EDMONTON, ALTA. – The Edmonton Oil Kings have signed goaltender Alec Dillon to a WHL Standard Player Agreement general manager Randy Hansch announced Monday.

“We’re very pleased Alec has decided to join the Oil Kings organization,” Hansch said. “He’s a talented goaltender who has shown a lot of growth over the past two seasons, and we look forward to his continued development with our club.”

Dillon, 19, was a fifth-round selection, 150th overall, of the Los Angeles Kings in the 2014 NHL Draft. The Victoria, B.C. native was named to the United States Hockey League All-USHL second-team on Thursday after leading the American junior league in goals-against average with a 2.27 mark. The 6-foot-5, 175-pound netminder was also selected for the USHL all-rookie team after posting a 23-11-4 record for the Tri-City Storm, finishing fourth in the league with a .914 save percentage and tying for third in the league with three shutouts in 41 games.

Dillon was even better for the Storm in the playoffs, posting a 4-2 record with a 2.17 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage as Tri-City made it to the Western Conference Final before falling to the eventual USHL champions Sioux Falls.

“Alec had a strong season in the USHL, and we hope we can help him build on that as he continues to grow as a player and a person,” Hansch said.

Dillon was originally acquired by the Oil Kings in November 2013 in a trade that sent Stephen Shmoorkoff and a conditional draft pick to the Swift Current Broncos for Dillon and a fourth-round selection in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft (Lance Alm). The Oil Kings will send a fourth round pick back to Swift Current to complete the deal. Dillon was originally drafted in the fifth round, 104th overall, by the Broncos in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft.

Prior to joining Tri-City, Dillon spent a year with the Victoria Grizzlies of the BCHL, posting a 21-7-2 record in 33 games played with a 2.76 goals-against average, .910 save percentage and one shutout.

Growing up in Victoria, Dillon came up through the same Juan de Fuca minor hockey program as Oil Kings defenceman Dysin Mayo.