"It's amazing. The league's been around a hundred and something years. You're watching one of nine that played 1,500 games with one team. I think it speaks to his passion. It speaks to he does it right every day. To play 1,500 games in the National Hockey League, lots of times when players get to a certain age the league starts to go by them because it gets hard."
"Kopitar, who said he will retire at the end of the season, has 1,308 points - one better than the 1,307 points Dionne had in his 12 seasons with the Kings from 1975-87. Kopitar, 38, has a franchise-best 858 assists. With 450 career goals, he trails only Luc Robitaille (557) and Dionne (550) on the team's all-time list."
Anze Kopitar achieved the milestone of becoming the Kings' all-time leading scorer on Saturday against the New Jersey Devils, breaking Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne's franchise record. The 38-year-old Slovenian center scored two goals in the game, including the record-breaking goal in the third period, though the Kings lost 6-4. Kopitar, who announced his retirement at season's end, now has 1,308 career points with the franchise. He also holds the team record for assists with 858 and ranks 38th in NHL scoring history. Kopitar is one of only nine NHL players to have played 1,500 games with a single team throughout their career.
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