# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michal-pivonka
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:35:31.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michal-pivonka"
name: "Michal Pivoňka"
slug: "michal-pivonka"
description: "Michal Pivoňka is a Czech former professional ice hockey player. He played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Washington Capitals. Selected by the Capitals in the 1984 NHL entry draft, Pivoňka defected to the United States during the summer of 1986. Over his 13 seasons with the Capitals, Pivoňka tallied 181 goals and 418 assists for a total of 599 points. At his retirement, he held the title for most assists in franchise history. As of 2025, he ranks fourth behind John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom, and Alexander Ovechkin."
tagline: "Czech ice hockey player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/MichalPivo%C5%88kaWAS.png/330px-MichalPivo%C5%88kaWAS.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1966-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.411664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Міхал Півонька"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "ميتشال پيڤونكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Pivo%C5%88ka"
    title: "Michal Pivoňka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Pivo%C5%88ka"
    title: "Michal Pivoňka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Pivo%C5%88ka"
    title: "Michal Pivoňka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Pivo%C5%88ka"
    title: "Michal Pivoňka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Pivo%C5%88ka"
    title: "Michal Pivoňka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB"
    title: "Пивонька, Михал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Pivo%C5%88ka"
    title: "Michal Pivoňka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Pivo%C5%88ka"
    title: "Michal Pivoňka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_Pivo%C5%88ka"
    title: "Michal Pivoňka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477649"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump