Jakub Jeřábek

Jakub Jeřábek is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman, born on 12 May 1991, who came through the youth system of his hometown club HC Plzeň and made his senior debut in the Czech Extraliga in the 2008-09 season. Undrafted by any National Hockey League team, he became the club's top defenceman, was named the league's best defenceman in 2015-16, and then moved to Vityaz of the Kontinental Hockey League, where he led the blueline in scoring and played in the 2017 KHL All-Star Game. He signed with the Montreal Canadiens in 2017, was traded to the Washington Capitals in 2018, spent a brief spell in the St. Louis Blues organisation, and returned to Vityaz and then Spartak Moscow in the KHL before going back to the Czech Extraliga with HC Oceláři Třinec in 2022. He captained the Czech team at the 2011 World Junior Championships. His father is the former footballer Jaroslav Jeřábek and his sister is the handball international Markéta Jeřábková.