Matjaž Kopitar (born 6 November 1965) Career profile o
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Anže Kopitar Anže Kopitar (, born 24 August 1987) is a Slovenian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). The 11th overall pick in the 2005 NHL entry draft, Kopitar became the first Slovene ...

Playing career

Kopitar began his career with

HK Acroni Jesenice Hokejski klub Acroni Jesenice (), commonly referred to as HK Acroni Jesenice or simply Jesenice, was a Slovenian ice hockey team from Jesenice that last played in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and the Slovenian Ice Hockey League. They ...

in 1983 and played eleven seasons with the club. He played two seasons with

HK MK Bled Hokejski klub mlade kategorije Bled, commonly referred to as HKMK Bled or simply Bled, is an ice hockey club from Bled Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. ...

and

Klagenfurt AC Klagenfurt Athletic Sports Club or EC KAC () is an Austrian professional ice hockey team in the ICE Hockey League. The team plays their home games in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria at Stadthalle. EC KAC has won the most Austrian ice hockey Champ ...

. He finished his career with HK Maribor in 2003. Kopitar represented

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

and

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

in international competitions.

Coaching career

He coached HK Acroni Jesenice in the 2006-07 season and is the current coach of the

Slovenia men's national ice hockey team The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Slovenia internationally. It is governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. As of May 2024, Slovenia is ranked 19th in the world by the IIHF World Ranking. The ...

. He coached the national team at the 2011 World Championships and at the 2012 Div I A World Championship where they won first place.

References

1965 births Living people HDK Maribor players HK Acroni Jesenice players Los Angeles Kings scouts Slovenia men's national ice hockey team coaches Slovenian ice hockey coaches Slovenian ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Jesenice, Jesenice Yugoslav ice hockey forwards EC KAC players Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Slovenian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria {{Slovenia-icehockey-bio-stub