BIOGRAPHY
Alex Iafallo was born December 21, 1993, in Eden, New York. He is a left wing in the National Hockey League.
Having impressed throughout the Kings rookie and main roster training camp, Iafallo made the opening night roster for the 2017–18 season. He stepped straight into the NHL in making his debut for the Kings in a 2–0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on October 5, 2017. He scored his first NHL goal on November 5, 2017, in his 14th career game, against the Nashville Predators. This helped erase a three-goal deficit but the Predators won in overtime, 4–3. He would score 9 goals that season and 15 the following season.
On January 30, 2020, Iafallo recorded his first career hat trick in a 3–2 win over the Arizona Coyotes. He became the third player in NHL history to score within the opening 25 seconds of an overtime period multiple times in a single season. He scored 17 goals in the 2019-20 season and was on pace for his first 20 goal, 50 point season before Covid-19 shut down the NHL
On April 12, 2021, Iafallo signed a four-year, $16 million contract extension with the Kings. He finished the season with 13 goals in the shortened 56-game season, of which he played 55 games. On May 7, 2021, Iafallo wore a letter on his jersey for the first time, serving as an Alternate captain after Dustin Brown was ruled out for the rest of the season with an injury. He would become an alternate captain again in the 2021–22 season on two occasions. Following an injury to Drew Doughty, Iafallo temporarily wore an “A” on his jersey. He would return the title to Doughty after his return in late November. When Doughty got injured again in mid-March 2022, Iafallo would once again wear an “A”.
