1977-1978 Los Angeles Kings team stats

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1977-1978 Los Angeles Kings: 31-34-15
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 18-16-6 (130 goals scored, 114 allowed) Road record: 13-18-9 (113 goals scored, 131 allowed) Head Coach: Ron Stewart Power Play: 50/254 (19.7%) Penalty Killing: 190/236 (80.5%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 3-6 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 190-193 243 goals scored (12th of 18 teams), 245 goals allowed (8th), 903 PIM (14th) NHL Averages: 3.30 goals/game (263.7 goals/team), 1099.7 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
C     16  Marcel Dionne        5'9   190   26   70   36   43   79   37   9   0  107   43   75    3  294  12.2   -8
C     19  Butch Goring         5'9   170   28   80   37   36   73    2   9   3  101   34  102   31  248  14.9   -4
RW     7  Mike Murphy          6'0   190   27   72   20   36   56   48   7   0   83   28   79   23  207   9.7   -1
C     14  Syl Apps             6'0   185   30   70   19   26   45   18   4   0   58   13   56    0  131  14.5  -11
RW    18  Dave Taylor          6'0   190   22   64   22   21   43   47   4   0   58   11   34    1  122  18.0  +14
D     22  Gary Sargent         5'10  210   23   72    7   34   41   52   3   0  133   41   95   21  182   3.8  +18
LW    17  Tom Williams         5'11  187   26   58   15   22   37    9   6   0   56   20   53    3  147  10.2  -14
D      2  Randy Manery         6'0   185   28   79    6   27   33   61   3   0  100   21  107   16  173   3.5  -12
RW    21  Glenn Goldup         6'0   190   24   66   14   18   32   66   0   0   51    7   52    0  108  13.0   -8
C     11  Pete Stemkowski      6'1   196   34   80   13   18   31   33   0   0   35    1   47   14  134   9.7   +1
RW    15  Danny Grant          5'10  188   31   41   10   19   29    2   4   0   45   13   34    0   97  10.3   -2
LW     9  Ernie Hicke          5'11  185   30   41    9   15   24   18   1   0   37    4   26    0   60  15.0   +7
LW     8  Bert Wilson          6'0   178   28   79    7   16   23  127   0   0   38    0   44    6   78   9.0    0
RW    12  Hartland Monahan     5'11  197   26   64   10    9   19   45   0   0   35    2   46    0   97  10.3  -13
D      5  Bob Murdoch          6'0   200   31   76    2   17   19   68   0   0   80    2  101   25  144   1.4   +2
RW    24  Don Kozak            5'11  190   25   43    8    5   13   45   0   0   20    1   15    0   54  14.8   +4
C     10  Vic Venasky          5'11  185   26   71    3   10   13    6   0   0   16    0   19    4   53   5.7   +1
D      4  Dave Hutchison       6'3   205   25   44    0   10   10   71   0   0   43    0   37    5   60   0.0  +11
D      3  Larry Brown          6'2   210   30   57    1    8    9   23   0   0   40    3   65   15   24   4.2  -13
D     23  Neil Komadoski       6'0   200   26   25    0    6    6   24   0   0   23    0   19    5   14   0.0   +9
D      6  Rob Palmer           5'11  190   21   48    0    3    3   27   0   0   22    1   31    2   38   0.0   -8
C     12  Gene Carr            5'11  185   26    5    2    0    2    4   0   0    3    0    3    0    8  25.0    0
LW    14  Dave Schultz         6'1   190   28    8    2    0    2   27   0   0    4    0    3    0   10  20.0   +1
D     25  Darryl Edestrand     5'11  180   32   13    0    2    2   15   0   0   11    1   21    3   29   0.0   -8
RW    26  Russ Walker          6'2   185   24    1    0    0    0    6   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
D     25  Larry Carriere       6'1   190   25    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
LW    27  Lorne Stamler        6'0   190   26    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    1   0.0    0
LW    26  Charlie Simmer       6'3   210   23    3    0    0    0    2   0   0    0    0    0    0    4   0.0    0
LW    26  Steve Short          6'2   210   23    5    0    0    0    2   0   0    1    0    6    0    1   0.0   -5
G     31  Gary Simmons         6'2   200   33   14    0    0    0    6  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
G     30  Rogie Vachon         5'7   170   32   70    0    0    0    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


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   30  Rogie Vachon         32   70  4107  196  2.86  29  27  13 1806   .891   4   4
G   31  Gary Simmons         33   13   693   44  3.81   2   7   2  335   .869   1   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

1977 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  5   84  G    Julian Baretta                        University of Wisconsin (NCAA)       [pick acquired from PIT]
  5   85  C    Warren Holmes             45          Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
  6  103  RW   Randy Rudnyk                          New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
  7  120  D    Bob Suter                             University of Wisconsin (NCAA)     

Traded draft picks:

#1 to NYR (Ron Duguay)
#2 to ATL via VAN  (Brian Hill)
#3 to MTL (Moe Robinson)
#4 to PHI (Yves Guillemette)


Transactions

06-17-1977	traded Paul Evans to Flyers for Steve Short
08-08-1977	signed Charlie Simmer as a free agent
08-31-1977	signed Pete Stemkowski as a free agent
09-16-1977	signed Ernie Hicke as a free agent
11-02-1977	traded Dave Schultz, Gene Carr and Los Angeles' #4 pick in the 1978 draft to Penguins for Hartland Monahan and Syl Apps
11-21-1977	traded Sheldon Kannegiesser to Canucks for Larry Carriere
01-09-1978	traded the rights to Barry Long and Montreal's #3 pick in the 1978 draft to Red Wings for Danny Grant
01-14-1978	traded Neil Komadoski to Blues for St. Louis' #3 pick in the 1980 draft
03-13-1978	purchased Darryl Edestrand from Bruins
06-14-1978	signed Mark Heaslip as a free agent
06-14-1978	traded Lorne Stamler and Dave Hutchison to Maple Leafs for Brian Glennie, Scott Garland, Kurt Walker and Toronto's #2 pick in the 1979 draft
07-1978	received the rights to Rick Hampton, Dave Gardner and Steve Jensen from North Stars as compensation for their signing of Gary Sargent as a free agent
08-07-1978	signed Dan Bonar as a free agent
08-08-1978	received the rights to Dale McCourt from Red Wings as compensation for their signing of Rogie Vachon as a free agent
09-05-1978	claimed Nick Beverley on waivers from North Stars
09-18-1978	traded future considerations to Bruins for Doug Halward
10-05-1978	traded Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1981 draft to Canadiens for Murray Wilson and Montreal's #1 pick in the 1979 draft

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 1
04/11/1978   at Toronto Maple Leafs       L   3-7 
04/13/1978   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       L   0-4

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- D 25 Darryl Edestrand 5'11 180 32 2 1 1 2 4 0 0 RW 15 Danny Grant 5'10 188 31 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 C 14 Syl Apps 6'0 185 30 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 RW 21 Glenn Goldup 6'0 190 24 2 1 0 1 11 0 0 D 5 Bob Murdoch 6'0 200 31 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 C 11 Pete Stemkowski 6'1 196 34 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 D 3 Larry Brown 6'2 210 30 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 10 Vic Venasky 5'11 185 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 16 Marcel Dionne 5'9 190 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 19 Butch Goring 5'9 170 28 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 2 Randy Manery 6'0 185 28 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 RW 12 Hartland Monahan 5'11 197 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 7 Mike Murphy 6'0 190 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 6 Rob Palmer 5'11 190 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 22 Gary Sargent 5'10 210 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 18 Dave Taylor 6'0 190 22 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 G 30 Rogie Vachon 5'7 170 32 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 LW 17 Tom Williams 5'11 187 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 8 Bert Wilson 6'0 178 28 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 C 12 Gene Carr 5'11 185 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 25 Larry Carriere 6'1 190 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 9 Ernie Hicke 5'11 185 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 4 Dave Hutchison 6'3 205 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D 23 Neil Komadoski 6'0 200 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 24 Don Kozak 5'11 190 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 14 Dave Schultz 6'1 190 28 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 26 Steve Short 6'2 210 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 26 Charlie Simmer 6'3 210 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 31 Gary Simmons 6'2 200 33 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 27 Lorne Stamler 6'0 190 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- RW 26 Russ Walker 6'2 185 24 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 30 Rogie Vachon 32 2 120 11 5.50 0 2 51 .784 0 0

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1977 vs Cleveland Barons W 2-0 1-0-0 10/15/1977 vs Detroit Red Wings W 4-2 2-0-0 10/18/1977 at New York Islanders T 0-0 2-0-1 10/19/1977 at Cleveland Barons L 1-3 2-1-1 10/22/1977 vs Boston Bruins L 3-4 2-2-1 10/25/1977 at Vancouver Canucks L 1-3 2-3-1 10/26/1977 vs New York Islanders T 2-2 2-3-2 10/29/1977 at Montreal Canadiens W 5-3 3-3-2 10/30/1977 at New York Rangers W 5-3 4-3-2 11/01/1977 at St. Louis Blues L 2-7 4-4-2 11/03/1977 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-2 5-4-2 11/05/1977 vs New York Rangers W 3-1 6-4-2 11/08/1977 at Washington Capitals W 5-1 7-4-2 11/10/1977 at Boston Bruins L 2-5 7-5-2 11/12/1977 vs Minnesota North Stars T 2-2 7-5-3 11/16/1977 vs Cleveland Barons T 1-1 7-5-4 11/19/1977 vs Montreal Canadiens L 2-4 7-6-4 11/23/1977 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 8-3 8-6-4 11/24/1977 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-3 9-6-4 11/26/1977 at Atlanta Flames T 4-4 9-6-5 11/27/1977 at Philadelphia Flyers L 0-2 9-7-5 11/29/1977 vs Washington Capitals W 4-2 10-7-5 12/01/1977 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 2-4 10-8-5 12/03/1977 vs Atlanta Flames W 4-1 11-8-5 12/06/1977 at St. Louis Blues W 6-1 12-8-5 12/08/1977 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-3 13-8-5 12/10/1977 vs Toronto Maple Leafs L 0-3 13-9-5 12/15/1977 vs Buffalo Sabres L 3-7 13-10-5 12/17/1977 vs Washington Capitals L 1-2 13-11-5 12/19/1977 vs Vancouver Canucks W 3-2 14-11-5 12/21/1977 vs Minnesota North Stars W 8-1 15-11-5 12/22/1977 at Chicago Black Hawks W 4-0 16-11-5 12/28/1977 vs New York Islanders L 3-4 16-12-5 12/29/1977 at Colorado Rockies T 2-2 16-12-6 01/01/1978 vs Colorado Rockies W 5-1 17-12-6 01/04/1978 at Washington Capitals L 0-4 17-13-6 01/05/1978 at Philadelphia Flyers T 4-4 17-13-7 01/07/1978 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 17-13-8 01/08/1978 at Detroit Red Wings L 3-4 17-14-8 01/11/1978 at Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 17-14-9

Date Opponent Result Record 01/12/1978 at Boston Bruins L 1-6 17-15-9 01/14/1978 at Atlanta Flames W 8-4 18-15-9 01/18/1978 vs New York Rangers L 0-3 18-16-9 01/20/1978 at Colorado Rockies L 2-5 18-17-9 01/21/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 2-1 19-17-9 01/26/1978 vs St. Louis Blues W 5-1 20-17-9 01/28/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-6 20-18-9 01/29/1978 at New York Rangers W 4-1 21-18-9 02/01/1978 vs Washington Capitals W 8-3 22-18-9 02/04/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens T 5-5 22-18-10 02/07/1978 vs Detroit Red Wings L 1-2 22-19-10 02/09/1978 vs Atlanta Flames L 2-4 22-20-10 02/11/1978 vs Pittsburgh Penguins T 3-3 22-20-11 02/14/1978 at New York Islanders L 2-3 22-21-11 02/16/1978 at Buffalo Sabres L 0-5 22-22-11 02/18/1978 at Pittsburgh Penguins T 1-1 22-22-12 02/19/1978 at Detroit Red Wings L 1-5 22-23-12 02/21/1978 at Washington Capitals W 4-1 23-23-12 02/22/1978 at Minnesota North Stars L 1-4 23-24-12 02/25/1978 vs Boston Bruins L 2-4 23-25-12 02/28/1978 vs Cleveland Barons W 4-2 24-25-12 03/02/1978 vs Colorado Rockies W 5-2 25-25-12 03/04/1978 vs Chicago Black Hawks L 3-6 25-26-12 03/08/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-1 26-26-12 03/09/1978 at Buffalo Sabres T 3-3 26-26-13 03/11/1978 at Montreal Canadiens L 3-5 26-27-13 03/12/1978 at Boston Bruins L 3-9 26-28-13 03/14/1978 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-2 27-28-13 03/16/1978 vs Detroit Red Wings T 3-3 27-28-14 03/18/1978 vs Montreal Canadiens L 3-6 27-29-14 03/21/1978 vs Buffalo Sabres L 2-6 27-30-14 03/23/1978 at Minnesota North Stars W 3-1 28-30-14 03/24/1978 at Cleveland Barons W 4-3 29-30-14 03/27/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs L 0-3 29-31-14 03/29/1978 at Chicago Black Hawks L 1-5 29-32-14 03/30/1978 at Detroit Red Wings W 4-0 30-32-14 04/01/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers L 2-4 30-33-14 04/05/1978 vs St. Louis Blues L 2-3 30-34-14 04/07/1978 at Vancouver Canucks T 5-5 30-34-15 04/08/1978 vs Vancouver Canucks W 5-3 31-34-15

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