JAKUB VRANA
International Skater - Linkoping, SWEDEN
Final Rank:4Midterm Rank:5
Position:CenterShoots:Left
Height:6' 0"Weight:185
Born:February 28, 1996Hometown:Prague, Czech Republic
Born in:Prague, CZE
Drafted: 2014: WSH (1st Round / 13th Overall) 
• Vrana spent the 2013-14 season with Linkoping in the Swedish Hockey League split between the senior team in the country’s top professional league (2-1—3 in 24 games) and the junior club (14-11—25 in 24 games).

• He has suited up for the Czech Republic at the past three Under-18 World Championships (2012-2014), leading his team in scoring in 2012 (4-4—8) and 2014 (8-2—10). At the 2014 tournament, Vrana led all players with eight goals, finished tied for third in tournament scoring and tallied four points in the team’s final three games - including the overtime winner in the quarterfinal - as the club captured a silver medal.

• Vrana has twice represented the Czech Republic at the World Junior Championship, first in 2013 at 16-years of age, the youngest player in the tournament (0-1—1 in six games) and again in 2014 (1-1—2 in five games).

• At the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial, Vrana tallied four points (3-1—4), including a goal and assist in the bronze-medal game to lead the Czech Republic to victory. It was the country’s first top-three finish at the tournament, which they co-host, since 2005.

• In 2012-13, at age 16, Vrana scored a goal in his professional hockey debut with Linkoping of the Swedish Hockey League while playing in the European Trophy Tournament featuring some of the top professional teams from across Europe.

• Vrana played youth hockey with HC Letnany in the Czech Republic before making the move to Sweden to join Linkoping.

NEWS

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FAVORITES

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Video game: NHL 14
Movie: Miracle On Ice
Actor: Steven Seagal
Sport (other than hockey): Soccer

STATISTICS

SEASONTEAMLEAGUEGPGAPPIM
2023-2024SPRINGFIELDAHL2910132338
2023-2024ST LOUISNHL212468
2022-2023ST LOUISNHL201041410
2022-2023GRAND RAPIDSAHL1765114
2022-2023DETROITNHL51120
2021-2022DETROITNHL261361916
2021-2022CZECHIA (2022 IIHF World Championship)ITLTOUR101014
2021-2022CZE (2022 Beijer Hockey Games)ITLTOUR32024
2020-2021WASHINGTONNHL391114258
2020-2021DETROITNHL1183112
2020-2021CZECH REPUBLIC (2021 IIHF World Championship)ITLTOUR72244
2019-2020WASHINGTONNHL6925275218
2018-2019WASHINGTONNHL8224234727
2017-2018WASHINGTONNHL7313142712
2016-2017HERSHEYAHL4919173628
2016-2017WASHINGTONNHL213362
2015-2016HERSHEYAHL2511142518
2014-2015LINKOPINGSWEDEN4412122412
2014-2015CZECH REPUBLIC (2015 WJC Championships)ITLTOUR52132
2014-2015CZE U20 (4 Nations tournament - Prerov 2014)ITLTOUR32244
2013-2014LINKOPINGSWEDEN242132
2013-2014LINKOPING JR.SWEDEN-JR.2414112526
2013-2014CZE (2014 IIHF U18 World Championship)ITLTOUR782104
2013-2014CZE (2014 World Junior Championship)ITLTOUR51122
2013-2014CZE U18 (Ivan Hlinka Memorial 2013)ITLTOUR43144
2013-2014LINKOPING U18SWE-JR. U1810000
2012-2013LINKOPING JR.SWEDEN-JR.3220123249
2012-2013LINKOPINGSWEDEN50000
2012-2013LINKOPING U18SWE-JR. U1833252
2011-2012LINKOPING U18SWE-JR. U18322817456
2011-2012LINKOPING JR.SWEDEN-JR.31012