Anze Kopitar RUMORS & NEWS

Los Angeles Times "Good teammate that he is, center Anze Kopitar was happy about winger Dustin Brown's two-goal performance Sunday in the Kings' 4-3 overtime victory over the Dallas Stars. "We need everybody going. It was nice to see him get a couple," Kopitar said. "Hopefully, I will get a couple soon..." April 23

L.A. Daily News "The Kings played a stellar defensive game Wednesday night. They had no choice because the Detroit Red Wings had them pinned in their own end of the ice for extended stretches and it looked like they were skating uphill whenever they controlled the puck. This wasn't what the Kings had in mind..." February 28

L.A. Daily News "Call it the Anze Kopitar reach. Kopitar's outstretched stick will go down in Kings lore and be replayed over and over again, for Kopitar made sure the Kings' miraculous road prowess remained intact in overtime of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. | See photo gallery. Kopitar yelled for the..." May 31

Los Angeles Times "He was the player his Kings teammates would have chosen to be in this situation, to have a breakaway in overtime of the Stanley Cup Final, because they knew he would perform as if he were gliding on a pristine glacial lake instead of the choppy ice of the sauna-like Prudential Center. And there..." May 31

Los Angeles Times "It would be darn near impossible to find a hockey fan in Slovenia who isn't rooting for the Kings. Call it the Anze Kopitar factor. "There is actually a pretty big buzz back there," said Kopitar, the Kings' 24-year-old center. "I've been going on online and reading some of the news from back..." May 28

Los Angeles Times "They won a mere two games in December and ended up using seven goalies during a not-so-memorable Kings season in 2007-08. But one of those goalies — Jason LaBarbera — recognized something special in two of the Kings' young forwards, Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar. They had career breakthrough..." May 15

Los Angeles Times "As the longest-serving current Kings, forwards Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar have been through the worst of hockey times. Brown, who made his NHL debut during the 2003-04 season, and Kopitar, who made an immediate impact as a rookie in 2006-07, have been there for all the broken promises and..." May 07

Los Angeles Times "Kings' playoff chronicles: Leading scorer Anze Kopitar has gone from playing Vancouver … all the way to Vancouver again. This is progress? It is if you haven't been in a playoff game in nearly two years, an eon for a hockey player. When the Kings take the ice for Game 1 in Vancouver on..." April 10

Los Angeles Times "This time, the tough message wasn't aimed at struggling forward Dustin Penner. Instead, Kings Coach Darryl Sutter directed it at his star players, captain Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar, calling out the duo. "These guys talk too much about the team," Sutter said Monday after practice. "They..." February 21

Los Angeles Times "Game-day skates are optional for the Kings, and their top six forwards and top four defensemen usually opt out in order to preserve their energy. But on Saturday morning at the Kings' practice rink in El Segundo, as for just about every game-day skate, center Anze Kopitar joined the youngsters..." October 23

Los Angeles Times "Anze Kopitar, the Kings 23-year-old star center, had successful surgery Wednesday to repair torn ligaments in his right ankle, the team said. "It went well and he remains out indefinitely," a club spokesman said, declining to elaborate. Kopitar, who still leads the Kings with 73 points, was..." March 31