Robin Kovacs

Swedish ice hockey player

Ice hockey player
Robin Kovacs
Kovacs with AIK in 2016
Born (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
NL team
Former teams		 Lausanne HC
AIK
Rögle BK
Luleå HF
Örebro HK
NHL Draft 62nd overall, 2015
New York Rangers
Playing career 2013–present

Robin Kovacs (born 16 November 1996) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward for Lausanne HC of the Swiss National League (NL). He was drafted 62nd overall by the New York Rangers in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

He made his Elitserien debut playing with AIK during the 2012–13 Elitserien season.[1] Kovacs, who is of Hungarian descent[citation needed], was seen as one of the top twenty international skaters for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft according to the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.[2]

Kovacs played in four games with Rögle BK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) during the 2015–16 season.[3] After being loaned for the majority of the campaign back with AIK, Kovacs signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the New York Rangers on 18 July 2016.[4]

In his first North American season in 2016–17, Kovacs struggled to adapt offensively in playing with the Rangers American Hockey League affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. He appeared in 72 of 76 games with the Wolf Pack totalling just 2 goals and 12 points. Having endured a troubling off-season in Sweden (see Personal life), and under performing in at the Rangers 2017 training camp, Kovacs failed to play in a pre-season game as he was amongst the first roster cuts reassigned to Hartford on 19 September 2017.[5] On 1 October 2017, Kovacs was placed on unconditional waivers in order to terminate the remainder of his contract with the Rangers and return to Sweden.[6] On 7 October 2017, he signed a two-year deal with Luleå HF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).[7] In April 2022 he signed a tree-year contract with Lausanne HC in Switzerland.[8]

Personal life

Kovacs has a neuropsychiatric disability, with ADHD and dyslexia. He has credited the conditions in helping progress his professional career.[9]

Kovacs was found guilty and later fined for reckless driving in a fatal traffic accident involving a friend, in June 2017.[10]

He and his partner, retired Swedish national team goaltender Minatsu Murase, have three children – born in October 2018, September 2020, and November 2022.[11][12][13][14]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010–11 Flemingsbergs IK J18 13 6 5 11 10 — — — — —
2011–12 AIK J18 17 7 7 14 20 — — — — —
2011–12 AIK J18 Allsv 18 5 9 14 41 — — — — —
2012–13 AIK J18 18 18 16 34 59 — — — — —
2012–13 AIK J18 Allsv 18 14 16 30 24 5 4 4 8 8
2012–13 AIK J20 6 2 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0
2012–13 AIK SEL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2013–14 AIK J18 1 0 0 0 12 — — — — —
2013–14 AIK J18 Allsv 6 2 5 7 39 — — — — —
2013–14 AIK J20 40 15 13 28 62 2 1 1 2 6
2013–14 AIK SHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2014–15 AIK J20 9 5 5 10 8 — — — — —
2014–15 AIK Allsv 52 17 11 28 63 — — — — —
2015–16 AIK Allsv 44 21 13 34 54 7 1 3 4 29
2015–16 Rögle BK SHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2016–17 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 72 2 10 12 20 — — — — —
2017–18 Luleå HF SHL 44 13 14 27 20 3 2 0 2 0
2018–19 Luleå HF SHL 52 11 22 33 38 10 2 3 5 6
2019–20 Luleå HF SHL 32 8 11 19 14 — — — — —
2019–20 Örebro HK SHL 18 4 8 12 18 — — — — —
2020–21 Örebro HK SHL 51 17 21 38 42 9 1 5 6 4
2021–22 Örebro HK SHL 52 21 20 41 26 6 1 5 6 0
2022–23 Lausanne HC NL 44 13 16 29 24 — — — — —
SHL totals 257 74 97 171 158 28 6 13 19 14

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2013 Sweden U17 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1 0 1 4
2013 Sweden IH18 7th 4 1 0 1 2
Junior totals 10 2 0 2 6

References

  1. ^ "2012-13 AIK IF player statistics". Eliteprospects.com. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  2. ^ "McDavid tops NHL Central Scouting mid-term rankings". The Sports Network. 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Kovacs nappade men Rögle tappade sin back". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). 29 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Rangers agree to terms with Robin Kovacs". New York Rangers. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  5. ^ "First cuts of Rangers training camp announced". blueshirtbanter.com. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Robin Kovacs placed on unconditional waivers for purposes of contract termination". blueshirtbanter.com. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Ny forward till Luleå Hockey". www.luleahockey.se (in Swedish). 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  8. ^ Gauci, Antoine (27 April 2022). "Robin Kovacs rejoint le Lausanne Hockey Club". Lausanne HC (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Rangers' Robin Kovacs takes disability to advantage". bluelinestation.com. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Hockeystärna dömd efter dödsolyckan". Aftonbladet. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (1 November 2018). "Hockeyparets stora babylycka: "När jag såg honom första gången blev jag tårögd"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  12. ^ Fredriksson, Emelie (16 April 2021). "OS-målvakten gör comeback efter barnafödande". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  13. ^ Gustafsson, Mathilda (20 September 2019). "Murase och Kovács – hockeyparet i toppen av den svenska eliten". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  14. ^ Kovács, Robin [@robiinkovacs] (11 November 2022). "Nu är lillebror här och hela familjen samlade😍 tänk vilken super mamma jag har till mina barn, du är bäst @minatsumurase ❤️" (in Swedish). Lausanne. Retrieved 18 December 2022 – via Instagram.

External links

  • Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database


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