Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson aren’t the only Washington Capitals players spending the bye week in Mexico. Defenseman Michal Kempny is in Cancún with his girlfriend Nicola and has the smoldering beach photo to prove it.
“Hola,” a shirtless Kempny wrote on Instagram.
TJ Oshie and Christian Djoos both missed Capitals practice on Monday.
Oshie has what Peter’s grandmother calls the good ol’ “north and south” while Djoos suffered an upper-body during Washington’s game Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes.
The NHL has a bug going around, and now it’s hit the defense of the Washington Capitals. The team announced Friday that defenders Michal Kempny and Radko Gudas will not skate this morning and will be game-time decisions for tonight’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
In case they cannot play, the team has called up defender Christian Djoos from the Hershey Bears.
By Peter Hassett 4 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals celebrated Christmas on Wednesday the same way we all did – with gifts, extravagant meals (that may or may not involve the President of the United States), and special holiday attire.
Here’s a look at how your favorite Capitals players (or Bears) celebrated the holiday.
By Ian Oland 1 month ago
UFC Fight Night came to Capital One Arena on Saturday and several Capitals players were in attendance including Tom Wilson, Jakub Vrana, Michal Kempny, Dmitry Orlov, and Ilya Samsonov.
Vrana and Kempny were especially focused on the Makhmud Muradov-Trevor Smith fight early in the night. Muradov, who was born in Tajikistan, is Czech. Muradov had one of the most impressive finishes of the night, knocking out Smith in the third round to improve his record to 24-6
A professional hockey stick costs hundreds of dollars. So when a player gives one away, it’s always a big deal.
Tuesday, Michal Kempny was asked for his twig by 11-year-old Will Altman at Capitals practice. Will wanted it for a special reason. Michal Kempny was his mom’s favorite hockey player and he wanted to give it to her as a Christmas present.
Kempny sweetly obliged.
The Washington Capitals played their second game in two nights on Friday. Tired and 3,000 miles away from home, the Capitals looked like they had their sea legs early when Evgeny Kuznetsov scored 3:18 into the first period to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead over the Vancouver Canucks.
From there, the Canucks dominated in epic fasion. Brock Boeser and Tim Schaller scored goals 1:56 apart to give the Canucks the lead. In the second period, the Canucks poured it on. Elias Pettersson, Tim Schaller (again), and Jake Virtanen scored. Vancouver scored five unanswered goals. They had a 5-1 lead.
But in the final second of the second period, Evgeny Kuznetsov beat Jacob Markstrom again. The goal started an improbable and historic comeback.
By Ian Oland 3 months ago
The Washington Capitals give out a hard hat after every game inside the locker room. The Nationals batting helmet is an individual honor for a player who does something important in the game that usually doesn’t show up in the score sheet. Martin Fehervary, Ilya Samsonov, and John Carlson are among the few who have won the award in the past this season.
Tuesday night in Calgary, Michal Kempny was given the hard hat from Braden Holtby. Kempny “worked his bag off all summer” to get back into the lineup after tearing his left hamstring and Holtby said he’s played great in the last two games.
As the Czech defenseman accepted the batting helmet, one teammate could be heard screaming ridiculous things in the background.
The Washington Capitals are at Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome and on Monday there was a teeny tiny change with the lines.
Todd Reirden has returned Michal Kempny to the first defensive pairing with John Carlson – the NHL’s second star of the week.
Michal Kempny waited seven months while he recovered from a hamstring injury. In his first game back he waited just four minutes to score.
By Peter Hassett 3 months ago
