Michal Kempný
| Michal Kempný | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Born |
8 September 1990 Hodonin, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams |
Chicago Blackhawks HK 36 Skalica HC Kometa Brno HC Slavia Praha Avangard Omsk | ||
| National team |
 Czech Republic | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Michal Kempný (born 8 September 1990) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Kempný played as a youth in Slovakia, with SHK Hodonin and made his professional debut in the Slovak Extraliga with HK 36 Skalica.[1]
Moving to play more competitively, Kempný played for HC Kometa Brno of the Czech Extraliga.[2]
After seven seasons of professional hockey in the ELH, Kempný was signed by Russian club, Avangard Omsk, to play in the Kontinental Hockey League on 29 April 2015.[3] In the 2015–16 season, he quickly transitioned to become the club's top defenseman, scoring 21 points in 59 games from the blueline.
Upon competing in his first senior international tournament for the Czech Republic at the 2016 IIHF World Championships, on 23 May 2016, Kempný as an undrafted free agent was signed to a one-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL.[4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2007–08 | HK 36 Skalica | Slovak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | HC Kometa Brno | CZE.1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 | SHK Hodonin | CZE.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | HC Kometa Brno | ELH | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč | CZE.1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 32 | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Kometa Brno | ELH | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod | CZE.1 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Kometa Brno | ELH | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | HC Rebel Havlíčkův Brod | CZE.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | HC Slavia Praha | ELH | 51 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2013–14 | HC Kometa Brno | ELH | 51 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 74 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 2014–15 | HC Kometa Brno | ELH | 43 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Avangard Omsk | KHL | 59 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||
| KHL totals | 59 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Czech Republic | WJC18-D1 | 11th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Czech Republic | WJC | 7th | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Czech Republic | WC | 5th | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2016 | Czech Republic | WCH | 6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Senior totals | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||
References
- ↑ "2010-11 Scoring for Brno Kometa". hockeydb.com. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Michal Kempny player profile" (in Czech). HC Kometa Brno. 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ↑ "Kempny agrees to contract in KHL with Avangard Omsk" (in Czech). hokej.cz. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ↑ "Blackhawks agree to terms with Johansson, Kempny and Lundberg". Chicago Blackhawks. 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michal Kempný. |
- Career statistics and player information from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Michal Kempný on Facebook