Anze Kopitar Wins Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award
The 2022 Mark Messier Leadership Award Winner recipient is Anze Kopitar. It was announced during the first intermission of the Eastern Conference Final. Mark Messier himself announced the winner. It is important to note that Messier himself also chooses the winner from a list of potential candidates submitted by the league's personnel.
This award is presented to the player who exemplifies great leadership qualities to his team, on and off the ice, during the regular season and who plays a leading role in his community growing the game of hockey.
Kopitar has served as the LA Kings captain since 2016-17 and is involved in many of the Kings' community programs including: Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Make a Wish Foundation, Wags and Walks, and Kings Care Foundation.
Kopitar also hosts a Hockey Academy every summer in his home country of Slovenia. His academy usually has over 200 kids from more than 15 countries each year.
Kopitar is now the second LA Kings player to win this award, joining his longtime teammate, Dustin Brown, as winners of the Mark Messier Leadership Award.
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MAY 20, 2026
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| Nic Dowd | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Colton | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Tomas Hertl | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ben Hutton | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brandon Saad | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Colton Sissons | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Devon Toews | - | 1 | 1 | |
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