1971-1972 Los Angeles Kings: 20-49-9
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Home record: 14-23-2 (117 goals scored, 135 allowed)
Road record: 6-26-7 (89 goals scored, 170 allowed)
Head Coaches: Larry Regan (2-7-1), Fred Glover (18-42-8)
Power Play: 38/272 (14.0%)
Penalty Killing: 160/210 (76.2%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 4-7
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 164-248
206 goals scored (11th of 14 teams), 305 goals allowed (14th), 719 PIM (14th)
NHL Averages: 3.07 goals/game (239.1 goals/team), 953.5 PIM/team
Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/-
C 15 Juha Widing 6'0 180 24 78 27 28 55 26 3 0 64 16 86 2 192 14.1 -36
C 9 Ralph Backstrom 5'10 165 34 76 23 29 52 22 7 1 64 15 95 24 181 12.7 -22
C 19 Butch Goring 5'9 170 22 74 21 29 50 2 3 0 65 15 64 4 137 15.3 -10
LW 18 Bob Berry 6'0 185 28 78 17 22 39 44 3 0 59 10 72 0 102 16.7 -23
LW 7 Real Lemieux 5'11 180 26 78 13 25 38 28 2 0 56 12 103 19 102 12.7 -40
LW 20 Bob Pulford 5'11 188 35 73 13 24 37 48 2 1 57 14 99 31 170 7.6 -25
LW 11 Mike Corrigan 5'10 175 25 56 12 22 34 93 3 0 53 9 51 0 102 11.8 -7
D 4 Gilles Marotte 5'9 205 26 72 10 24 34 83 4 0 111 26 152 34 203 4.9 -33
LW 8 Ross Lonsberry 5'11 195 24 50 9 14 23 39 1 0 33 3 52 4 112 8.0 -18
RW 21 Serge Bernier 6'1 190 24 26 11 11 22 12 1 0 33 10 20 0 97 11.3 +3
RW 17 Bill Flett 6'1 205 28 45 7 12 19 18 1 0 30 5 55 0 113 6.2 -30
D 5 Harry Howell 6'1 195 39 77 1 17 18 53 0 0 83 5 139 27 138 0.7 -34
C 8 Jim Johnson 5'9 190 29 28 8 9 17 6 3 2 27 5 30 7 53 15.1 -1
D 3 Doug Barrie 5'9 175 25 48 3 13 16 47 1 0 56 11 61 6 69 4.3 -10
C 16 Eddie Joyal 6'0 178 31 44 11 3 14 17 2 0 11 4 20 0 41 26.8 -13
LW 16 Bill Lesuk 5'9 187 25 27 4 10 14 14 1 0 27 6 19 0 47 8.5 +2
D 6 Paul Curtis 6'0 185 24 64 1 12 13 57 0 0 65 1 109 13 66 1.5 -32
RW 12 Mike Byers 5'10 185 25 28 4 5 9 11 0 0 20 4 30 1 48 8.3 -13
RW 14 Lucien Grenier 5'10 163 25 60 3 4 7 4 1 0 11 2 20 5 22 13.6 -6
RW 21 Al McDonough 6'1 175 21 31 3 2 5 8 1 0 9 5 12 0 28 10.7 -8
D 22 Jean Potvin 5'11 188 22 39 2 3 5 35 0 0 25 3 67 6 55 3.6 -39
D 2 Bob Woytowich 6'0 185 30 36 0 4 4 6 0 0 31 9 40 10 19 0.0 -8
D 2 Dale Hoganson 5'10 190 22 10 1 2 3 14 0 0 8 1 9 0 17 5.9 -2
D 3 Larry Hillman 6'0 185 34 22 1 2 3 11 0 0 7 0 17 3 13 7.7 -7
LW 12 Brian Carlin 5'10 175 21 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 33.3 0
C 23 Jim Stanfield 5'10 160 24 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.0 -1
D 2 Bill Mikkelson 6'0 185 23 15 0 1 1 6 0 0 3 0 15 1 8 0.0 -11
G 29 Billy Smith 5'10 185 21 5 0 0 0 5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Denis DeJordy 5'9 185 33 5 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Rogie Vachon 5'7 170 26 28 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 1 Gary Edwards 5'9 165 24 44 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals;
TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage
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Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO
G 1 Gary Edwards 24 44 2504 150 3.59 13 23 5 1477 .898 2 2
G 30 Rogie Vachon 26 28 1586 107 4.05 6 18 3 921 .884 0 0
G 29 Billy Smith 21 5 300 23 4.60 1 3 1 178 .871 0 0
G 30 Denis DeJordy 33 5 291 23 4.74 0 5 0 147 .844 0 0
Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties;
Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts
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1971 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
3 34 C Vic Venasky 430 University of Denver (NCAA)
4 48 D Neil Komadoski 502 Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
5 62 C Gary Crosby Michigan Tech (NCAA)
6 76 C Camille LaPierre 33 Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
7 89 LW Peter Harasym Clarkson University (NCAA) [pick acquired from BUF]
7 90 LW Norm Dube 57 148 Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)
8 103 LW Lorne Stamler 116 Michigan Tech (NCAA) [pick acquired from BUF]
Traded draft picks:
#1 to BOS (Ron Jones)
#2 to MTL (Larry Robinson)
#8 to CAL (Rod Lyons)
Transactions
06-07-1971 | signed Phil Hoene as a free agent |
06-08-1971 | purchased Claude Provost from Canadiens |
06-08-1971 | Salt Lake City (WHL) claimed Wayne Rutledge in reverse draft |
06-08-1971 | claimed Gary Edwards from Sabres in intra-league draft |
06-08-1971 | Baltimore (AHL) claimed Norm Amrstrong in reverse draft |
06-13-1971 | traded Larry Mickey to Flyers for Larry Hillman |
11-03-1971 | Bruins claimed Matt Ravlich on waivers |
11-04-1971 | traded Dale Hoganson, Noel Price, Doug Robinson and Denis DeJordy to Canadiens for Rogie Vachon |
11-22-1971 | claimed Mike Corrigan on waivers from Canucks |
12-16-1971 | traded Larry Hillman and Mike Byers to Sabres for Mike Keeler and Doug Barrie |
01-11-1972 | traded Al McDonough to Penguins for Bob Woytowich |
01-28-1972 | claimed Larry Brown on waivers from Flyers |
01-28-1972 | traded Ross Lonsberry, Bill Flett, Eddie Joyal and Jean Potvin to Flyers for Jim Johnson, Bill Lesuk and Serge Bernier |
06-05-1972 | claimed Barry Long from Black Hawks in intra-league draft |
06-05-1972 | claimed Doug Volmar from Red Wings in intra-league draft |
06-05-1972 | Black Hawks claimed Bill Orban in intra-league draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Bill Mikkelson in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Flames selected Lucien Grenier in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Billy Smith in expansion draft |
08-22-1972 | traded Los Angeles' #1 draft picks in 1975 and 1976, #2 pick in 1974 and #3 pick in 1975 to Canadiens for Terry Harper |
10-02-1972 | signed Doug Buhr as a free agent |
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