LA Kings Sign Andre Lee to 2-Year Contract Extension
March 8, 2025 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Ontario Reign News Release
ONTARIO, CA - The LA Kings have signed forward Andre Lee to a two-year contract extension worth an average annual value (AAV) of $775,000 through the 2026-27 season.
Lee, 24, made his NHL debut with the Kings on Oct. 10, 2024 and has appeared in 19 games with the team this season, collecting three points (1-2=3), including his first career NHL goal on Jan. 1, 2025 against New Jersey. By making his debut, Lee became the sixth different skater selected by the Kings in the 2019 NHL Draft to appear in an NHL game. Lee has also skated in 29 games for the Ontario Reign, the Kings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, notching three goals and nine points (3-6=9).
The 6-5, 205-pound forward has suited up for 134 career AHL contests with Ontario over parts of four seasons, accumulating 17 goals and 33 points (17-16=33) while setting career-highs in goals (8) and points (8-5=13) over 36 games in the 2023-24 campaign. He then added four goals in eight Calder Cup Playoff contests, the second-most on the team.
Selected in the seventh-round (188th overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft, Lee played three seasons of collegiate hockey at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (H-East) where he appeared in 87 games and posted 64 points (31-33=64) with a plus-26 rating. Lee's best collegiate season came in his junior year (2021-22) when he set career-highs in games played (34), goals (16), points (28) and plus/minus (+12) while helping the River Hawks to their first NCAA Tournament since 2017 and was named to the Hockey East Third All-Star Team.
Prior to joining UMass-Lowell, the Karlstad, Sweden native played one season with the Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL), where he posted 35 points (20-15=35) in his first season in North America. He and the Stampede won the Clark Cup that year.
Lee and the Reign are in San Diego on Saturday night to face the Gulls at Pechanga Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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