Cole Hults signs ELC with L.A.
The Los Angeles Kings have signed defenceman Cole Hults to a two-year entry level deal. Hults, a 6-2, 195-pound native of Stoughton, Wis., recently completed his junior season at Penn State University.
Hults was drafted in the fifth round, 134th overall, by the Kings in 2017. In 34 games this season, he registered a career-high in goals (8) and points (30) while tying his career-best in assists (22). He ranked 10th in the nation in points among defensemen and led Nittany Lion blueliners in all categories. Hults amassed 78 points (17-61=78) and a plus-48 rating over 111 games throughout his college career.
Among defensemen, the 21-year-old leaves the program as the all-time leader in goals, assists and points, and tied for fifth in games played. He helped lead Penn State to the 2020 Big Ten regular-season championship and the program's first two NCAA tournament bids in 2017 and 2018.
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