Matt Murray has been a Kings fan since the late '80s, when Wayne Gretzky grabbed headlines by defecting to the West Coast. Since then, he has been a card-carrying bandwagon member as the club soared in popularity with their sole Stanley Cup appearance to their position near the bottom of the Pacific. But things are looking brighter, as he is anxious to witness the rise of the new Kings.
Kopitar's 4 points helps lift Slovenia over Romania
Kings rookie phenom scored a goal and helps set up four others, as his home country Slovenia battered Romania, 10-1.
The line of Kopitar, Ivo Jan and Tomas Razingar paced Slovenia, scoring half of the team's goals. Slovenia struck first, when Jan scored on a 5-on-3 power play. 33 seconds later, Jan redirected a Kopitar pass, to make it 2-0. Toward the end of the second, Jan scored a hat trick, thanks to another Kopitar pass, to make it 5-1.
Kopitar's goal came midway in the third, when he redirected a sprawling Razingar pass for a power play goal to make it 8-1.
Slovenia wound up with 43 shots on goal, and clearly dominated all game. According to Slovenian website delo.si, Kopitar was cheered loudly every time he touched the puck.
Slovenia's next game is Monday against Hungary.
