Jakub Konečný (born 19 June 2002) is a Czech professional

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for

HC Kometa Brno HC Kometa Brno ("Comet" in English) is a professional ice hockey team based in Brno, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech Extraliga. Kometa is the most successful ice hockey club in the Czech Republic with 14 Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League ...

of the

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Playing career

Konečný made his professional debut for

HC Sparta Praha Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech professional ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak champio ...

during the 2021–22 season. He was drafted in the seventh round, 216th overall, by the

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in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. On May 1st 2024 he was transferred to

from Sparta

International play

Konečný played for the

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at the

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* 2002 births Living people Buffalo Sabres draft picks Czech ice hockey forwards HC Baník Sokolov players HC Karlovy Vary players HC Stadion Litoměřice players Ice hockey people from Brno 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-bio-stub