1972-1973 Los Angeles Kings: 31-36-11
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Home record: 21-11-7 (136 goals scored, 101 allowed)
Road record: 10-25-4 (96 goals scored, 144 allowed)
Head Coach: Bob Pulford
Power Play: 52/295 (17.6%)
Penalty Killing: 198/229 (86.5%)
Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 4-10
Even Strength Goals For-Against: 176-204
232 goals scored (13th of 16 teams), 245 goals allowed (9th), 888 PIM (7th)
NHL Averages: 3.28 goals/game (255.5 goals/team), 947.5 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 25 77 16 54 70 30 0 0 97 32 79 0 189 8.5 -14
RW 21 Serge Bernier 6'1 190 25 75 22 46 68 43 6 0 104 46 78 0 255 8.6 -20
LW 11 Mike Corrigan 5'10 175 26 78 37 30 67 146 14 0 94 34 77 0 180 20.6 -17
LW 18 Bob Berry 6'0 185 29 78 36 28 64 75 14 0 94 33 74 0 176 20.5 -13
C 19 Butch Goring 5'9 170 23 67 28 31 59 2 4 1 74 12 63 1 148 18.9 0
C 9 Ralph Backstrom 5'10 165 35 63 20 29 49 6 1 1 70 10 79 7 132 15.2 -12
D 4 Gilles Marotte 5'9 205 27 78 6 39 45 70 3 0 126 50 121 24 207 2.9 -21
C 10 Vic Venasky 5'11 185 21 77 15 19 34 10 1 0 41 5 57 5 176 8.5 -16
RW 24 Don Kozak 5'11 190 20 72 14 6 20 104 4 0 27 6 47 1 78 17.9 -25
LW 16 Bill Lesuk 5'9 187 26 67 6 14 20 90 0 0 35 4 35 2 129 4.7 -2
LW 7 Real Lemieux 5'11 180 27 74 5 10 15 19 1 1 29 3 45 18 43 11.6 -1
D 5 Harry Howell 6'1 195 40 73 4 11 15 28 0 0 64 4 68 4 97 4.1 -4
D 22 Barry Long 6'2 210 23 70 2 13 15 48 0 0 57 2 65 3 110 1.8 -7
RW 14 Frank St. Marseille 5'11 180 33 29 7 4 11 2 2 0 20 4 17 0 65 10.8 -1
LW 17 Dan Maloney 6'2 195 22 14 4 7 11 18 0 0 18 4 8 0 35 11.4 +6
C 12 Jimmy Peters 6'2 185 28 77 4 5 9 0 1 1 10 2 35 24 40 10.0 -3
D 23 Neil Komadoski 6'0 200 21 62 1 8 9 67 1 0 50 3 76 7 47 2.1 -22
D 2 Terry Harper 6'1 200 32 77 1 8 9 74 0 0 69 1 83 21 64 1.6 +6
D 3 Larry Brown 6'2 210 25 55 0 7 7 8 0 0 36 0 44 4 46 0.0 -4
RW 8 Doug Volmar 6'1 215 27 21 4 2 6 16 0 0 12 0 14 0 33 12.1 -2
D 6 Paul Curtis 6'0 185 25 27 0 5 5 16 0 0 17 0 20 1 16 0.0 -2
LW 14 Phil Hoene 5'9 175 23 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0.0 +1
G 1 Gary Edwards 5'9 165 25 27 0 1 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
G 30 Rogie Vachon 5'7 170 27 53 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --
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 30 Rogie Vachon 27 53 3120 148 2.85 22 20 10 1466 .899 3 4
G 1 Gary Edwards 25 27 1560 94 3.62 9 16 1 766 .877 0 1
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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1972 Draft:
NHL WHA
Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games Games Team
2 20 RW Don Kozak 437 Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
3 36 D Dave Hutchison 584 97 London Knights (OHA)
4 52 D John Dobie Regina Pats (WCHL)
5 68 G Bernie Germain Regina Pats (WCHL)
6 84 LW Mike Usitalo Michigan Tech (NCAA)
7 100 LW Glen Toner Regina Pats (WCHL)
Traded draft picks:
#1 to MTL (Steve Shutt)
#8 to MIN (Scott MacPhail)
#9 to ATL (Jean Lamarre)
#10 to MIN (Steve Lyon)
Transactions
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 Billy Smith in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Flames selected Lucien Grenier in expansion draft |
06-06-1972 | Islanders selected Bill Mikkelson 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 |
10-08-1972 | purchased Bob Berry from Canadiens |
12-1972 | traded Jim Stanfield, Mike Keeler and Glen Toner to Portland (WHL) for John Van Horlick |
01-22-1973 | traded Paul Curtis to Blues for Frank St. Marseille |
02-26-1973 | traded Ralph Backstrom to Black Hawks for Dan Maloney |
05-29-1973 | traded cash and Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1974 draft to Canadiens for Bob Murdoch and Randy Rota |
06-13-1973 | claimed Bob Nevin from North Stars in intra-league draft |
09-1973 | signed Mark Heaslip as a free agent |
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