Peter Bondra

Bondra was born in 1968 in Bakivtski, Lutsk Raion, Ukraine, then in the Soviet Union. Bondra\'s father (a Rusyn) had moved to Lutsk from Jakubany, Czechoslovakia, when he was 16, and where he met his wife (a Pole). The parents moved with Peter and his two older brothers, Juraj and Vladimír, to Poprad when Peter was three years old. His father died in 1982.\n', '

Bondra was a Soviet citizen when he arrived in the United States, later obtaining a Slovak passport and citizenship in 1994. Currently, Bondra and his wife Luba, as well as their daughter Petra and two sons, David and Nick, reside in Riva, Maryland, and has participated in multiple alumni games and appearances with the current Capitals organization. His son David is a forward of HK Poprad and also plays for Slovak national team, similarly to his father. His other son, Nick, is beginning his collegiate career at Amherst Colleg…