LA Kings Prospect Update – Week 11/2

Another week has passed, which means it’s time for our LA Kings weekly prospect update. Highlighting this week’s update was goaltender Carter George. George, 20, is off to a strong start in his rookie AHL campaign with the Ontario Reign.

With Hampton Slukynsky on loan to the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL), the Reign now have two goalies — George and Erik Portillo — on the roster, allowing all three to develop and get consistent reps.

The move gave George two starts in the week, and he performed well in both. In his first start, in a 3-2 overtime loss to the San Jose Barracuda, George made 23 saves on 26 shots. By our standards, it’s an “okay” performance given his potential.

In his following start against the Abbotsford Canucks on the road, George was phenomenal. He turned aside all 29 shots, including three top-tier saves to keep the one of the highest-scoring teams in the AHL.

The 3-0 win was George’s first shutout of the season, and second in seven career AHL starts. George has a 3-1-1-0 record, 1.99 GAA, and a .922 SV% in five starts this season.

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

Overseas:

  • Elton Hermansson: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 8 SOG in four games played
  • Tobias Krestan: NO GAMES PLAYED (NO GAMES SCHEDULED)
  • Vertti Svensk: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, -1, 1 SOG in four games played
  • Petteri Rimpinen: 2 GA, 26 saves on 28 shots faced, .929 sv% in one game played (NOCCO hockey tournament)

NCAA:

  • Ryan Conmy: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, -4, 1 SOG in two games played
  • Blake Zielinski: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 6 SOG in two games played
  • Thomas Vandenburg: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -2, 0 SOG in two games played
  • James Reeder: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +/- 0, 3 SOG in two games played

  • Kristian Epperson: 1 G, 2 A, 3 Pts, +2, 10 SOG in two games played

  • Brendan McMorrow: NO GAMES PLAYED (HEALTHY SCRATCH/INJURY)
  • Alex Kostov: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 2 SOG in one game played
  • Caeden Herrington: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -3, 5 SOG in two games played
  • Jack Sparkes: NO GAMES PLAYED (HEALTHY SCRATCH/INJURY)
  • Will Sharpe: 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts, -3, 3 SOG in two games played

QMJHL:

  • Liam Lefebvre: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -3, 26 SOG in three games played
  • Yegor Rybkin: 3 GA, 63 saves on 66 shots faced, .955 sv% in two games played

WHL:

  • Vojtěch Čihař: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +1, 3 SOG in one game played

  • Giorgos Pantelas: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, +1, 3 SOG in one game played

OHL:

  • Jimmy Lombardi: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, -2, 9 SOG in two games played
  • Jan Chovan: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, -2, 7 SOG in three games played
  • Adam Goljer: 2 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, -2, 10 SOG in three games played

  • Lucas Ambrosio: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +2, 3 SOG in two games played

ECHL:

  • Hampton Slukynsky: 3 GA, 52 saves on 55 shots faced, .945 sv% in two games played

AHL:

  • Jared Wright: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 2 SOG in one game played
  • Koehn Ziemmer: 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts, +/- 0, 6 SOG in three games played

  • Francesco Pinelli: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 5 SOG in three games played

  • Aatu Jamsen: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 7 SOG in three games played
  • Kaleb Lawrence: 2 G, 0 A, 2 Pts, +2, 8 SOG in three games played

  • Grant Slukynsky: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 1 SOG in three games played
  • Angus Booth: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -2, 2 SOG in three games played
  • Kirill Kirsanov: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 2 SOG in three games played
  • Jared Woolley: NO GAMES PLAYED (HEALTHY SCRATCH/INJURY)
  • Otto Salin: NO GAMES PLAYED (HEALTHY SCRATCH/INJURY)
  • Jakub Dvořák: NO GAMES PLAYED (HEALTHY SCRATCH/INJURY)
  • Erik Portillo: 2 GA, 32 saves on 34 shots faced, .941 sv% in one game played

NHL:

  • Martin Chromiak: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 2 SOG, 9:03 TOI in one game played

  • Kenny Connors: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +1, 0 SOG in two games played

Featured image credit: Darren Scott Francis/Abbotsford Canucks

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