Jiří Jakeš

Jiří Jakeš (born October 4, 1982) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player.

Jakeš began his career as a product of HC Sparta Praha's academy before moving to the junior Canadian Hockey League where he was drafted 14th overall by the Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings in the 2000 CHL Import Draft.

Jakeš had a short spell in the West Coast Hockey League for the Anchorage Aces in 2002 before returning to the WHL with the Tri-City Americans and the Vancouver Giants.

After failing to secure a North American contract, Jakeš returned to the Czech Republic and played fourteen games in the 2003–04 Czech Extraliga season, thirteen with HC Sparta Praha and one with HC Lasselsberger Plzeň.

Jakeš was also a member of the Czech Republic squad in the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.