Family reunion

By Matthew Kredell on September 11, 2007 5:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) |

Anze Kopitar's parents moved to Los Angeles from his homeland of Slovenia to see more of their son play in his second season. Matjaz Kopitar, Anze's father, took leave from coaching the Slovenian hockey team Jesenice. The rest of Anze's family will see him play later this month when the Kings travel to Austria for their final preseason warm-up.

``My grandparents and everyone, they'll be there,'' Kopitar said. ``Mostly they haven't seen an NHL team play live so there will be a lot of questions for tickets. I think it's just a two-to-three hour drive. It's really close and I think there will be a lot of fans in the stands.''

3 Comments

24diving said:

It was really nice to see him with his family at the prospects game on Friday.

September 11, 2007 10:52 PM

MightyMike said:

Thanks Matt, keep the info coming... :-)

September 12, 2007 12:32 AM

Mark said:

Wouldn't it be nice if we could scoop up Anze's dad as an associate coach.

September 12, 2007 8:07 AM

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