Before he left for the All-Star weekend, Anze Kopitar talked about trying to enjoy the experience more than he did in 2008 when, as a 21-year-old, second-year pro, he was an All-Star for the first time. This time, Kopitar left Raleigh with a couple autographed mementos and also left a good impression, as he scored [...]
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Kopitar postgame video; the other All-Stars
Here’s a video with Anze Kopitar’s postgame reaction from Raleigh. Also, a couple Kings prospects made a solid impact today in the AHL All-Star Skills Competition in Hershey, Penn. Manchester Monarchs defenseman Viatcheslav Voynov won the fastest skater competition by completing a lap in 14.197 seconds. Monarchs goalie Martin Jones helped the East team win [...]
Kopitar scores twice in All-Star win
Anze Kopitar scored two goals to help his “Team Lidstrom” to an 11-10 victory over “Team Staal” in today’s NHL All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C. Kopitar scored his team’s first goal, with 9:10 remaining in the first period, after it had fallen into a 4-0 deficit. Then, Kopitar’s second goal, with 9:52 remaining in the [...]
Kopitar kicks it around in Raleigh
As the All-Star Game is just about ready to get underway in Raleigh, here’s a look at the pregame scene, with Anze Kopitar warming up with teammates in the traditional soccer kick-around…
Kopitar in SuperSkills competition
The NHL SuperSkills competition is over. Anze Kopitar participated in the “breakaway challenge,” which was essentially a trick-shot competition. The winner was determined by fan text-messaging voting, and Kopitar finished fourth of six, with 12.5 percent of the vote. Kopitar also participated in the hardest-shot competition, and topped out at 94.5 miles per hour, which [...]
More from Kopitar in Raleigh
Anze Kopitar checked in, via video diary, both before and after yesterday’s All-Star “fantasy draft.” Today is the skills competition — 4 p.m. Pacific time, on Versus — with the All-Stars and rookies participating in the following contests: fastest skater, breakaway challenge, accuracy shooting, skills challenge relay, hardest shot and elimination shoot out…
Kopitar to play for `Team Lidstrom’
Anze Kopitar will play for “Team Lidstrom” in Sunday’s All-Star Game. Kopitar was selected in the 15th round of the “fantasy draft” tonight, and was the 14th forward selected out of the 20 who were drafted. All goalies had to be selected by the end of the 10th round, and all defensemen had to be [...]
Anze’s All-Star Access
Just to break up the Open Forum a little bit… Anze Kopitar has made it to Raleigh, N.C., in advance of Sunday’s All-Star Game. Kings Vision is along for the ride with Kopitar, and in the first two segments of its video journal — Anze’s All-Star Access — takes a look at the longer-than-expected trip [...]
Afternoon reading: Kopitar an All-Star
Anze Kopitar will learn his short-term fate this afternoon. Will he be a member of Team Lidstrom or Team Staal? The NHL will hold its All-Star “draft” tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time on Versus — [correction: initially-posted information was for a mock draft...] — and that will kick off Kopitar’s second All-Star experience. Kopitar, [...]
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the power play…) KOPITAR: “Well obviously they [the Coyotes] play good PK. For us, I thought we did some good things, some good shots on net and some good looks around the net. We just couldn’t connect them. He [Ilya Bryzgalov] made a few saves not knowing where the puck hit him, [...]
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the lack of scoring chances…) KOPITAR: “We didn’t get a lot of offense tonight, if you look at the whole 60 minutes. Yeah, we made a push there at the end, but it’s not enough. It’s not good enough, and it’s not enough. We definitely had a chance, with the [...]
Kopitar now a two-time All-Star
As earlier noted, Anze Kopitar is now a two-time NHL All-Star. Kopitar was announced as one of the 42 players — 24 forwards, 12 defensemen, six goalies — who will participate in the Jan. 30 game in Raleigh, N.C. Kopitar previously played in the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta. Kopitar, the Kings’ leading scorer this [...]
Can they recapture the magic?
So far this season, Terry Murray has used nine different first-line combinations at the starts of games. He began with Ryan Smyth, Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown. Andrei Loktionov replaced Smyth. Brad Richardson replaced Loktionov. Scott Parse replaced Richardson. Richardson reclaimed his spot after Parse’s injury. Dwight King replaced Richardson. Wayne Simmonds moved up, and [...]
Kopitar selected to All-Star Game
Kings forward Anze Kopitar has been selected for the NHL All-Star Game, to be played Sunday, Jan. 30, in Carolina. Kopitar is tied for ninth in the NHL in points, with 45 points in 42 games. He also has 30 assists — tied for sixth in the NHL this season — and 15 goals. Kopitar [...]
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on getting Mitchell and Ponikarovksy back, and winning…) KOPITAR: “Greenie talked about it before the game, to take a look around the room. This is as healthy as we’ve been all year, and we’ve added Sturmy to the lineup as well. Those are the guys. I’m pretty sure there’s not going [...]
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) KOPITAR: “Offensive-zone attack (time) isn’t going to do us any good if they win the game, so we just have to come back and figure things out and go at it on Monday.” (on being shut out…) KOPITAR: “I think we had a lot of offensive-zone time; we [...]
Once every 15 years or so…
Call it the “Moon Shot,” or “Air Mail,” or anything you’d like, but Anze Kopitar’s 80-foot bomb of a pass, that led to Dustin Brown’s goal late in the third period against San Jose, was still a big topic of discussion on Tuesday. After the game, Murray said he had only seen a pass like [...]
The `air mail’ pass
For those who haven’t seen Dustin Brown’s second goal last night — Anze Kopitar’s pass was called “Air Mail” by NHL.com this morning — here’s a look at it…
Kopitar postgame quotes
Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on his long pass to Brown…) KOPITAR: “We have (connected). We have connected a few times, but it just wasn’t a case like this. Either a D was back, so it wasn’t a clear-cut breakaway. Tonight it worked out pretty well.” (on breaking through in the third period…) KOPITAR: “That’s one [...]
Second Slovenian to join NHL ranks
In a couple hours, Anze Kopitar is expected to lose his status as the only Slovenian player in the NHL. The Detroit Red Wings today called up forward Jan Mursak, who is expected to be in the lineup tonight and make his NHL regular-season debut. Mursak, 22, was born five months after Kopitar and was [...]
