Official Site of the Kings · May 1, 2016
Kopitar Earns Second Lady Byng Trophy Nomination
Albeit not the Stanley Cup, Anze Kopitar might have a couple of new trophies in his hands come the final week of June.
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On Saturday, the Kings’ forward was named one of three finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy, which is awarded “to the player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability.”
Florida’s Aleksander Barkov and Boston’s Louis Eriksson were the other two finalists named.Kopitar finished third in Lady Byng voting last season when the award went to Calgary’s Jiri Hudler.
The only other Kings player to have won the award was Wayne Gretzky in 1994.
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