Son Tim with his wife Laura, are visiting us this week and Tim has written today's blog page.
Jakub Vrana is a forward with the
Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League. Jakub was born on
February 28, 1996, in Prague, Czech Republic. He was the Capitals'
first-round pick in the 2014 draft (13th overall), and
made his NHL debut on December 1, 1996. He scored his first NHL goal
on December 9, 1996.
His first full season with the Caps was
the 2017-18, which recently concluded with the Caps winning the
Stanley Cup, the NHL's championship trophy. It was the first Cup for
the Caps, whose inaugural season was 1974-75. It was a glorious
playoff run for Washington and its fans, and Jakub played an
important role. Already known for his speed on skates, Jakub played
aggressively without being nasty. In Game 5 of the finals against the
Vegas Golden Knights, he scored the first goal of the game after a
tense, scoreless first period and six-plus minutes of riveting but
scoreless hockey in the second. The Caps went on to win the game and
raise the Cup by winning the finals, four games to one.
I don't know if Jakub and I are
related, but I've been jokingly telling people that we are 8th
cousins twice removed. That may not be true, but it's possible. I
love to watch him play, and thoroughly enjoy his talent and his
demeanor.
Jakub is the 22-year-old pictured here.
Also pictured is my dad, Verlon K. “Tony” Vrana, who just
celebrated his 93rd birthday. Dad is wearing the Jakub
Vrana jersey that Santa Claus brought me this past Christmas. There
are no doubt some people named Vrana who are not very nice folks, but
Dad and Jakub make me very proud to be a Vrana.
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