The Kings said Anze Kopitar flew to San Jose to attend/watch tonight’s game.
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Kopitar visits teammates, practice rink
Anze Kopitar made an appearance at the practice rink today, and will also be at tonight’s game to participate in the postgame Fan Appreciation ceremonies. Kopitar is walking with crutches, with a massive cast on his foot and lower leg, but said he hopes to have it removed on Monday and have it replaced by [...]
Kopitar surgery `successful’
The Kings have said that Anze Kopitar had “successful surgery” today to repair torn ligaments in his right ankle. Kopitar is scheduled to start some form of rehab work as soon as possible, but he’s not expected to be back on the ice until mid-summer at the earliest.
Kopitar injury update
Anze Kopitar is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right ankle/leg on Wednesday and, almost certainly, will not be able to return to the ice this season regardless of how deep the Kings might go in the playoffs. There is ligament damage involved — torn ligaments caused by a high ankle sprain — that is [...]
Story, video on Kopitar injury
Here’s the story I put together on Anze Kopitar’s injury today, followed by the video of the second-period incident… Kings lose Kopitar to ankle injury
Reaction to Kopitar injury
Here’s the reaction from the Kings’ locker room to the loss of Anze Kopitar to a broken ankle… DUSTIN BROWN “He’s our best player. We’ve got to find a way, either way. Injuries happen during the year. You don’t want to have your best player go down, but if that’s the case, we need to [...]
Broken ankle for Kopitar
Terry Murray said Anze Kopitar suffered a broken ankle and will be out a minimum of six weeks.
Afternoon reading: Kopitar for Selke?
Should Anze Kopitar get some consideration for the Selke Trophy? My LAKings.com feature for this week takes a look at Kopitar’s defensive improvement since he joined the NHL. Thanks for reading… Kopitar earning Selke consideration
`Undisputed’ series: Anze Kopitar
Here’s the latest in the LAKings.com “Undisputed” video series, this time taking a closer look at Anze Kopitar…
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the 4-0 road trip…) KOPITAR: “It feels great. I think we learned from the last long road trip, when we went to Long Island and everybody was kind of ready to go home. It’s not like tonight we’re not ready to go home, but I think the approach was totally [...]
Kopitar set to become Kings’ iron man
Assuming he looks both ways before crossing the street in the next 24 hours or so, Anze Kopitar will set a Kings franchise record tomorrow night by playing in his 325th consecutive game. Marcel Dionne played 324 consecutive games, from Jan. 7, 1978 until Jan. 9, 1982. Doug Jarvis hold the NHL record with 964 [...]
Video: Kopitar’s hat trick
For those who might have missed it yesterday, or just want to see it again, here is Anze Kopitar’s hat trick from last night in Columbus…
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on what he was thinking when he had the breakaway…) KOPITAR: “Lately, I haven’t been real successful in the shootouts, so that crossed my mind a little bit. I went in pretty confident. I just tried to stick to my move. I knew what I was going to do. I’ve beaten [...]
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on winning the first game after the long road trip…) KOPITAR: “It was really important. Always, after a road trip like that, to come back and get comfortable in this building and on this ice sheet, it was good for our confidence, for sure.” (on his line, with Sturm and Simmonds, [...]
Will latest first-line mix boost Kopitar’s numbers?
The assists are coming for Anze Kopitar, but the goals aren’t really following? Will Marco Sturm help Kopitar’s production? Kopitar has five points in his last five games, but has only one goal in his last 15 games and two goals in his last 25 games. He did manage one during the most recent road [...]
Kopitar answers criticism with points
The Kings seem to have gotten the type of response they were looking for from Anze Kopitar. Since the Pittsburgh game, after which Kopitar’s offensive struggles were widely reported and discussed, Kopitar has turned in consecutive strong games, with a goal and an assist against Washington and an assist on the only goal against Philadelphia. [...]
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the success on this road swing, so far…) KOPITAR: “We definitely needed a change, getting on the road like this. I guess, after a pretty poor effort in Pittsburgh, going to Washington — which is a hard building, obviously — and this is a pretty hard building also, coming here [...]
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on his goal…) KOPITAR: “It’s always nice to get a goal, but most importantly, just to get the win. I thought it was a really good effort. We’ve had maybe not the best histories with the afternoon games, so to accomplish what we did today, it was huge, and now we’ve [...]
Where in the world is Anze Kopitar?
It’s the question on everyone’s mind: What’s wrong with Anze Kopitar? The Kings’ leading scorer has one goal in his last 20 games and two goals in his last 25 games. Asked today after practice, Kopitar said he’s physically fine — no illness, lingering injury, etc. — except in one notable area: scoring. “That’s awful,” [...]
More goals needed from Kopitar
With a 5-0-1 record in their last six games, the Kings appear to be back on the upswing, but they’ve been winning without much production from top scorer Anze Kopitar. Kopitar still leads the team with 50 points in 53 games, but he has gone nine consecutive games without a goal and has only one [...]
