Kopitar earns Lady Byng Trophy
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Anze Kopitar is cleaning up.
The Los Angeles Kings forward won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy on Wednesday night, awarded to the player best combining sportsmanship and ability, shortly after being named the Selke Trophy winner as the league's top defensive forward.
The newly minted Kings captain captured his first Lady Byng over Florida Panthers forward Aleksander Barkov and Loui Eriksson of the Boston Bruins.
Kopitar led the Kings in scoring for the ninth consecutive season with 74 points in 81 games. He also finished second in the league with a plus-34 rating, and only totaled 16 penalty minutes all season.
The 24-year-old Slovenian is the first King to win the award since Wayne Gretzky took it home in 1994.