After sincere congratulations from Brown at first, Kopitar’s former teammate had a funny and quite precise observation.
“Two things have to happen for this type of record to be broken,” Brown said. “First and foremost, you’re a hell of a player and everyone knows it. And second, you’re old.”
Kopitar also had a very good smile before the match when his son Jakob read the initial composition in the locker room.
Jakob wore a shirt that of course had the number 11 on the back, but the front said “My father is my hero.”
