Kings fans show Anze Kopitar love minutes before end of Avalanche series

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Kings fans show Anze Kopitar love minutes before end of Avalanche series

Bryan Logan, ClutchPoints · ClutchPoints

Sun, Apr 26, 2026 ·

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The Los Angeles Kings ' season has come to an end. Earlier this year, Kings forward Anze Kopitar announced he would be retiring at the end of the 2025-26 campaign.

With Anze Kopitar seeing his career come to an end, fans of the Kings made sure to give their captain some love .

With 1:16 left in the game, and the Kings already down 5-1, meaning their fate was sealed, Kopitar took the ice one more time. The fans went into a chant of "Kopy," as he was on the ice.

While the season ended with a sweep at the hands of the Avalanche , the career of Kopitar will be remembered for much more.

Kopitar was the 11th overall selection of the 2005 NHL Draft by the Los Angeles Kings . He would continue to play in Europe until the 2006-07 season, when he joined the NHL ranks. That year, he made an immediate impact on the Kings, finding the back of the net 20 times while adding 41 assists. He would go on to become a regular 20-goal scorer, while often registering over 50 points.

Kopitar became the first player of Slovenian heritage to play in the NHL and hold the Kings' records for games played, seasons played, points, assists, and game-winning goals. He finishes his career as a five-time NHL All-Star, three-time winner of the Lady Byng Award, two-time Frank J. Selke Trophy winner, and a two-time Stanley Cup champion.

He retired playing 1,521 games at the NHL level in the regular season, with 452 goals and 864 assists. Now, as Kopitar enters the next stage of his life, Kings fans remember one of the best players to put on the Kings jersey

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