Anze Kopitar And Drew Doughty Named To All-Star Team
- Updated: January 10, 2015
(Courtesy of @LAKings)
The announcement of the All-Star game players came today, and the Los Angeles Kings had two players and a rookie made the team. Defenseman Drew Doughty and forward Anze Kopitar were two of the 36 players that will play Saturday for the Jan. 25 game in Columbus, Ohio:
Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty have officially been named All-Stars: http://t.co/EYUZL5s4Zfpic.twitter.com/zST7zCr6AU
— LA Kings (@LAKings) January 11, 2015
The internet had fun with the announcement too:
NHL: Who should we name to the #NHL All Stars from the #LAKings? Shawn Oakman: @AnzeKopitar NHL: Done deal! pic.twitter.com/QjGfwJIulu
— Gustl Kopitar (@GustlTweets) January 11, 2015
ESPN.com reports the following list of other team members:
“Pittsburgh stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin and Washington’s Alex Ovechkin also were added to the roster along with Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf, Arizona’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Boston’s Patrice Bergeron, Calgary’s Mark Giordano, Carolina’s Justin Faulk, Colorado’s Erik Johnson, Columbus’ Sergei Bobrovsky, Nick Foligno and Ryan Johansen, Dallas’ Tyler Seguin, Detroit’s Jimmy Howard, Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Florida’s Roberto Luongo, Minnesota’s Ryan Suter, Montreal’s Carey Price, Nashville’s Shea Weber and Pekka Rinne, New Jersey’s Patrik Elias, the New York Islanders’ John Tavares, the New York Rangers’ Rick Nash, Ottawa’s Bobby Ryan, Philadelphia’s Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek, St. Louis’ Vladimir Tarasenko and Kevin Shattenkirk, San Jose’s Brent Burns, Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos and Tyler Johnson, Toronto’s Phil Kessel and Vancouver’s Radim Vrbata and Winnipeg’s Dustin Byfuglien.
Rookies Johnny Gaudreau of Calgary, Aaron Ekblad of Florida, Tanner Pearson of Los Angeles, Filip Forsberg of Nashville, Mike Hoffman of Ottawa and Jonathan Drouin of Tampa Bay were selected to participate in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Jan. 24.”
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Kings, not only Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar but also Coach Sutter! #GoKingsGo!!
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