Vegas Golden Knights prospect Viliam Kmec participated in his second VGK Development Camp presented by Martin-Harris Construction this summer. The blueliner spent his fourth season in the WHL with the Prince George Cougars during the 2024-25 campaign where he recorded 61 points (18G, 43A) in 65 games before joining the Henderson Silver Knights for two games at the end of the season. Kmec recently signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Golden Knights on Sept. 23, 2024. The defenseman caught up with VegasGoldenKnights.com during camp for this new prospect questionnaire.<\/p>\n
Who were you most excited to see at camp?
Probably Matyas Sapovaliv.<\/p>\n
Who is a current Golden Knight you admire?
Alex Pietrangelo.<\/p>\n
What’s your favorite thing about the VGK organization?
I like the winning mentality.<\/p>\n
What’s your favorite thing about Las Vegas?
The temperature.<\/p>\n
What’s your favorite way to beat the heat?
Stay inside.<\/p>\n
Build your perfect steakhouse meal with an appetizer, entree, side, and dessert.
Appetizer: Beets
Entr\u00e9e: Filet mignon, medium rare
Sides: American potatoes
Dessert: No dessert<\/p>\n
What is your favorite social media platform?
Probably Instagram or TikTok.<\/p>\n
What’s your favorite sport besides hockey?
Soccer.<\/p>\n
Describe your favorite goal you scored last season.
I would say against the Vancouver Giants. I took the puck from the d-zone and then I skated around the defensemen, then I just scored on the short side.<\/p>\n
What was your first hockey stick?
Some wooden stick. It was wood, for sure.<\/p>\n
Describe your tape job.
It’s white tape. It’s almost like a sock, but not completely. It’s a little bit off on a dip, so it’s not completely dark.<\/p>\n
What piece of equipment have you had the longest?
My shoulder pads.<\/p>\n
What fruit or vegetable do you think you could throw the farthest?
An orange.<\/p>\n
Who is your Mario Kart character?
I don’t think I’ve played Mario Kart.<\/p>\n
When did you get your first phone?
I was about nine years old maybe.<\/p>\n
What year would someone have to be born in to be considered old?
Probably the 1980s.<\/p>\n
What’s your favorite animal?
Dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights prospect Viliam Kmec participated in his second VGK Development Camp presented by Martin-Harris Construction this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-48584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}