Koba Jass (born May 1, 1990) is a Latvian professional

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, currently playing for

HK Kurbads HK Kurbads is an ice hockey team based in Riga, Latvia. It is a member of the Latvian Hockey Higher League and also compete for the Latvian Cup, winning Latvian Hockey League in 2016–17 and 2017–18 season. The team played its home games at ...

Latvian Hockey Higher League The Latvian Hockey Higher League ( lv, Latvijas Virslīgas hokeja čempionāts), also known as the Optibet Hockey League ( lv, Optibet hokeja līga) since 2017 due to sponsorship by Optibet, is the top tier league of ice hockey in Latvia currentl ...

. He is a two time Latvian champion.

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 , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, he competed with the

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. He was named in the

for the competition at the

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Personal

His cousins

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and Mareks Jass are also hockey players. He is of

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n descent through his father and of

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descent through his mother.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jass, Koba 1990 births Living people ASK/Ogre players HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players HK Liepājas Metalurgs players Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Latvian ice hockey left wingers Olympic ice hockey players for Latvia Ice hockey people from Riga Expatriate ice hockey players in Kazakhstan Latvian people of Georgian descent Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Latvian expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia