ZENON KONOPKA RUMORS
Konopka has embraced the bunny lifestyle
ST. PAUL, Minn. The scars that line his face still resemble some of the nearly 600 stitches he's endured in his career. "Baker's dozen" is the way he describes how many times he's broken his nose.
He jokes that he has "rugged good looks rather than good looks."
The number of stitches which he says total 580 are points of pride for Zenon Konopka...
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March 05, 2013
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Wild center Zenon Konopka tweets pic of his 30 stitches...and his pet bunny (Photo)
Minnesota Wild center Zenon Konopka suffered a gash on the bridge of his nose from a high stick he took during Saturday's season opener against the Colorado Avalanche. However, despite getting 30 stitches, Konopka was determined to return for the following night's game, as proven by this picture he tweeted showing himself with the gash on his nose.
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Wild bruiser poses with pet bunny, tweets pic of gash to nose that needed 30 stitches
(Photo credit: Marlin Levison, Star Tribune)
Joking that he’s now “better looking again,” Minnesota Wild enforcer Zenon Konopka’s sense of humor appeared to be intact after 30 stitches were needed to close up a gash to the bridge of his nose suffered in the Wild’s season-opening 4-2 over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul.
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Getting To Know Zenon Konopka
from Michale Russo of the StarTribune,
Just mention Zenon Konopka's name to Stephane Veilleux, and the red-headed Wild forward chuckles and rolls his eyes.
"He's a very, very funny, very different character," said Veilleux, Konopka's roommate three seasons ago in Tampa Bay.
Konopka is the Wild's fascinating new enforcer and fourth-line center...
Zenon Konopka Signs With Minnesota
Another depth forward comes off the market as Konopka inks a two-year deal with the Minnesota Wild. I was hoping Glen Sather would be working the phones to bring him in. A tough guy who can play big time penalty killing minutes and the big thing from Konopka would be his face-off capability. He was such a [...]
UFA of the Day: Part Deux! Zenon Konopka
It’s your lucky day! Two! Two UFA of the Day posts today. They both deal with toughness, the first was Brandon Prust, now we turn our attention to Zenon Konopka.
Name: Zenon Konopka
Age: 31
Size: 6’0″, 209 Lbs
Why the Canucks might want him: If the Canucks target Zenon Konopka it wouldn’t just be for his ability to punch people in the face. With Konopka you not only get that...
Potential UFA target: Zenon Konopka
The Rangers bottom six forwards are likely to go through a bit of turnover this summer with Ruslan Fedotenko, Brandon Prust, and John Mitchell all being unrestricted free agents and Mats Zuccarello seemingly headed to the KHL. Although discussion about signing third and fourth line players isn’t the most enthralling topic in the world, these transactions are still critical when...
Zenon Konopka And Ottawa Senators Fined
NEW YORK (April 16, 2012)—Ottawa Senators forward Zenon Konopka has been fined $2,500, the maximum allowed under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and his club fined $10,000 for Konopka’s conduct prior to Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarter-Final at New York on Saturday. April 14, the National Hockey League announced today.
Konopka was fined for his verbal abuse directed...
Zenon Konopka Fined For “Verbal Abuse” Of A Rangers Player
Ottawa Senators forward Zenon Konopka has been fined $2,500 by the NHL for “verbal abuse” of a New York Rangers player during pregame warm-ups before Game 2. Yes, before the game even started. … this is a first. Never even heard anything about this all of a sudden this fine comes out.
Master of the PIM: Zenon Konopka
If you're a serious fantasy hockey player you're probably pretty familiar with Zenon Konopka. If you're not, you might be wondering why we would dedicate an entire article to the forward from Ottawa.
Konopka is known for two things and two things alone - dropping the gloves and sitting in the box. For the knowledgeable fantasy player, Konopka is a legend when it comes...
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