Jēkabs Rēdlihs (born March 29, 1982) is a Latvian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

Defender 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 ...

in the

Latvian Hockey 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 sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Optibet, is the top tier Sports league, lea ...

(LHL).

Playing career

Rēdlihs was selected in the fourth round 119th overall by the

Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets (often simply referred to as the Jackets) are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...

in the

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. Drafted from the New York Applecore of the

EJHL The Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL) was a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey league. Founded in 1993 by Dan Esdale, the EJHL had fourteen teams from across the Northeastern United States. The EJHL champion then competed for th ...

, Rēdlihs then enrolled with

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of the

Hockey East The Hockey East Association, also known as Hockey East, is a college ice hockey conference which operates entirely in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. Hockey East came into existence in 1984 for ...

and completed a four-collegiate career with the Terriers earning Hockey East All-Rookie honors in his freshman year. After his 2005–06 senior season with the Hockey East champions, Rēdlihs made his professional debut when he signed an ATO contract with the Blue Jackets affiliate, the

Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They play in Syracuse, New York, at the Upstate Medical University Arena. They are the primary development affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa ...

of the AHL on March 30, 2006. Un-signed by Columbus, Rēdlihs was invited to the Blue Jackets training camp for the 2006–07 season but was then reassigned to play with the Syracuse Crunch and second tier affiliate, the Dayton Bombers of the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The E ...

. He was again invited to the Blue Jackets 2007–08 training camp on September 10, 2007, but was later released to the Crunch on September 20, 2007. After spending the majority of the season with the

Elmira Jackals The Elmira Jackals were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Elmira, New York. They were members of the United Hockey League from 2000 to 2007 and the ECHL from 2007 to 2017. The Jackals played their home games at First Arena. On ...

of the ECHL, Rēdlihs left North America when he signed with HC Plzeň of the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The le ...

on January 9, 2008. Helping to strengthen 1929's defense, he was then re-signed to a one-year contract for the 2008–09 season on March 31, 2008. On July 17, 2009, Rēdlihs, a free agent, signed a two-year contract with Dinamo Riga of the KHL. On June 1, 2015, Rēdlihs continued his career in the Czech Extraliga in signing with Piráti Chomutov after one season with

HC Karlovy Vary HC Energie Karlovy Vary is a professional ice hockey team based in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. They play in the highest-level national league, the Czech Extraliga. The club The history of the ice hockey in Karlovy Vary dates back to the 1932, w ...

Personal

Jēkabs Rēdlihs has three brothers. Two of them, Miķelis Rēdlihs and

Krišjānis Rēdlihs Krišjānis Rēdlihs (born 15 January 1981) is a Latvian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for HK Kurbads of the Latvian Hockey League (LHL). Playing career Krišjānis Rēdlihs started his playing career by playing for HK L ...

, are hockey players. All three brothers have appeared together in Latvia national team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honors

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Redlihs, Jekabs 1982 births Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey players Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks Dayton Bombers players Dinamo Riga players Elmira Jackals (ECHL) players HC Karlovy Vary players HC Plzeň players HK Riga 2000 players Latvian ice hockey defencemen Living people Modo Hockey players Piráti Chomutov players Ice hockey people from Riga Syracuse Crunch players Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Latvian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Latvian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Latvian expatriate ice hockey people HK Liepājas Metalurgs players