He 's the first player from Slovenia to play in the NHL -- Detroit 's Jan Mursak became the second this year -- .
A number of their countryman hosted parties in the middle of the night to watch the Kings chase the Stanley Cup .
He 's the first player from Slovenia to play in the NHL -- Detroit 's Jan Mursak became the second this year -- and a number of their countryman hosted parties in the middle of the night to watch the Kings chase the Stanley Cup .