LA Kings Prospect Update – Week 12/16

A week has passed, and it’s time for another LA Kings prospect update. Last week’s update saw two prospects highlight the update, but only one did this week. That player was goaltender Erik Portillo. Portillo went 2-0-0 with a .932 save percentage (three goals allowed, 41 saves on 44 shots faced) in two starts, helping the Ontario Reign defeat the Calgary Wranglers and Coachella Valley Firebirds; two top-three teams in the AHL’s Pacific Division.

Portillo has rebounded nicely after a slow start to the season, including an illness that knocked him out for three games. Dating back to November 13th, a 4-1 Reign win over the Tucson Roadrunners, the 24-year-old netminder has allowed two goals or less in five of his last six AHL starts (he made his NHL debut in between). Portillo has an 8-2-0 record, 2.37 GAA, and a .910 save percentage in 10 games with the Reign.

Here is how the rest of the players in the pipeline did during the week:

Overseas players:

  • Alexander Dergachyov: No games played (injured)
  • Bulat Shafigullin: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 5 SOG in two games played
  • Kirill Kirsanov: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +1, 3 SOG in three games played
  • Otto Salin: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -2, 12 SOG in three games played

NCAA players:

  • Kenny Connors: No games played (holiday break)
  • Ryan Conmy: No games played (holiday break)
  • Jared Wright: No games played (holiday break)
  • James Reeder: No games played (holiday break)
  • Jack Hughes: No games played (holiday break)
  • Jack Sparkes: No games played (holiday break)
  • Braden Doyle: No games played (holiday break)
  • Hampton Slukynsky: No games played (holiday break, with USA for World Juniors)

OHL players:

  • Liam Greentree: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 4 SOG in one game played

  • Matthew Mania: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, +7, 4 SOG in two games played

  • Jared Woolley: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +3, 2 SOG in two games played
  • Carter George: No games played (with Canada for World Juniors)

WHL players:

  • Koehn Ziemmer: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 4 SOG in one game played

ECHL players:

  • Kaleb Lawrence: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, -1, 4 SOG in two games played

  • Jacob Ingham: 0 GA, 29 saves on 29 shots faced in one game played

AHL players:

  • Martin Chromiak: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 3 SOG in three games played
  • Francesco Pinelli: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 8 SOG in three games played

  • Aatu Jamsen: No games played (injured)
  • Jakub Dvorak: No games played (with Czechia for World Juniors)
  • Angus Booth: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +2, 2 SOG in three games played
  • Cole Krygier: No games played (healthy scratch or injury)
  • Erik Portillo: 3 GA, 41 saves on 44 shots faced in two games played

NHL players:

  • Samuel Helenius: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 2 SOG in four games played

NOTE:

*Dvorak (Czechia), George (Canada), and Slukysnky (USA) will play in the World Juniors starting December 26th.

Featured image credit: Mike Zitek/Ontario Reign

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