| Jakub Kindl | |||
|---|---|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Kindl in 2009 | |||
| Born | (1987-02-10)10 February 1987 (age 39) | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| Mestis team Former teams | Kiekko-Pojat LTC Pardubice Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers HC Plzeň Kölner Haie Storhamar Hockey | ||
| National team |  Czech Republic | ||
| NHL draft | 19th overall,2005 Detroit Red Wings | ||
| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Jakub Kindl (born 10 February 1987) is a Czech professionalice hockeydefenceman who is currently playing forKiekko-Pojat ofMestis, the second tier of professional hockey in Finland. He previously played in theNational Hockey League (NHL) with theDetroit Red Wings andFlorida Panthers.
As a youth, Kindl played in the 2001Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team fromChomutov.[1]
Kindl played junior hockey for the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL and then for theGrand Rapids Griffins of theAmerican Hockey League. Kindl was drafted 19th overall by theDetroit Red Wings in the2005 NHL Draft.[2]
During the2005–06 season, Kindl played in three games for Grand Rapids, where he recorded one assist. During the2007–08 season, he played in 75 games for Grand Rapids.
Kindl made his NHL debut with the Red Wings during the2009–10 NHL season. Called up as an injury replacement, he eventually appeared in three games before returning to Grand Rapids. Kindl scored his first career NHL goal on 20 January 2011 againstJaroslav Halák of theSt. Louis Blues.[3]
On 29 June 2013, Kindl signed a four year, $9.6 million contract extension with the Detroit Red Wings.[4]
On 14 February 2015, the Red Wings assigned Kindl to the Grand Rapids Griffins for a conditioning assignment. Kindl has not played for the Red Wings since suffering an elbow injury on 27 December 2014.[5] On 20 February 2015, the Red Wings recalled Kindl from his conditioning assignment with the Griffins. During his condition assignment, Kindl recorded one goal, and a plus-two rating in back-to-back wins for the Griffins.[6]
On 9 January 2016, Kindl was placed on waivers and later assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins. Prior to being placed on waivers, he played in 23 games with the Red Wings, recording two goals and three assists. His plus-3 rating in overtime leads the Wings this season.[7][8] On 4 February, Kindl was recalled by the Red Wings. Prior to being recalled by the Red Wings, Kindl recorded two goals and one assist in nine games for the Griffins since he was assigned on 11 January.[9] He was again assigned to the Griffins on 23 February.[10]
On 27 February 2016, Kindl was traded by the Red Wings to theFlorida Panthers in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the2017 NHL Draft.[11]
At the conclusion of his contract with the Panthers, Kindl left the NHL as a free agent and later returned to his homeland in signing a one-year deal withHC Plzeň of theCzech Extraliga on 18 October 2017.[12]
After two seasons with Plzeň, Kindl left at the conclusion of his contract continuing his European career in Germany by agreeing to a one-year contract with Kölner Haie of the DEL on 5 July 2019.[13]
On 2 December 2022, he signed forStorhamar Hockey inFjordkraft-ligaen for the remainder of the 2022/23 season. He later extended his contract until the 2023-24 season.
After not playing for most of 2024-25, Kindl signed on 5 February 2025 to play the remainder of the season withKiekko-Pojat inMestis, the second tier of professional hockey in Finland.[14]
Kindl represented theCzech Republic at the2014 IIHF World Championship, where he recorded one goal and two assists in ten games.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001–02 | HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice | CZE U18 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2001–02 | HC IPB Pojišťovna Pardubice | CZE U20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice | CZE U18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice | CZE U20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | ||
| 2002–03 | HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice | ELH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Moeller Pardubice | CZE U18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Moeller Pardubice | CZE U20 | 48 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC VCES Hradec Králové | CZE.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 62 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 92 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 2005–06 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 60 | 12 | 46 | 58 | 112 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2005–06 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Kitchener Rangers | OHL | 54 | 11 | 44 | 55 | 142 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 2006–07 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 75 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 78 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 73 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 48 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 55 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice | ELH | 27 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 41 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2013–14 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 66 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 35 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Grand Rapids Griffins | AHL | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Springfield Thunderbirds | AHL | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 39 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Škoda Plzeň | ELH | 30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | HC Škoda Plzeň | ELH | 26 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 48 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | HC Škoda Plzeň | ELH | 43 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Storhamar Hockey | FKL | 19 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2023–24 | Storhamar Hockey | EHL | 26 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | ||
| ELH totals | 84 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| NHL totals | 331 | 16 | 58 | 74 | 181 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| DEL totals | 48 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| FKL / EHL totals | 45 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 24 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Czech Republic | WJC | 8th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2007 | Czech Republic | WJC | 5th | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2014 | Czech Republic | WC | 4th | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| Senior totals | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by | Detroit Red Wings first round draft pick 2005 | Succeeded by |