... for the Los Angeles Kings was that their core players must be better than last season, especially center Anze Kopitar. Although the Kings are just eleven games into the season, to say that Kopitar ... post. It was a spectacular, highlight-reel goal, to be sure. However, it was one that Kopitar likely would not have scored in previous years because he did not have the strength and speed to do so. & ...

... Smyth, isn't far behind him, picking up loads of assists by getting Kopitar the puck. "Kopitar and Ryan Smyth are as good a pair ... the 33-year-old Smyth, and youth, with the 22-year-old Kopitar. And it worked "from the get-go," according to Smyth. Los Angeles coach ... from the start of training camp and things clicked.Anze Kopitar, Ryan Smyth Teaming Up Against Opponents originally ...

Anze Kopitar was announced as the NHL's First Star of the Week. It's now the second time a King has been tabbed ... high rankings comes the accolades: • NHL.com:  Kopitar's NHL's stardom years ... year and I think my goal is to just help make the team get better," Kopitar said. "I just want to make everybody around me better and try to be one of the leaders on the team. ...

... rushed it up the ice, Justin Williams crissed, Anze Kopitar crossed and Kris Letang was somewhere in the middle. ... -played they took a lead into the second intermission.  It wouldn't last though. In the third Kopitar would tie it. He beat Crosby on a faceoff and found ... watching any chance you get. A supremely talented player and Kopitar put on one of the best performances tonight ...

... no three-goal games in the first 245 of his NHL career, but Anze Kopitar needed less than half a game on Thursday night to collect his initial hat trick. Kopitar scored a highlight-reel goal at even-strength 3: ... goalie Alex Auld(notes) at 9:55. Kopitar has eight goals, one short of league leaders Alexander ... 5-1 this season and 44-22-8 overall when Kopitar (five shots, 22:09 of ice time) ...

For the majority of NHL fans, Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar remains a mystery. Whether it's due to the coverage of eastern-based stars like Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, the Kings ... on community.foxsports.com Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: NHL, Los Angeles Kings, Sidney Crosby, Anze Kopitar