It's standard practice when a team goes on a long road ship to carry an extra defenseman as injuries can crop up from time to time, or perhaps a defenceman is dead king with a nagging injury already at this point. Kemp, who is considered the 5th ranking defensive prospect within the organization was drafted in the seventh round of the 2017 Entry Draft. He could get into a few games if Knoblauch would like to take an opportunity to rest a defenceman, or if one gets hurt.
During the 2022-2023 season, camp played 71 games for Bakersfield and scored six goals, had 15 assists for 21 points along with 51 penalty minutes and was a + 12.