Anze Kopitar Archives - LA Kings Insider

INSIDERS. A few team notes and reflections from a lively skate. Stick taps to Insider Emeritus Jim Fox for standing in for the Todd McLellan and Anze Kopitar scrums, which began after LAKI had to jet from El Segundo. Click here for notes on the life at today’s skate and the lines and pairings that g... Full Story

March 1 post-game quotes: McLellan, Kopitar, Doughty, DeBoer; highights

Jon RosenMarch 1, 20200 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoVideo4 min read

Todd McLellan, on whether he liked the LA Kings’ “control” of the game despite Vegas’ shot surplus: Yeah, I don’t know if I agree with you when it comes to control. I thought they controlled the second and third periods. This is pretty reminiscent to the game we played earlier in the year here when... Full Story

McLellan’s message evolves; Battle of Alberta reps “pretty calm” at ASG

Jon RosenFebruary 3, 20200 Comments

CoachingNotebooksTournaments6 min read

Several additional notes from our nation’s capital, where it was 63 degrees at 5:30 p.m., the same temperature as El Segundo three hours behind. We… brought the weather, I guess? -- Some final sign-offs from Todd McLellan’s availability yesterday. An “unacceptable” start manifested in faceoffs an... Full Story

All-Star Photos: Kopitar, Clague, Frk, Petersen

Jon RosenJanuary 29, 20200 Comments

NHL NewsOntario ReignPhotographyTournamentsVideo9 min read

NHL ALL-STAR GAME Saturday, January 25, 2020, Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Mo. Atlantic 9, Metropolitan 5 Pacific 10, Central 5 Championship: Pacific 5, Atlantic 4 Statistics Anze Kopitar: 0 G, 4 A, 4 Pts For the third time in five seasons, the Pacific Division split a million-d... Full Story

Kopitar “seeing a different team” in LA Kings; photos, quotes, video from skills competition

Jon RosenJanuary 25, 20200 Comments

Media AvailabilityNHL NewsPhotographyTournamentsVideo5 min read

It was a special day for Anze Kopitar who arrived in St. Louis with his family after a quick trip to the Caribbean, a surprise for his father Matjaz, who had joined the team in Florida for the Dads/Brothers Trip. It was the first time in his five All-Star Games he was able to return to the bench to ... Full Story

Kopitar on power play shot/playmaking mentality; LAKI joins Kings Men Podcast

Jon RosenDecember 10, 20190 Comments

Advanced StatsAudioMorning Skate NotesMorning Skate Quotes10 min read

The LA Kings were o-fer their previous five games on the power play when they predictably used all of nine seconds to strike twice on the man advantage Saturday night in Calgary. That first goal was the embodiment of keeping it simple. Anze Kopitar logged one of his 17 faceoff wins (amidst two losse... Full Story

December 10: Martinez/Forbort updates; Rangers’ productive D; Kopitar audio

Jon RosenDecember 10, 20190 Comments

AudioInjuriesMorning Skate Notes3 min read

Insiders. A fine morning to you from El Segundo. The LA Kings took the Toyota Sports Performance Center ice shortly before 10:30 a.m. in advance of tonight's game against the New York Rangers (FOX Sports West / FOX Sports GO / LA Kings Audio Network). Let's get down to brass tacks. Notes! -- T... Full Story

Kopitar/Krueger; Kovalchuk/Amadio; The Process/Get Points; Staples Center/L.A. History

Jon RosenOctober 17, 20190 Comments

Advanced StatsMorning Skate NotesStaples CenterVideo10 min read

A fine Wednesday evening to you, Insiders. Assorted notes and one non-sequitur in advance of tonight's game against Buffalo (7:30 p.m. / FOX Sports West / FOX Sports GO / LA Kings Audio Network): -- No line rushes today. We’re assuming Tuesday’s lines will hold. As shared, Tobias Bjornfot, Carl G... Full Story

Staples Center turns 20: Kopitar’s big hit on Brown, and one infamous stick check

Jon RosenOctober 17, 20190 Comments

PhotographyStaples CenterVideo5 min read

A fun thing that Staples Center and I have in common: Bruce Springsteen was our first concert. For me, that was a show at the L.A. Sports Arena during the Tunnel of Love Express Tour in 1988. For the arena, it was a night in which the singer, no fan of skyboxes, ornamented an important structure ... Full Story

Tweaking their forecheck, the Kings want to play more aggressive. How might it look?

Jon RosenSeptember 13, 20190 Comments

Practice Quotes9 min read

The LA Kings were the NHL’s 30th place team a season ago, and as such, they endured a campaign fraught with ample shortcomings. Some of the areas in which they fell short were based on personnel, on environment, on more intangible characteristics like “buy-in,” as was referenced on locker clean-... Full Story

Video: Black and White – Kopitar’s Home (+ NHL Network, LA Kings Production vids)

Jon RosenAugust 15, 20190 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingVideo1 min read

News and doings will follow, but before we get to some Johan Sodergran notes and multimedia from yesterday's event at LA Kings Ice at Pickwick Gardens, here's the latest episode of Black and White, which uses great images from Bled, Slovenia and archival video to depict Anze Kopitar's own unique bac... Full Story

Seven years ago: Kopitar’s Game 1 OT winner (videos, photos, links)

Jon RosenMay 30, 20190 Comments

PhotographyStanley CupVideo5 min read

A trip down Memory Lane turned up several interesting recollections of the Kings' first game in the Stanley Cup Final in 19 years, which ended seven years ago tonight when Anze Kopitar beat Martin Brodeur in overtime of Game 1 at the Prudential Center. A broken play that came as the result of severa... Full Story

Talking World Championships, Slovenian hockey with Kopitar (+ photos)

Jon RosenMay 13, 20190 Comments

OlympicsTournaments10 min read

While Alec Martinez, Ilya Kovalchuk and Adrian Kempe are in Slovakia, where the IIHF World Championship began late last week, Anze Kopitar has already concluded his international assignment, having captained Slovenia to a fourth place finish at the Division I World Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan... Full Story