Michal Neuvirth

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Usi Labem, Czech Republic, March 23, 1988.
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HEIGHT: 6'1".
WEIGHT: 200 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 30 (Hershey, Washington).
CATCHES: Left
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Selected by Washington Capitals in second round (34th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, 2006.

ACCOLADES:

Member of Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears, June 12, 2009.
Member of Calder Cup champion Hershey Bears, June 14, 2010.

INJURIES:

Left game with undisclosed injury, February 10, 2010.
Left game with dizziness and headache, October 19, 2010.
Left game with lower-body injury, January 18, 2011.

FIRSTS:

Michael made his National Hockey League debut at the St. Pete Times Forum on February 14, 2009, as his Washington Capitals faced the hometown Tampa Bay Lightning. With his parents in the crowd, Neuvirth made a glove save on a first-period breakaway by Vincent Lecavalier, and finished with 31 saves to win in his first NHL start. "What can I say? It's unreal. An unreal feeling right now," Neuvirth said. "I still can't believe that. That was my best feeling ever." The game was also notable for Neuvirth's teammate Mike Green, who set a National Hockey League record for scoring in eight consecutive games as a defenseman.

RECORDS:

PENALTY SHOTS:

Allowed penalty shot goal (Eric Staal), March 3, 2009.
Allowed penalty shot goal (Ryane Clowe), December 30, 2009.
Allowed penalty shot goal (Joe Thornton), December 30, 2009.
Allowed penalty shot goal (Evander Kane), October 8, 2010.
Stopped penalty shot (Evgeni Malkin), December 23, 2010.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

November 3, 2010 - defeated Toronto, 2-0 (Phil Kessel save, Nikolai Kulemin save).
November 20, 2010 - lost to Philadelphia, 0-1 (Claude Giroux save, Daniel Briere goal).
December 6, 2010 - lost to Toronto, 0-1 (Nazem Kadri save, Mikhail Grabovski goal, Phil Kessel miss).
December 23, 2010 - lost to Pittsburgh, 1-2 (Kris Letang goal, Sidney Crosby save, Evgeni Malkin miss, Mark Letestu save, Chris Kunitz save, Tyler Kennedy miss, Pascal Dupuis goal).
March 22, 2011 - defeated Philadelphia, 3-2 (Ville Leino goal, Claude Giroux miss, Daniel Briere goal).
April 5, 2011 - defeated Toronto, 1-0 (Mikhail Grabovski miss, Nazem Kadri save, Nikolai Kulemin save, Joffrey Lupul miss).
2010-11 season to date: 3 wins, 3 losses, 15 saves on 21 chances.
November 12, 2011 - lost to New Jersey, 1-2 (Zach Parise goal, Adam Henrique miss, Patrik Elias save, David Clarkson goal).
December 23, 2011 - lost to New Jersey, 0-2 (Ilya Kovalchuk goal, Zach Parise save, Patrik Elias goal).
2011-12 season to date: 0 wins, 2 losses, 3 saves on 7 chances.

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SEASON RECORDS:

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	OL	WPCT	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	SHOOTOUTS	Z-SCORE	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL
2008-09	Washington Capitals	NHL	21	5	220	2	1	0	0.667	11	3.00	102	0.892	0	0	0	0	27.83			-0.584	-1.699	-0.169	0.417	1	2
2008-09	Hershey Bears	AHL	21	17	1001	9	5	2	0.625	45	2.70	516	0.913	1				30.92			0.275	1.796	9.536	0.520	8	8
2008-09	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL	21	13	762	6	7	0	0.462	29	2.28	354	0.918	2	0	0	2	27.87	34	1-0 (4/5)	0.863	4.772	10.082	0.576	7	6
2009-10	Washington Capitals	NHL	22	17	872	9	4	0	0.692	40	2.75	464	0.914	0	0	0	0	31.92	30		0.192	1.178	8.138	0.515	7	6
2009-10	Hershey Bears	AHL	22	22	1231	15	6	0	0.714	46	2.24	567	0.919	1				27.63	30		0.887	6.104	14.609	0.562	12	9
2010-11	Washington Capitals	NHL	23	48	2689	27	12	4	0.674	110	2.45	1283	0.914	4	0	0	0	28.62		3-3 (15/21)	0.178	1.801	21.046	0.508	22	21

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Washington Capitals in National Hockey League entry draft, 2006.
02/14/09: W (59m52s, 31/32) 5-1 victory at Tampa Bay (McKenna, Ramo).
02/26/09: W (59m49s, 21/24) 4-3 victory vs. Atlanta (Lehtonen).
03/01/09: - (40m, 14/16) 2-6 defeat vs. Florida (Anderson) [Replaced Theodore].
03/03/09: L (59m49s, 25/30) 2-5 defeat vs. Carolina (Ward).
03/05/09: - (0m23s, 0/0) 1-2 defeat vs. Toronto (Gerber) [Replaced Theodore, replaced by Theodore].
11/20/09: L (58m34s, 19/22) 2-3 defeat vs. Montreal (Price).
12/12/09: L (59m49s, 30/36) 3-6 defeat at Toronto (Toskala).
12/19/09: W (60m, 26/28) 4-2 victory at Edmonton (Deslauriers).
12/23/09: W (60m, 32/34) 5-2 victory vs. Buffalo (Miller).
12/26/09: W (59m37s, 29/30) 4-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/30/09: L (60m, 28/33) 2-5 defeat at San Jose (Nabokov).
01/02/10: L (59m12s, 17/19) 1-2 defeat at Los Angeles (Quick).
01/05/10: W (60m, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Montreal (Price).
01/09/10: W (59m35s, 38/39) 8-1 victory at Atlanta (Hedberg, Pavelec).
01/12/10: - (20m, 11/15) 4-7 defeat at Tampa Bay (Smith, Niittymaki) [Replaced by Theodore].
01/13/10: - (29m49s, 11/15) 5-4 SO victory at Florida (Vokoun) [Replaced by Theodore].
01/23/10: W (60m, 28/30) 4-2 victory vs. Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
01/26/10: - (20m, 11/11) 7-2 victory at NY Islanders (Roloson, DiPietro) [Replaced Theodore].
01/27/10: W (60m, 30/31) 5-1 victory vs. Anaheim (Giguere).
01/29/10: W (60m, 35/36) 4-1 victory vs. Florida (Vokoun).
02/05/10: W (59m57s, 43/45) 5-2 victory vs. Atlanta (Pavelec).
02/10/10: - (25m40s, 12/14) 5-6 OT defeat at Montreal (Price) [Replaced by Theodore].
10/08/10: L (59m10s, 27/31) 2-4 defeat at Atlanta (Pavelec, Mason).
10/09/10: W (59m58s, 31/33) 7-2 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur, Hedberg).
10/11/10: OTW (64m08s, 29/31) 3-2 OT victory vs. Ottawa (Leclaire).
10/13/10: W (60m, 23/24) 2-1 victory vs. NY Islanders (Roloson).
10/16/10: OTW (61m44s, 37/39) 3-2 OT victory at Nashville (Lindback).
10/19/10: L (12m42s, 5/7) 1-3 defeat vs. Boston (Thomas) [Replaced by Varlamov].
10/21/10: - (0m47s, 0/0) 1-4 defeat at Boston (Thomas) [Replaced Varlamov, replaced by Varlamov].
10/23/10: OTW (61m37s, 29/32) 4-3 OT victory vs. Atlanta (Mason).
10/27/10: W (60m, 29/29) 3-0 victory at Carolina (Ward).
10/28/10: L (58m36s, 15/17) 1-2 defeat at Minnesota (Backstrom).
10/30/10: W (59m52s, 27/29) 7-2 victory at Calgary (Kiprusoff, Karlsson, Kiprusoff).
11/03/10: SOW (64m59s, 24/28) 5-4 SO victory (2/2) vs. Toronto (Gustavsson).
11/05/10: - (49m49s, 11/14) 5-3 victory vs. Boston (Thomas, Rask) [Replaced by Holtby].
11/09/10: W (60m, 25/28) 5-3 victory at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
11/11/10: W (60m, 38/41) 6-3 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Ellis).
11/14/10: W (59m19s, 23/27) 6-4 victory vs. Atlanta (Mason, Pavelec).
11/17/10: W (59m58s, 31/33) 4-2 victory vs. Buffalo (Miller).
11/19/10: - (50m45s, 29/31) 0-5 defeat at Atlanta (Pavelec) [Replaced Holtby].
11/20/10: SOL (64m53s, 31/34) 4-5 SO defeat (1/2) vs. Philadelphia (Boucher).
12/02/10: L (58m31s, 19/21) 1-2 defeat at Dallas (Raycroft).
12/06/10: SOL (64m58s, 24/28) 4-5 SO defeat (2/3) vs. Toronto (Gustavsson).
12/11/10: L (58m41s, 23/26) 2-3 defeat vs. Colorado (Anderson).
12/18/10: L (59m19s, 18/21) 2-3 defeat at Boston (Thomas).
12/19/10: W (59m57s, 24/26) 3-2 victory at Ottawa (Elliott).
12/21/10: W (59m32s, 35/36) 5-1 victory vs. New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/23/10: SOL (65m, 25/27) 2-3 SO defeat (5/7) vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
01/11/11: OTL (62m51s, 37/41) 3-4 OT defeat at Florida (Vokoun).
01/16/11: W (60m, 22/23) 3-1 victory vs. Ottawa (Elliott).
01/18/11: - (20m, 7/8) 2-3 OT defeat at Philadelphia (Bobrovsky) [Replaced by Varlamov].
02/06/11: W (60m, 22/22) 3-0 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Fleury).
02/08/11: L (58m13s, 34/36) 0-2 defeat vs. San Jose (Niemi).
02/14/11: L (59m05s, 15/18) 2-3 defeat at Phoenix (Bryzgalov).
02/16/11: W (40m, 9/12) 7-6 victory at Anaheim (McElhinney) [Replaced Varlamov].
02/17/11: L (59m49s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat at San Jose (Niemi).
02/21/11: W (60m, 39/39) 1-0 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
02/25/11: L (60m, 22/28) 0-6 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
02/26/11: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory at NY Islanders (Montoya).
03/01/11: OTW (61m40s, 28/29) 2-1 OT victory vs. NY Islanders (Lawson).
03/03/11: W (60m, 25/27) 3-2 victory vs. St. Louis (Conklin).
03/06/11: OTW (60m37s, 32/34) 3-2 OT victory at Florida (Clemmensen).
03/07/11: - (20m, 6/7) 2-1 SO victory at Tampa Bay (Roloson) [Replaced by Holtby].
03/16/11: L (59m05s, 32/35) 2-3 defeat at Detroit (Howard).
03/18/11: W (60m, 33/33) 3-0 victory at New Jersey (Brodeur).
03/22/11: SOW (65m, 29/33) 5-4 SO victory (1/3) at Philadelphia (Bobrovsky, Boucher).
03/31/11: OTW (62m18s, 20/23) 4-3 OT victory vs. Columbus (Mason).
04/02/11: OTW (62m38s, 34/38) 5-4 OT victory vs. Buffalo (Enroth).
04/05/11: SOW (65m, 19/21) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) at Toronto (Reimer).
04/09/11: L (58m58s, 22/23) 0-1 defeat at Florida (Vokoun).
04/13/11: W (78m24s, 24/25) 2-1 OT victory vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
04/15/11: W (60m, 22/22) 2-0 victory vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
04/17/11: L (58m11s, 32/35) 2-3 defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
04/20/11: W (92m36s, 36/39) 4-3 2OT victory at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
04/23/11: W (59m53s, 26/27) 3-1 victory vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
04/29/11: L (59m16s, 20/23) 2-4 defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Roloson).
05/01/11: L (65m44s, 20/23) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Roloson).
05/03/11: L (58m03s, 26/30) 3-4 defeat at Tampa Bay (Roloson).
05/04/11: L (57m49s, 32/37) 3-5 defeat at Tampa Bay (Roloson).
10/08/11: OTW (62m19s, 28/31) 4-3 OT victory vs. Carolina (Boucher).
10/29/11: L (40m, 22/26) 4-7 defeat at Vancouver (Luongo) [Replaced Vokoun].
11/04/11: W (59m47s, 24/25) 5-1 victory at Carolina (Ward).
11/08/11: L (60m, 31/36) 2-5 defeat vs. Dallas (Lehtonen).
11/12/11: SOL (64m41s, 17/19) 2-3 SO defeat (2/4) vs. New Jersey (Hedberg).
11/17/11: L (59m08s, 27/31) 1-4 defeat at Winnipeg (Pavelec) [Replaced by Vokoun, replaced Vokoun].
11/19/11: - (34m18s, 8/11) 1-7 defeat at Toronto (Gustavsson) [Replaced Vokoun].
11/25/11: L (59m57s, 27/33) 3-6 defeat vs. NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
12/03/11: OTW (59m21s, 32/34) 3-2 OT victory vs. Ottawa (Anderson).
12/05/11: L (58m56s, 25/30) 4-5 defeat at Florida (Clemmensen).
12/13/11: - (20m, 11/12) 1-5 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Bryzgalov) [Replaced Vokoun].
12/15/11: W (59m56s, 26/26) 1-0 victory at Winnipeg (Pavelec).
12/17/11: L (59m02s, 26/28) 1-2 defeat at Colorado (Giguere).
12/20/11: W (60m, 20/21) 4-1 victory vs. Nashville (Lindback).
12/23/11: SOL (64m55s, 25/28) 3-4 SO defeat (1/3) at New Jersey (Brodeur).
12/26/11: L (11m15s, 3/6) 2-4 defeat at Buffalo (Miller) [Replaced by Vokoun].
01/09/12: - (20m, 7/8) 2-5 defeat at Los Angeles (Bernier) [Replaced Vokoun].
01/18/12: W (60m, 31/31) 3-0 victory at Monreal (Price).
01/22/12: OTL (61m31s, 23/27) 3-4 OT defeat at Pittsburgh (Fleury).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Reassigned to Hershey Bears, December 26, 2008.
12/27/08: L (60m, 20/24) 1-4 defeat vs. Binghamton (Elliott).
12/28/08: W (60m, 24/27) 5-3 victory vs. Albany (Peters).
01/02/09: L (60m, 29/36) 2-7 defeat at Providence (Rask).
01/18/09: SOW (65m, 22/24) 3-2 SO victory (5/5) vs. Worcester (Greiss).
01/23/09: SOL (64m58s, 25/28) 3-4 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
01/24/09: W (60m, 29/30) 2-1 victory vs. Manchester (Bernier).
01/30/09: SOL (65m, 28/31) 3-4 SO defeat (3/5) at Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
01/31/09: W (59m55s, 25/27) 4-2 victory vs. Norfolk (McKenna).
02/08/09: L (58m54s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. Portland (DeCaro).
03/20/09: L (58m36s, 25/27) 1-2 defeat at Lowell (Frazee).
03/22/09: SOW (64m56s, 47/49) 3-2 SO victory (7/9) at Manchester (Bernier).
03/25/09: W (60m, 29/32) 4-3 victory vs. Toronto (Pogge).
03/27/09: W (60m, 47/47) 4-0 victory at Binghamton (Glass, O'Keefe).
04/01/09: - (20m, 5/7) 2-3 defeat at Norfolk (Kowalski) [Replaced by Machesney].
04/04/09: SOW (65m, 40/42) 3-2 SO victory (3/5) at Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
04/10/09: L (59m08s, 22/26) 2-5 defeat at Philadelphia (Munroe).
04/11/09: W (60m, 29/31) 3-2 victory vs. Philadelphia (Aubin).
04/16/09: W (60m, 30/32) 4-2 victory at Philadelphia (Munroe).
04/18/09: W (60m, 25/27) 6-2 victory at Philadelphia (Munroe).
04/22/09: W (59m21s, 25/27) 3-2 victory vs. Philadelphia (Munroe).
04/24/09: W (59m52s, 23/23) 4-0 victory vs. Philadelphia (Aubin).
05/02/09: W (60m, 35/38) 5-3 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
05/03/09: W (59m48s, 24/25) 3-1 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry, Berkhoel).
05/06/09: L (64m44s, 40/43) 2-3 OT defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Berkhoel).
05/08/09: L (58m16s, 24/29) 3-6 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Berkhoel).
05/09/09: L (58m43s, 26/29) 1-4 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Berkhoel).
05/10/09: W (60m, 30/30) 3-0 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Berkhoel).
05/12/09: W (60m, 24/24) 3-0 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Berkhoel).
05/16/09: L (58m39s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. Providence (Rask).
05/17/09: W (60m, 25/26) 2-1 victory vs. Providence (Rask).
05/22/09: W (60m, 24/28) 6-4 victory at Providence (Rask).
05/24/09: W (74m54s, 25/27) 3-2 OT victory at Providence (Rask).
05/25/09: W (59m57s, 27/29) 5-2 victory at Providence (Rask).
05/30/09: W (73m33s, 26/30) 5-4 OT victory at Manitoba (Schneider).
06/02/09: L (59m43s, 27/29) 1-3 defeat at Manitoba (Schneider).
06/06/09: W (60m, 28/28) 3-0 victory vs. Manitoba (Schneider).
06/07/09: W (59m50s, 30/31) 2-1 victory vs. Manitoba (Schneider).
06/09/09: L (59m03s, 23/25) 2-3 defeat vs. Manitoba (Schneider).
06/12/09: W (60m, 24/25) 4-1 victory at Manitoba (Schneider).
10/16/09: L (59m00, 13/15) 1-2 defeat at Adirondack (Backlund).
10/17/09: OTW (61m11s, 34/36) 3-2 OT victory at Binghamton (Chiodo).
10/23/09: L (59m30s, 28/33) 4-6 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
10/24/09: L (59m30s, 22/26) 2-5 defeat vs. Binghamton (Brodeur, Chiodo).
11/04/09: W (60m, 24/26) 5-2 victory at Lowell (Frazee).
11/07/09: W (60m, 28/29) 4-1 victory at Manchester (Bernier).
11/08/09: W (60m, 24/25) 5-1 victory at Providence (Sabourin).
11/13/09: W (60m, 26/29) 5-3 victory vs. Norfolk (Tokarski).
11/14/09: W (59m23s, 27/28) 3-1 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
11/25/09: L (59m57s, 27/30) 1-4 defeat vs. Providence (Sabourin).
11/27/09: W (60m, 20/21) 5-1 victory at Adirondack (Backlund).
11/29/09: W (59m41s, 42/42) 5-0 victory vs. Wilkes-Barre (Curry).
12/04/09: L (58m47s, 30/32) 1-3 defeat at Albany (Peters).
12/05/09: W (38m59s, 9/9) 5-4 victory vs. Norfolk (Helenius) [Replaced Bacashihua].
12/06/09: W (60m, 23/25) 9-2 victory vs. Hartford (Valiquette, Zaba).
01/31/10: W (59m58s, 32/33) 6-1 victory vs. Binghamton (Holt).
03/02/10: W (59m54s, 30/33) 6-3 victory at Bridgeport (Munroe, Lawson).
03/07/10: W (60m, 20/22) 4-2 victory vs. Adirondack (Backlund).
03/12/10: OTW (61m23s, 26/30) 5-4 OT victory at Adirondack (Backlund).
03/14/10: L (33m58s, 16/21) 2-6 defeat at Worcester (Stalock) [Replaced by Holtby].
03/19/10: - (20m, 4/5) 8-2 victory vs. Albany (Morrison) [Replaced by Holtby].
04/03/10: W (59m54s, 16/17) 6-1 victory vs. Syracuse (Lalande, Taylor).
04/16/10: W (59m58s, 23/25) 3-2 victory vs. Bridgeport (Lawson, Munroe).
04/17/10: W (59m57s, 32/34) 7-2 victory at Bridgeport (Munroe, Koskinen).
04/21/10: W (60m, 6/7) 4-1 victory vs. Bridgeport (Koskinen).
04/24/10: OTW (60m36s, 25/28) 4-3 OT victory vs. Albany (Peters).
04/25/10: W (59m58s, 18/21) 6-3 victory vs. Albany (Peters).
04/29/10: OTW (62m02s, 17/21) 5-4 OT victory at Albany (Peters).
05/12/10: W (60m, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Manchester (Bernier).
05/15/10: OTW (70m28s, 31/33) 3-2 OT victory vs. Manchester (Bernier).
05/17/10: OTL (62m40s, 37/40) 2-3 OT defeat at Manchester (Bernier).
05/18/10: L (59m00s, 25/26) 0-1 defeat at Manchester (Bernier).
05/20/10: OTW (70m18s, 27/29) 3-2 OT victory at Manchester (Bernier).
05/22/10: OTW (67m06s, 32/34) 3-2 OT victory vs. Manchester (Bernier).
06/03/10: L (58m52s, 24/26) 1-2 defeat vs. Texas (Climie).
06/05/10: L (59m14s, 19/23) 3-4 defeat vs. Texas (Climie).
06/07/10: W (59m48s, 27/30) 6-3 victory at Texas (Climie).
06/09/10: W (59m52s, 26/28) 4-2 victory at Texas (Climie).
06/11/10: OTW (73m25s, 35/36) 2-1 OT victory at Texas (Climie).
06/14/10: W (59m50s, 22/22) 4-0 victory vs. Texas (Krahn).

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