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That Explains His Stride
by George Malik on 02/21/07 at 07:56 AM ET
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from the LA Daily News:
Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles’ hockey savior, grew up in a city of 21,000 people - just more than the capacity of Staples Center. Turns out, that steel-mill town in northern Slovenia gave Kopitar all he needed.
The talent? It blossomed, nurtured by a hockey coach father and assisted by videos of Sergei Fedorov.
The motivation? It came from the desire to put his tiny Eastern-bloc country on the hockey map.
The work ethic? It sprung from the childhood days spent waiting tables at his mother’s restaurant.
In his skating posture, puckhandling abilities, and heads-up play, he’s a spitting image of Sergei Fedorov, circa 1992.
A word to the wise: Stay away from tennis players, kid.
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