Position Defense Name Derek Forbort Salary 900,000 USD (2015) Playing career Weight 96 kg | Height 1.93 m Shoots Left Education East High School | |
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Born March 4, 1992 (age 32) Duluth, MN, USA ( 1992-03-04 ) NHL Draft 15th overall, 2010Los Angeles Kings Similar People Jordan Weal, Dustin Brown, Darryl Sutter, Mark Morris, Justin Azevedo Profiles | ||
Derek forbort selected 15th overall by kings
Derek Forbort (born March 4, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings organization of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Contents
- Derek forbort selected 15th overall by kings
- Draft Day Memories with Derek Forbort
- Playing career
- References
Draft Day Memories with Derek Forbort
Playing career
Forbort played his junior season of high school hockey for Duluth East High School in 2008–09, finishing with 28 points in 21 games, and was named a regional All-Star. He completed the season by playing nine games with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USNTDP) in the United States Hockey League (USHL). He played his first full season with the USNTDP in 2009–10, scoring 4 goals and 14 points in 26 USHL league games, and 25 points overall in 56 games with the development team.
He then began his freshman season for the University of North Dakota for the 2010–2011 season. He played with the American team at the 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships, recording two assists and a +9 rating, en route to winning a gold medal. Forbort had committed to play for the University of North Dakota men's ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 2010.
Forbort is highly regarded by scouts and is projected to become a two-way defenseman in the National Hockey League (NHL). The NHL Central Scouting Bureau ranked Forbort as the ninth best North American skater for the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, an improvement on his midterm ranking of 11th. International Scouting Services named him tenth overall. Expected to be a first round selection, Forbort was taken 15th overall by the Los Angeles Kings.
Forbort played for the US national team at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Buffalo, New York, winning a bronze medal.
On April 5, 2013, Derek Forbort signed a three-year entry level contract with the Los Angeles Kings.
In the 2014–15 season, on February 11, 2015, the Los Angeles Kings recalled Forbort from the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League. He was later returned to the Monarchs without featuring in a game for the Kings.
