Nikolai Prokhorkin Signs One-Year Entry-Level Contract with LA Kings

The LA Kings have signed forward Nikolai Prokhorkin to a one-year entry-level contract, Kings Vice President and General Manager Rob Blake announced today.
The 25-year-old Prokhorkin (born on Sept. 17, 1993) is a 6-2, 201-pound native of Chelyabinsk, Russia, who appeared in 41 regular-season games this season with SKA St. Petersburg (KHL), posting 41 points (20-21=41), a plus-27 rating and 10 penalty minutes.

He helped lead SKA to the Western Conference Final, before falling in Game 7 to the top-seed and eventual champion CSKA Moscow. He appeared in 11 postseason games, posting six points (2-4=6) and four penalty minutes.

Selected by the Kings in the fourth round (121st overall) during the 2012 NHL Draft, Prokhorkin has appeared 314 career regular-season KHL games, recording 186 points (92-94=186), a plus-106 rating and 248 penalty minutes.
In 71 postseason games he has registered 30 points (12-18=30) and 58 penalty minutes.
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He won the 2017 Gagarin Cup (KHL Championship) with SKA St. Petersburgh, playing alongside Ilya Kovalchuk.
Internationally, Prokhorkin won a gold medal in the 2018 Olympics with Russia.