Kopitar family matters
Anze Kopitar said his father, Matjaz, will return to Slovenia to resume coaching after joining him in Atlanta for the All-Star Game. Anze has had his whole family around this season. His younger brother, Gasper, plays for the Junior Kings Midget AAA 16-and-under team. Gasper had been going to Mira Costa High but will begin home schooling next week. Anze's mother is going to stay behind to take care of Gasper, so Anze will still get her home cooking.
By the way, Gasper was at practice Monday and he looks just like Anze.

Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at 

if hes half as good as Anze, sign him and lace him up in the ECHL already... we could use another Kopitar
My friend is on his junior Kings team, he said that Gasper sucked.