Adrian Kempe

Adrian Kempe
Date of birth	September 13, 1996
place of birth	Kramfors , Sweden
size	187 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2014 , 1st round, 29th position Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
until 2011	Kramfors alliances
2011–2012	Djurgårdens IF
2012-2015	MODO hockey
2015	Manchester monarchs
2015-2017	Ontario Reign
since 2017	Los Angeles Kings

Michael Adrian Kempe (born September 13, 1996 in Kramfors ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League since April 2015 . With the Swedish national team , he won the gold medal at the 2018 World Cup . His older brother Mario Kempe is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Kempe played for Kramfors-Alliansen , the club in his hometown , until 2011 . He then moved to Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish capital Stockholm for a year . After appearances in the U16 and U18 teams of the traditional club, Kempe switched to MODO Hockey in May 2012 , where he was also used in the junior teams. In the 2013/14 season , the striker finally made his professional debut in the Svenska Hockeyligan . After he had also spent the 2014/15 season at MODO, the Swede signed an entry-level contract with the Los Angeles Kings in April 2015 , who had selected him in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft in 29th position. As a result, Kempe moved directly to the Manchester Monarchs , the farm team of the Kings from the American Hockey League , and won the Calder Cup in the playoffs . He also started the 2015/16 season with the team, which subsequently traded under the name Ontario Reign .

In the course of the 2016/17 season, Kempe made his debut for the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL, before establishing himself in their line-up at the beginning of the following season. In August 2019, he signed a new three-year contract in California for a total salary of six million US dollars.

International

At the international level, Kempe was used in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013 , which he won with the Swedish team. He also represented his home country in the same year at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2013 and the Ice Hockey World Championship for U18 juniors in Finland in 2014 . At U20 level, he also took part in the 2015 and 2016 World Championships .

For the senior team in Sweden debuted Kempe as part of the 2018 World Cup and it won with the team promptly the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 Swedish U16 Junior Champion with Djurgårdens IF
• 2014 Swedish U18 Junior Champion with MODO Hockey
• 2015 Calder Cup win with the Manchester Monarchs

International

• 2013 gold medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
• 2018 gold medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2012/13	MODO hockey	J20 SuperElit		39	6th	7th	13	36		7th	1	0	1	4th
2013/14	MODO hockey	J20 SuperElit		20th	3	16	19th	32		5	1	1	2	6th
2013/14	MODO hockey	SHL		45	5	6th	11	12		2	0	1	1	0
2014/15	MODO hockey	SHL		50	5	12	17th	42		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	MODO hockey	J20 SuperElit		-	-	-	-	-		2	1	3	4th	2
2014/15	Manchester monarchs	AHL		3	0	0	0	2		17th	8th	1	9	2
2015/16	Ontario Reign	AHL		55	11	17th	28	27		13	4th	1	5	2
2016/17	Ontario Reign	AHL		46	12	8th	20th	44		5	0	2	2	2
2016/17	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		25th	2	4th	6th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		81	16	21st	37	49		4th	0	0	0	0
2018/19	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		81	12	16	28	50		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		69	11	21st	32	29		-	-	-	-	-
J20 SuperElit overall				59	9	23	32	68		14th	3	4th	7th	12
Svenska hockey player overall				95	10	18th	28	54		2	0	1	1	0
AHL total				104	23	25th	48	73		35	12	4th	16	6th
NHL overall				256	41	62	103	134		4th	0	0	0	0

International

Represented Sweden at:

World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2013 U18 World Junior Championship 2014 U20 World Junior Championship 2015

U20 World Junior Championship 2016 World Championship 2018 World Championship 2019

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2013	Sweden	U17-WHC			5	5	0	5	2
2013	Sweden	HIMT	7th place		4th	2	1	3	12
2014	Sweden	U18 World Cup	4th Place		7th	1	6th	7th	16
2015	Sweden	U20 World Cup	4th Place		6th	4th	4th	8th	2
2016	Sweden	U20 World Cup	4th Place		7th	3	5	8th	8th
2018	Sweden	WM			10	2	6th	8th	8th
2019	Sweden	WM	5th place		8th	3	3	6th	2
Juniors overall					29	15th	16	31	40
Men overall					18th	5	9	14th	10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Player biography on the Los Angeles Kings website
• Adrian Kempe at eliteprospects.com (English)