# Koba Jass

Koba Jass (born May 1, 1990) is a Latvian professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for HK Kurbads in Latvian Hockey Higher League. He is a two time Latvian champion.

## Career

He started his career in 2007 playing for ASK Ogre, which also played in the Latvian championships. In the 2009-2010 season he represented Riga's Dinamo Juniors in the Belarus Extraleague (was one of the captain's assistants.) From 2010-2011 he represented Liepaja Metalurgs in the Belarus Extraleague and also the second team in the Latvian championships.
In the 2011-2012 season he played for Kazakh club Ustjkamenogorsk "Kazzinc-Torpedo" in the Supreme Hockey League and Kazakh championships. In the middle of 2012 Jass trialled for KHL club Dinamo Riga, but he couldn't secure his place at the club. Later that season he played for Slovak Extraleague club HK Zilina, and also Czech Extraleague club HC Kladno.

## International

At the 2011 and 2012 World Hockey championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics, he competed with the Latvia men's national ice hockey team.
He was named in the Latvia men's national ice hockey team for the competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.

## Personal

His cousins Māris and Mareks Jass are also hockey players. He is of Georgian descent through his father and of Romani descent through his mother.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2006–07 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | LAT U18 | — | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08 | ASK/Ogre | LAT | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | ASK/Ogre | BLR | 40 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09 | ASK/Ogre | LAT | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Juniors Rīga | BLR | 42 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009–10 | Dinamo Juniors Rīga | LAT | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010–11 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | BLR | 35 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010–11 | HK Liepājas Metalurgs–2 | LAT | 13 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010–11 | HK SMScredit | LAT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011–12 | Kazzinc–Torpedo | VHL | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | Kazzinc–Torpedo–2 | KAZ | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13 | Vlci Žilina | SVK | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13 | Rytíři Kladno | ELH | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| 2013–14 | Bílí Tygři Liberec | ELH | 33 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Bílí Tygři Liberec | ELH | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | HC Benátky nad Jizerou | CZE.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015–16 | HK 36 HANT Skalica | SVK | 27 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16 | MHC Mountfield Martin | SVK | 14 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | HK Prizma Rīga | LAT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 |
| 2017–18 | HC Nové Zámky | SVK | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | HC Nové Zámky B | SVK.2 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | Mississippi RiverKings | SPHL | 17 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk | KAZ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019–20 | HK Kurbads | LAT | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | HK Olimp/Venta 2002 | LAT | 31 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| LAT totals | LAT totals | LAT totals | 99 | 16 | 55 | 71 | 163 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 88 |
| BLR totals | BLR totals | BLR totals | 117 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |
| SVK totals | SVK totals | SVK totals | 82 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2009 | Latvia | WJC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2013 | Latvia | WC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Latvia | OG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | Latvia | WC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Latvia | WC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 |