 0 0 0 0
2012 Latvia WC 7 0 0 0 27
2013 Latvia WC 4 0 1 1 0
2014 Latvia OG 3 0 0 0 4
2014 Latvia WC 4 1 0 1 0
2015 Latvia WC 4 0 0 0 2
Junior totals 6 0 0 0 0
Senior totals 22 1 1 2 33

References

  1. ^ a b "Eliteprospects.com — Koba Jass". Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  2. ^ "Roster forming - 2014 WM - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Koba Jass.