| Dwight King | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 5, 1989 Meadow Lake, SK, CAN |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb) |
| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| NHL team (P) Cur. team |
Los Angeles Kings Manchester Monarchs (AHL) |
| NHL Draft | 109th overall, 2007 Los Angeles Kings |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
Dwight King (born July 5, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
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King was drafted 109th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings. He spent five seasons with the Lethbridge Hurricanes (spanning from 2004–05 to 2008–09) in the Western Hockey League (WHL).
King made his professional debut during the 2009–10 season playing 20 games in the ECHL with the Ontario Reign, and the remainder of the regular season and playoffs with the Kings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs.
King remained with Manchester for the beginning of the 2010–11 AHL season before being recalled to the NHL by Los Angeles on November 16, 2010 to replace the injured Alexei Ponikarovsky on their active roster.[1] On November 17, 2010 he played in his first NHL game when he suited up with the Kings for a home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.[2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2005–06 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 68 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2006–07 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 62 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 72 | 34 | 35 | 69 | 56 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 | ||
| 2008–09 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL | 64 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 20 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 52 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | Manchester Monarchs | AHL | 72 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||