Zenon Konopka Taking a Break to Play Hockey

He has a pet rabbit named Hoppy. He’s an entrepreneur who owns a piece of seven businesses, including his own wine label, ZK28. He’s the ringleader for most team activities. He is not only one of the NHL’s toughest fighters, but he is a dynamite penalty killer and a faceoff specialist.

And he admittedly loves to push the line as far as he can take it, whether it’s a faceoff strategy that actually resulted in a rule change across the NHL this season, or a pregame antic during warmups.