Forward Prospect Bud Holloway Signs Entry-Level Deal

EL SEGUNDO, CA — On April 24, the Los Angeles Kings signed forward prospect Bud Holloway to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

Holloway, 20, scored 43 goals and added 40 assists for 83 points with 55 penalty minutes in 70 regular season games this season with the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League. He also scored five goals and contributed five assists in twelve WHL playoff games.

Holloway ranked third in the WHL in goal scoring and ninth in the league in overall scoring. He was also tied for second with nine game-winner goals and was tied for third with a +36 plus/minus rating.

The 6-1, 190-pound native of Wapelia, Saskatchewan was named the WHL Player of the Month for March after he posted scored eleven goals and added five assists for 16 points with a +9 rating in nine games.

In the 2006-07 season, Holloway, scored 27 goals and added 38 assists for 65 points and had a +20 rating in 71 games. In 2005-06, he scored 21 goals and tallied 13 assists for 34 points and in 2004-05, he scored four goals with eleven assists for 15 points.

Holloway was selected by the Kings in the third round (86th overall) of the 2006 National Hockey League Entry Draft.

Photo courtesy WHL.

Kings Sign Prospect Oscar Moller

EL SEGUNDO, CA — On April 22, the Los Angeles Kings signed forward Oscar Moller to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

Moller, 19, played in 63 regular season games for the Chilliwack Bruins of the Western Hockey League this season, scoring 39 goals and contributing 43 assists for 82 points with 42 penalty minutes.

Moller’s 39 goals ranked him seventh in the league in goal scoring. He was also tied for tenth in overall scoring and was fourth in the WHL in power play goals (16). He was also tied for fifth with 28 power play assists.

In four playoff games, Moller scored a goal and added two assists. He was also a WHL First Team All-Star.

The 5-11, 179-pound native of Stockholm, Sweden also played in two playoff games for the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League this season, recording one assist.

Moller represented Sweden at the 2008 World Junior Championship, where he scored three goals and added two assists for five points in six games, helping lead Sweden to a silver medal finish in the tournament.

Moller scored 32 goals and tallied 37 assists for 69 points in 68 games in the 2006-07 season, ranking third among WHL rookies in goals and fifth among WHL rookies in overall scoring. Moller was also named co-winner of the Bruins’ Rookie of the Year award.

That same season, Moller was the captain of Team Sweden, which won the bronze medal in the IIHF Under-18 World Championships.

Photo courtesy Chillwack Bruins.