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The days are flying by now! Rookie Camp is about to begin later this week, which actually consistists of little more than medical check-ins and a quick twirl around the ice, then a few dozen Kings prospects are off to Las Vegas for the 2023 Rookie Faceoff tournament.
Below is a myriad of information to get you primed and ready for what’s to come.
— Top defensive prospect Brandt Clarke is not scheduled to attend. He’ll be heading to Australia with a contingent of 28 LA players, as reported here a few days ago. Alex Turcotte and Sammy Fagemo will also be on that trip Down Under.
— Akil Thomas is an interesting candidate. Roster rules for the Rookie Faceoff tournament have been hotly debated by several teams for many years now. For example, one of the general rules was to believed to be players had to have less than 100 pro games played. Let’s just say, there were quite a few players over that limit the first two years of the tournament. If that rule holds true, Thomas could be used here. The Kings are light on the number of forwards needed (i.e. there are 12 names listed below and they’ll want to carry at least 16). Due to injuries, Thomas has only played 93 AHL games thus far.
— With 133 games of NHL experience now, Tyler Madden is most likely ineligible to play in the tournament again this year.
— Off to college… the following players were at Development Camp in July, but are now back in school: Kenny Connors (UMass), Jack Hughes (Northeastern), Jared Wright (Denver University), Braden Doyle (Northeastern), Ben Meehan (UMass Lowell), and Ryan Conmy (Univ. of New Hampshire). They will not return to LA until next year.
— Goaltender Juho Markkanen is not expected to come over from Europe to participate this year.
— Netminder Jacob Ingham will most likely not be used for the tournament, but will join the club for their SoCal portion of training camp when they get back from Vegas. He’s fully recovered from back surgery and ready to go.
— Easton Armstrong is the son of former Kings center Derek Armstrong.
— More on one of the invitees…
— If you’re not familiar with the backstory on LA’s goalie pick from the 2023 NHL Draft, read it right how here:
Forwards
## Sam Alfano — (camp invitee, OHL)
## Easton Armstrong — (camp invitee, WHL)
42 Martin Chromiak – Ontario Reign
79 Samuel Helenius – Ontario Reign
74 Aatu Jamsen – Pelicans (Liiga)
78 Alex Laferriere – Ontario Reign
88 Kaleb Lawrence – Owen Sound (OHL)
26 Andre Lee – Ontario Reign
38 Francesco Pinelli – Kitchener (OHL)
82 Kasper Simontaival – KalPa (Liiga)
40 Sean Tschigerl (camp invitee, WHL)
89 Koehn Ziemmer — Prince George (WHL)
Defensemen
81 Angus Booth – Shawinigan (QMJHL)
54 Jakub Dvorak – Liberec Bili Tygri HC (Czech)
58 Cole Krygier – Ontario Reign
43 Matthew Mania – Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
71 Samuel Mayer – (camp invitee, OHL)
83 Hunter Mayo (camp invitee, WHL)
## Kim Nousiainen – Ontario Reign
60 Otto Salin – HIFK Helsinki (Liiga)
59 Jack Sparkes – Muskegon (USHL)
Goalies
## Jacob Oster – (camp invitee, OHL)
1 Erik Portillo – Ontario Reign
85 Hampton Slukynsky – Fargo Force (USHL)
Friday, Sept. 15
Game 1 – SJS vs. LAK, 1 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 2 – ARI vs. COL, 3:30 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 3 – ANA vs. VGK, 7 pm PT, Dollar Loan Center
Saturday, Sept. 16
Game 1 – LAK vs. ARI, 3:30 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 2 – VGK vs. SJS, 7 pm PT, Dollar Loan Center
Sunday, Sept. 17
Game 1 – COL vs. ANA, 1 pm PT, City National Arena
Monday, Sept. 18
Game 1 – ARI vs. SJS, 10 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 2 – ANA vs. LAK, 12:30 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 3 – COL vs. VGK, 3 pm PT, City National Arena
NOTE: All Kings games will be available via stream (link will be available on Friday)
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim’s roster features their last three first-round selections: center Leo Carlsson (second overall in 2023), defenseman Pavel Mintyukov (10th overall in 2022) and center Nathan Gaucher (22nd overall in 2022). Additionally, Anaheim’s three prospects named Defenseman of the Year in 2023 in each of the three Canadian Hockey Leagues (OHL, QMJHL, WHL) will participate in the tournament, including Mintyukov (OHL), Tristan Luneau (QMJHL) and Olen Zellweger (WHL). Full roster available here.
Arizona Coyotes
Arizona’s roster features four former first-round picks in Logan Cooley (3rd overall, 2022), Conor Geekie (11th overall, 2022) Maveric Lamoureux (29th overall, 2022) and Dylan Guenther (9th overall, 2021) along with 2021 second round selection Josh Doan. Full roster available here.
Colorado Avalance
San Jose Sharks
San Jose’s roster features 2023 draft selections Quentin Musty, Kasper Halttunen, Luca Cagnoni, along with several Sharks and San Jose Barracuda players Thomas Bordeleau, Brandon Coe, William Eklund, Danil Gushchin, Tristen Robins, Henry Thrun, and Shakir Mukhamadullin. Full roster available here.
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The days are flying by now! Rookie Camp is about to begin later this week, which actually consistists of little more than medical check-ins and a quick twirl around the ice, then a few dozen Kings prospects are off to Las Vegas for the 2023 Rookie Faceoff tournament.
Below is a myriad of information to get you primed and ready for what’s to come.
RANDOM ROSTER NOTES
— Top defensive prospect Brandt Clarke is not scheduled to attend. He’ll be heading to Australia with a contingent of 28 LA players, as reported here a few days ago. Alex Turcotte and Sammy Fagemo will also be on that trip Down Under.
— Akil Thomas is an interesting candidate. Roster rules for the Rookie Faceoff tournament have been hotly debated by several teams for many years now. For example, one of the general rules was to believed to be players had to have less than 100 pro games played. Let’s just say, there were quite a few players over that limit the first two years of the tournament. If that rule holds true, Thomas could be used here. The Kings are light on the number of forwards needed (i.e. there are 12 names listed below and they’ll want to carry at least 16). Due to injuries, Thomas has only played 93 AHL games thus far.
— With 133 games of NHL experience now, Tyler Madden is most likely ineligible to play in the tournament again this year.
— Off to college… the following players were at Development Camp in July, but are now back in school: Kenny Connors (UMass), Jack Hughes (Northeastern), Jared Wright (Denver University), Braden Doyle (Northeastern), Ben Meehan (UMass Lowell), and Ryan Conmy (Univ. of New Hampshire). They will not return to LA until next year.
— Goaltender Juho Markkanen is not expected to come over from Europe to participate this year.
— Netminder Jacob Ingham will most likely not be used for the tournament, but will join the club for their SoCal portion of training camp when they get back from Vegas. He’s fully recovered from back surgery and ready to go.
— Easton Armstrong is the son of former Kings center Derek Armstrong.
— More on one of the invitees…
— If you’re not familiar with the backstory on LA’s goalie pick from the 2023 NHL Draft, read it right how here:
DRAFT: KINGS 2023 ROOKIE CAMP ROSTER
Forwards
## Sam Alfano — (camp invitee, OHL)
## Easton Armstrong — (camp invitee, WHL)
42 Martin Chromiak – Ontario Reign
79 Samuel Helenius – Ontario Reign
74 Aatu Jamsen – Pelicans (Liiga)
78 Alex Laferriere – Ontario Reign
88 Kaleb Lawrence – Owen Sound (OHL)
26 Andre Lee – Ontario Reign
38 Francesco Pinelli – Kitchener (OHL)
82 Kasper Simontaival – KalPa (Liiga)
40 Sean Tschigerl (camp invitee, WHL)
89 Koehn Ziemmer — Prince George (WHL)
Defensemen
81 Angus Booth – Shawinigan (QMJHL)
54 Jakub Dvorak – Liberec Bili Tygri HC (Czech)
58 Cole Krygier – Ontario Reign
43 Matthew Mania – Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
71 Samuel Mayer – (camp invitee, OHL)
83 Hunter Mayo (camp invitee, WHL)
## Kim Nousiainen – Ontario Reign
60 Otto Salin – HIFK Helsinki (Liiga)
59 Jack Sparkes – Muskegon (USHL)
Goalies
## Jacob Oster – (camp invitee, OHL)
1 Erik Portillo – Ontario Reign
85 Hampton Slukynsky – Fargo Force (USHL)
2023 ROOKIE FACEOFF SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 15
Game 1 – SJS vs. LAK, 1 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 2 – ARI vs. COL, 3:30 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 3 – ANA vs. VGK, 7 pm PT, Dollar Loan Center
Saturday, Sept. 16
Game 1 – LAK vs. ARI, 3:30 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 2 – VGK vs. SJS, 7 pm PT, Dollar Loan Center
Sunday, Sept. 17
Game 1 – COL vs. ANA, 1 pm PT, City National Arena
Monday, Sept. 18
Game 1 – ARI vs. SJS, 10 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 2 – ANA vs. LAK, 12:30 pm PT, City National Arena
Game 3 – COL vs. VGK, 3 pm PT, City National Arena
NOTE: All Kings games will be available via stream (link will be available on Friday)
ROSTERS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS
Anaheim Ducks
Anaheim’s roster features their last three first-round selections: center Leo Carlsson (second overall in 2023), defenseman Pavel Mintyukov (10th overall in 2022) and center Nathan Gaucher (22nd overall in 2022). Additionally, Anaheim’s three prospects named Defenseman of the Year in 2023 in each of the three Canadian Hockey Leagues (OHL, QMJHL, WHL) will participate in the tournament, including Mintyukov (OHL), Tristan Luneau (QMJHL) and Olen Zellweger (WHL). Full roster available here.
Arizona Coyotes
Arizona’s roster features four former first-round picks in Logan Cooley (3rd overall, 2022), Conor Geekie (11th overall, 2022) Maveric Lamoureux (29th overall, 2022) and Dylan Guenther (9th overall, 2021) along with 2021 second round selection Josh Doan. Full roster available here.
Colorado Avalance
Our Rookie Tournament roster is set!
Vegas#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/xPNpqqLgxz
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) September 8, 2023
San Jose Sharks
San Jose’s roster features 2023 draft selections Quentin Musty, Kasper Halttunen, Luca Cagnoni, along with several Sharks and San Jose Barracuda players Thomas Bordeleau, Brandon Coe, William Eklund, Danil Gushchin, Tristen Robins, Henry Thrun, and Shakir Mukhamadullin. Full roster available here.
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