For Anze Kopitar, he’s spent the summer of 2025 reflecting. And after months of doing so, he came away with two key takeaways. The 2025-26 season will be his last in the NHL and he’s damn sure ready to make it an exceptional and memorable one.

Anze KopitarAnze Kopitar will call it quits after this season. The Kings captain will retire following the 2025-26 season — his 20th of his career — ending a run

Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar says he will retire from his 20-year NHL career after the upcoming season.

Anze Kopitar has made it official. There’s certainly been buzz, there’s certainly been speculation and there have certainly been some not all that subtle hints.

Anne Kopitar explains why he is deciding to ride it out one last time with trhe Kings in 2025-26 before retiring.

Kings captain Anze Kopitar, who helped lead Los Angeles to Stanley Cups in 2012 and 2014, says he will retire after the 2025-26 season.

Los Angeles Kings captain and two-time Stanley Cup champion Anže Kopitar will retire after the 2025-26 season, he announced Thursday.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Kings captain Anže Kopitar announced Thursday that he will retire after this season, the 20th of his career.

Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar announced that the upcoming 2025-26 NHL season may be his last as a player.

Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar, a franchise great who helped his team secure two Stanley Cup trophies between 2012 and 2014, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the 2025-26 NHL season.

Anze Kopitar confirmed Thursday that the 2025–26 season will be his last in the NHL, bringing an end to a two-decade career spent entirely with the Los Angeles Kings. The 38-yea