Anze Kopitar will be receiving 6.8 million dollars on average in the next seven seasons.
"Money does not mean much of anything to me at this point in my life. I play hockey because I love it, not to make money." - Anze Kopitar on money
His contract does not forbid other sporting activities, but he mostly avoids them for fear of injury.
Table tennis is a popular form of relaxation in the Kings locker room, Anze is in the Top 5 according to his own words. In the last two months he has also taken up golf.
Kopitar has been using Easton sticks for a while now. At first he was using the Drury curvature, which he later adjusted, so he has a completely own model now.
Kopi is considered a very good penalty shot taker. He can impress with an unusual shot.
Kopi became an assistant to the Captain Dustin Brown before last season. The other assistant captain is defenseman Matt Green.
Los Angeles made it through the second round of play-offs only once in their 42-year history. The campaign of Wayne Gretzky and teammates was stopped by Montreal in the 1993 Finals.
The Lakers won most of the LA sports fans attention this year by winning the NBA Championships.
The graffiti bearing his image started appearing around LA shortly after Anze Kopitar started to play well.
Acroni Jesenice will play in the Ebel league this year as well.
Primoz Kozmus - only a handful of Slovenian athletes have won an Olympic Gold Medalist title. |