The hockey season has started and many LA Kings prospects’ seasons are underway. With that, it’s time for our weekly Kings prospect update. If you are new to this I will explain how this segment works. Every week during the season there will be an update with stats on how the Kings’ prospects did during the week in their respective leagues, per the Elite Prospects website. Each update will feature a player who highlighted the week. There will be some changes this year. We won’t include prospects who started the year on the NHL roster (only will if they get loaned to Ontario at any point of the season) or veteran players on one-way or two-way NHL contracts playing in the AHL.
So, let’s get started!
Koehn Ziemmer highlighted this prospect update with six points (three goals and three assists) in three games for the Prince George Cougars (WHL). Ziemmer was eligible to play in the AHL with the Ontario Reign but was ultimately re-assigned to the WHL due to the limited playing time.
In his first game back with the Cougars, Ziemmer was penciled in as Prince George’s 2C and factored in on all three of the team’s goals with two goals and one assist (secondary) and registered 10 shots on goal in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Portland Winterhakws. Ziemmer scored on his first shift of the game to open the scoring. The 19-year-old would add a goal and two assists in the other two games of the week for the Cougars.
Koehn Ziemmer isn't wasting any time 😮💨@PGCougars | @LAKings pic.twitter.com/CrLEQCdBI4
— The WHL (@TheWHL) October 9, 2024
Here is how the rest of the players in the pipeline fared:
Overseas players:
- Alexander Dergachyov: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, -1, 5 SOG in two games played
- Bulat Shafigullin: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 6 SOG in two games played
- Kirill Kirsanov: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 3 SOG, 14:31 TOI in one game played
- Otto Salin: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +3, 9 SOG in two games played
NCAA players:
- Kenny Connors: 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts, +1, 5 SOG in two games played
- Ryan Conmy: 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts, +1, 4 SOG in one game played
GOAL!! Ryan Conmy scores the Wildcats first goal of the season!
Watch @ESPNPlus ➡️ https://t.co/zjKYtnFpAl#BeTheRoar @EnviroVantage pic.twitter.com/C2YgsqKbcz
— UNH Men's Hockey (@UNHMHOCKEY) October 12, 2024
- Jared Wright: No games played (no games scheduled)
- James Reeder: No games played (no games scheduled)
- Jack Hughes: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +1, 3 SOG in one game played
- Jack Sparkes: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -2, 1 SOG in one game played
- Braden Doyle: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 2 SOG in two games played
- Hampton Slukynsky: 1 GA, 28 saves on 29 shots faced, 1-0-0 in one game played
The first of many for Hammer! Congrats on win No. 1! #BroncosReign pic.twitter.com/XwEOmWdYiG
— WMU Hockey (@WMUHockey) October 13, 2024
OHL players:
- Liam Greentree: 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts, -1, 10 SOG in two games played
- Jared Woolley: 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts, +2, 4 SOG in three games played
- Matthew Mania: 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts, +/- 0, 3 SOG in three games played
- Carter George: 9 GA, 57 saves on 66 shots faced in two games played
ECHL players:
- Jacob Ingham: No games played (Season starts 10/18/24)
AHL players:
- Samuel Helenius: 2 G, 0 A, 2 Pts, +1, 5 SOG in two games played
Samuel Helenius locks in the win with 34 seconds left🔒️@OntarioReign | #SJvsONT pic.twitter.com/fx7JnzPevm
— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) October 14, 2024
- Martin Chromiak: 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts, +2, 3 SOG in two games played
Chromiak responds and puts the Reign back within one with 17 minutes to go!#ReignTrain | #SJvsONT pic.twitter.com/pDR8D0aMNp
— Ontario Reign (@ontarioreign) October 13, 2024
- Jakub Dvorak: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +/- 0, 0 SOG in one game played
- Aatu Jamsen: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 0 SOG in one game played
- Cole Krygier: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 0 SOG in one game played
- Francesco Pinelli: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -2, 0 SOG in two games played
- Angus Booth: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 2 SOG in two games played
- Kaleb Lawrence: No games played (healthy scratch)
- Erik Portillo: 5 GA, 18 saves on 23 shots faced, 0-1-0 in one game played
Featured image credit: Brian Liese/WHL