Watch A Mic’d Up Penny Oleksiak Attend Brother’s NHL Game In Seattle

Penny Oleksiak is enjoying her new adopted hometown of Los Angeles, and even had more fun at a recent Seattle Kraken-Los Angeles Kings game in the National Hockey League.

Oleskiak and a friend sat front row at the game, mainly to watch Oleksiak’s older brother Jamie, a 32-year-old defenseman for the Kraken.

Penny was mic’d up for the game, which was shown on Instagram in this video.

Attending the game with a friend named Hanna, Oleksiak is heard pointing out why sticks break and how the Kraken are the first team in NHL history to have a female assistant coach (Jessica Campbell).

She also cheered a Kraken goal, tried on some sunglasses while observing the game, and answered a question from a fan wondering if Jamie liked the nickname “Big Rig.” Oh and of course, her and Hanna enjoyed some concession stand food.

It was all in good fun for Oleksiak, who seems to be enjoying life in Los Angeles after moving there from Toronto in the summer of 2023.

Oleksiak has said she plans on vying for a spot on the Canadian Olympic team for the 2028 Los Angeles Games after making an appearance at the Paris Olympics. Oleksiak swam the lead-off leg in preliminaries for Canada’s 400 free relay team before being swapped to the anchor for finals. All three of Canada’s rolling starts, including Oleksiak’s anchor, in that relay split 53.2’s as they placed 4th behind Australia, the USA, and China.

She also swam a prelims leg of the 400 medley relay before being left off the finals squad. She swam no individual events in Paris.

She burst on to the international scene at the 2016 Rio Games, winning four medals and tying Simone Manuel of the U.S. for the gold in the 100 freestyle.

In the process, Oleksiak became the first Canadian to win four medals at the same Summer Olympics, and was Canada’s youngest ever Olympic champion.

Oleskiak then won three medals at the Tokyo Games — an individual bronze medal in the 200 freestyle, a bronze medal as part of the 400 medley relay team and a silver medal as a member of the 400 free relay team — before injuries started slowing her down.

Oleksiak suffered a torn meniscus in her knee in 2022 and also had shoulder issues.

She won the 100 freestyle at the Canadian Olympic Trials before Paris, but was a half-second off the Olympic qualifying time.

Now training in California with a group run by coach Jeff Jullian, Oleksiak feels there is more in the tank.

“It didn’t feel right to retire now,” she said in an article on Olympic.com. “I’ve felt that for the last couple of years. I have more within more. I’m coming at it from a totally different angle.”