Highlighting the roster are 14 players returning from last year’s group, including forwards Jared Wright and Kenny Connors, who each made their NHL debut for the Kings in the 2025-26 campaign. Defensemen Henry Brzustewicz and Jared Woolley will reunite for their second and third Rookie Camp appearances, respectively. Woolley recorded a +32 rating in 66 regular-season Ontario Hockey League (OHL) games last year with London Knights and Kitchener Rangers, the eighth-best among all league defensemen and the 17th-best among all skaters. Brzustewicz finished his sophomore OHL season tied for the third-most goals and owning the seventh-most points by any league blueliner, posting 54 points (19-35=54) in 59 appearances.
Also featured on the roster are five of the 11 selections that the Kings made at the 2026 NHL Draft in Buffalo, N.Y., this past June: goaltender Yegor Rybkin (89th overall), forward Liam Lefebvre (46th overall), and defensemen Adam Goljer (49th overall), Giorgos Pantelas (153rd overall), and Lucas Ambrosio (223rd overall).
A total of 11 members of the 2026 Rookie Camp roster suited up for all or parts of last season with the Ontario Reign in the American Hockey League (AHL), including forwards Jared Wright, Kenny Connors, Kenta Isogai, Jack Hughes, Kaleb Lawrence, Koehn Ziemmer, and Brendan Gorman, defensemen Jakub Dvořák, Kirill Kirsanov, and Henry Brzustewicz. Reign goaltender Hampton Slukynsky, who has posted a 2-0-0 record with a 1.00 goals-against average (GAA) and a .957 save-percentage (SV%) in his professional career so far, will be joined by his brother and former teammate at Western Michigan University, Grant Slukynsky, for their first Rookie Camp with the Kings.
The five-day rookie tournament will consist of top prospects from the LA Kings, San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Utah Mammoth, and Vegas Golden Knights. All six teams will be in action on Sept. 12 and 13; on Sept. 15, Utah and Los Angeles will be the only teams to play.
The full game schedule for the 2026 Rookie Faceoff is as follows with tickets available for purchase here. Rink locations for the games are still to be determined.
2026 Rookie Faceoff Game Schedule
Saturday, September 12
Colorado vs. Anaheim, 1:00 p.m. PT
Utah vs. Vegas, 3:00 p.m. PT
Los Angeles vs. San Jose, 5:00 p.m. PT
Sunday, September 13
Vegas vs Colorado, 1:00 p.m.
Anaheim vs. Los Angeles, 3:00 p.m.
San Jose vs. Utah, 5:00 p.m.
Monday, September 14
No games scheduled
Tuesday, September 15
Utah vs. Los Angeles, 1:00 p.m.
As part of the Kings Rookie Camp, the group will hold one practice session open to the public on Friday, Sept. 11, at 11:45 a.m. at TSPC.
2026 LA Kings Rookie Camp Schedule
Friday, Sept. 11
- Practice: 11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (NHL Sheet at TSPC)
Saturday, Sept. 12
- Game vs. San Jose: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 13
- Game vs. Anaheim: 3:00 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 14
Tuesday, Sept. 15
