Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) Name Michal Kempny NHL Draft Undrafted | Shoots Left Position Defence | |
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Born September 8, 1990 (age 33)
Hodonin, Czechoslovakia ( 1990-09-08 ) Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) KHL team
Former teams Avangard Omsk
HC Kometa Brno
HC Slavia Praha
HC Rebel Havlickuv Brod
HK 36 Skalica | ||
Stanley Caps | Michal Kempny
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).
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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.
Moving to play more competitively, Kempný played for HC Kometa Brno of the Czech Extraliga.
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. 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. Kempný made his NHL debut on 12 October. He scored the first goal of his NHL career on 30 December against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes.