Jan Kovář: career and achievements

Jan Kovarj - hockey player of the club "Metallurg" from Magnitogorsk. He was born in the Czech Republic in 1990. Almost all his career spent at home. There are no wives from Jan Kovar, but there is a girl named Irzhina. Has a brother, Yakub, who is also a hockey player and protects the colors of Severstal.

Czech hockey clubs

The professional career of the striker began in 2008. The first club of Yana was the Extraliga team called "Lasselsberger", which in 2009 was renamed "Pilsen 1929". In the first season, Jan Kovarzh played in 61 fight, in which he was able to earn 16 points on the system "goal + pass." A year later, Ian became the most productive hockey player among young players. In his assets at the end of the championship were 5 goals and 15 assists, earned in 44 games.

In the 2010/11 season, the striker improved significantly. Despite the high personal results, the main club could not win anything. During the season, Jan was sent to "Slovan". But in the lease, the striker was able to win the First League.

The first medals in the Czech championship Jan won in the season 2011/12. "Pilsen" took third place in the Extraliga, and Kovar again was one of the most notable hockey players on the rink. In the asset striker 20 goals, 39 assists in 64 played fights. A year later, together with "Pilsen", Jan won the gold medals of the Czech championship. In 72 meetings, the forward scored 77 points: 28 goals and 49 assists.

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Despite a successful performance in the Czech Extraliga, Jan Kovarzh decided not to renew the contract with the club and moved to the Magnitogorsk Metallurg. The contract with the Russian hockey club was designed for three years. Active interest in the attacker and showed Nizhnekamsk "Neftekhimik", but the Czech chose one of the most titled clubs in Russia.

The first match for the club from Magnitogorsk, Ian held in early September 2013. It was a meeting with the Moscow "Dynamo". His debut Czech marked the throwing of the puck.

At the moment, in the "Metallurg" Kovarzh spent four full seasons. Every year the club managed to go to the round of the playoffs following the regular season in the KHL. On average, the Czech striker in each season was distinguished by 22 thrown washers and 40 assists in the regular season. As for the games at the start, Jan Kovář was the author of 28 goals scored and 55 assists.

In four seasons for "Metallurg" Jan played 259 fights, scored 118 goals and made 216 assists, thus gaining 334 points on the system "goal + pass."

Career in the Czech national team

As part of the junior team of the Czech Republic, Kovarzh took part in the World Cup in 2008, where his team was able to win. Sam striker played in 5 meetings and scored 8 points (1 goal and 7 assists). For the youth team, Ian spent 6 fights. All of them were played at the Youth World Championship in 2010. Czechs took the 7th place, and Kovar scored three goals and three assistants.

In 2013, the hockey player made his debut for the national team of the Czech Republic at the World Championships. Total in the main team he spent 34 games, threw 4 goals and gave 10 assists. Prizes Czechs did not occupy even once. In 2013, the Czech team took the 7th place, in 2014 and 2015 - 4 th place, in 2016 - 5 th place. At the World Cup in 2017, the Czechs lost to the Russians in the 1/8 finals with a score of 3-0.

Achievements

The Czech period of the career of the striker brought him bronze and gold domestic championship, as well as several personal awards. In 2013, Jan Kovarzh was recognized as the best player of the regular Extraliga Championship and the round of the playoffs. Also in that season, the striker was both the best scorer and the best assistant to the Czech championship.

As part of Magnitogorsk Metallurg, Yang became the owner of the Gagarin Cup in 2014 and 2016. In the same years he took part in the match of all the stars of the KHL. At the end of the season, 2013/14 received the title of "The Most Useful Player" of the Continental Hockey League. For 230 games played during three seasons Kovarzh was awarded the title of "Iron Man" in 2017.