LA Kings Prospect Update – Week 9/28

Our weekly LA Kings prospect update returns for the first time this season. If you read these in previous seasons, you know the drill. If you’re new and reading this for the first time, I’ll go over this segment. Every week during the AHL regular season, we always give a weekly prospect update, highlighting the prospect of the week and providing the stats and games played for every prospect in the Kings system.

This season, the format will change. First, I have always included forwards Alexander Dergachyov and Bulat Shafigullin. That will change. I will no longer include those two in these weekly updates, as they will never come to North America to play for the Kings. Secondly, I will not include Jack Hughes on this list as I did last year. Hughes is on an AHL contract and technically isn’t under contract with the Kings on an NHL contract.

This feature will focus on prospects in the CHL, overseas, NCAA, AHL, ECHL, and NHL who are unsigned, signed to entry-level contracts, or re-signed after their ELCs expire.

Let’s get started!

The first weekly prospect update this season was highlighted by forward Liam Lefebvre. Lefebvre, 19, recorded three goals and two assists — including two goals and one assist on Sunday — in two games for the QMJHL’s Cape Breton Eagles. The Eagles paid a hefty price to acquire Lefebvre for this season, and the club has reaped early rewards.

Lefebvre has seven points (4 G, 3 A) in four games after standing out during training camp for the Kings. Lefebvre is a hard-checking forward with a competitive motor and a nose for the net. The 2026 second-round pick’s size and combination of skill and physical traits make him an intriguing prospect for the Kings.

Here is how the rest of the prospects in the pipeline fared during the week:

Overseas:

  • Elton Hermansson: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, +2, 5 SOG in three games played
  • Tobias Krestan: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 1 SOG in two games played
  • Vertti Svensk: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 10 SOG in three games played
  • Petteri Rimpinen: 7 GA, 60 saves on 67 shots faced, .896 SV% in two games played

NCAA:

  • Ryan Conmy: NO GAMES PLAYED (NO GAMES SCHEDULED)
  • Blake Zielinski: NO GAMES PLAYED (NO GAMES SCHEDULED)
  • Thomas Vandenburg: NO GAMES PLAYED (NO GAMES SCHEDULED)
  • James Reeder: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +/- 0, 1 SOG in two games played
  • Kristian Epperson: 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts, +2, 3 SOG in two games played
  • Brendan McMorrow: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +3, 7 SOG in two games played
  • Alex Kostov: 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts, +2, 0 SOG in two games played
  • Caeden Herrington: NO GAMES PLAYED (NO GAMES SCHEDULED)
  • Will Sharpe: NO GAMES PLAYED (NO GAMES SCHEDULED)
  • Jack Sparkes: NO GAMES PLAYED (NO GAMES SCHEDULED)

QMJHL:

  • Yegor Rybkin: 3 GA, 30 saves on 33 shots faced, .909 SV%

WHL:

  • Giorgos Pantelas: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +1, 5 SOG in two games played

OHL:

  • Jimmy Lombardi: 1 G, 5 A, 6 Pts, +4, 8 SOG in two games played

  • Jan Chovan: 1 G, 3 A, 4 Pts, +/- 0, 5 SOG in one game played

  • Adam Goljer: 1 G, 2 A, 3 Pts, +/- 0, 3 SOG in one game played

  • Lucas Ambrosio: 1 G, 2 A, 3 Pts, +4, 2 SOG in three games played

AHL:

  • Kenny Connors: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, -3, 4 SOG in two games played
  • Jared Wright: 2 G, 1 A, 3 Pts, +1, 6 SOG in two games played

  • Koehn Ziemmer: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 3 SOG in two games played

  • Martin Chromiak: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, -1, 9 SOG in two games played

  • Francesco Pinelli: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 6 SOG in two games played

  • Vojtěch Čihař: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +1, 1 SOG in two games played
  • Aatu Jamsen: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 2 SOG in two games played
  • Kaleb Lawrence: NO GAMES PLAYED (HEALTHY SCRATCH)
  • Grant Slukynsky: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 0 SOG in one game played
  • Henry Brzustewicz: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 2 SOG in one game played
  • Angus Booth: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, +2, 1 SOG in two games played
  • Kirill Kirsanov: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, +2, 2 SOG in two games played
  • Jared Woolley: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 2 SOG, in two games played
  • Otto Salin: NO GAMES PLAYED (INJURED)
  • Jakub Dvořák: NO GAMES PLAYED (INJURED)
  • Erik Portillo: 5 GA, 25 saves on 30 shots faced, .833 SV% in one game played

  • Hampton Slukynsky: 4 GA, 25 saves on 29 shots faced, .862 SV% in one game played

  • Carter George: NO GAMES PLAYED (BACKUP GOALIE IN BOTH GAMES)

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