1969–70 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1969–70 Los Angeles Kings season was the third ever for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League. After qualifying for the playoffs in each of their first two seasons, under the direction of coach Red Kelly (who left to take the Pittsburgh job), the Kings fell into the basement of the Western Division. The team also fired coach Hal Laycoe after just 24 games. His replacement, Johnny Wilson, did not fare much better, winning just nine of the remaining 52 games on the schedule.

Offseason

In the Entry Draft, the Kings chose goaltender Dale Hoganson with their first pick, 16th overall in the second round.

Regular season

The Kings endured some long stretches of futility during the 1969–70 season:

From January 29 through March 5, they went 17 straight games without a victory (0–13–4)
From November 8 through November 29, they went 10 straight games without a victory (0–9–1)
From January 11 through January 25, and again from January 29 through February 15, they lost 8 straight games
From January 11 through February 15, they suffered 11 consecutive road losses.
Their only two victories away from home all season were: December 2 (4–3 at Oakland) and January 10 (6–4 at Minnesota)

Season standings

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	76	37	27	12	224	179	+45	86
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	26	38	12	182	238	−56	64
3	Minnesota North Stars	76	19	35	22	224	257	−33	60
4	Oakland Seals	76	22	40	14	169	243	−74	58
5	Philadelphia Flyers	76	17	35	24	197	225	−28	58
6	Los Angeles Kings	76	14	52	10	168	290	−122	38

Schedule and results

1969–70 Game Log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/attendance	Record
1	11	Montreal Canadiens	1–5	Montreal	0–1–0
2	15	St. Louis Blues	1–4	St. Louis	0–2–0
3	17	Oakland Seals	1–5	Oakland	0–3–0
4	18	Oakland Seals	5–0	Los Angeles	1–3-0
5	22	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–0	Los Angeles	2–3-0
6	25	Boston Bruins	2–3	Los Angeles	2–4–0
7	29	Detroit Red Wings	2–5	Los Angeles	2–5–0

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/attendance	Record
8	1	Chicago Black Hawks	1–4	Los Angeles	2–6–0
9	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	6–2	Los Angeles	3–6-0
10	8	New York Rangers	1–4	Los Angeles	3–7–0
11	10	Montreal Canadiens	3–6	Los Angeles	3–8–0
12	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	Pittsburgh	3–9–0
13	16	Boston Bruins	4–7	Boston	3–10–0
14	19	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–4	Toronto	3-10–1
15	20	Philadelphia Flyers	2–3	Philadelphia	3–11–1
16	22	Minnesota North Stars	1–4	Minnesota	3–12–1
17	26	Chicago Black Hawks	0–6	Chicago	3–13–1
18	27	Detroit Red Wings	1–5	Detroit	3–14–1
19	29	St. Louis Blues	1–3	St. Louis	3–15–1

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/attendance	Record
20	2	Oakland Seals	4–3	Oakland	4–15-1
21	3	Philadelphia Flyers	1–7	Los Angeles	4–16–1
22	6	Oakland Seals	5–3	Los Angeles	5–16-1
23	10	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–2	Los Angeles	5–17–1
24	13	St. Louis Blues	1–8	Los Angeles	5–18–1
25	15	Minnesota North Stars	4–4	Los Angeles	5-182
26	17	Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	Los Angeles	6–18-2
27	20	Minnesota North Stars	3–3	Los Angeles	6-18–3
28	24	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–8	Toronto	6–19–3
29	25	Boston Bruins	1–7	Boston	6–20–3
30	28	New York Rangers	3–3	New York	6-20–4
31	30	Minnesota North Stars	0–0	Los Angeles	6-205

January

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/attendance	Record
32	1	Philadelphia Flyers	4–3	Los Angeles	7–20-5
33	3	Boston Bruins	2–6	Los Angeles	7–21–5
34	6	Montreal Canadiens	3–4	Montreal	7–22–5
35	8	Philadelphia Flyers	1–4	Philadelphia	7–23–5
36	10	Minnesota North Stars	6–4	Minnesota	8–23-5
37	11	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	Chicago	8–24–5
38	14	Montreal Canadiens	2–4	Montreal	8–25–5
39	15	Boston Bruins	3–6	Boston	8–26–5
40	17	St. Louis Blues	1–3	St. Louis	8–27–5
41	18	Detroit Red Wings	1–3	Detroit	8–28–5
42	22	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–3	Los Angeles	8–29–5
43	24	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–4	Pittsburgh	8–30–5
44	25	New York Rangers	2–3	New York	8–31–5
45	28	New York Rangers	5–4	Los Angeles	9–31-5
46	29	St. Louis Blues	2–3	Los Angeles	9–32–5
47	31	Detroit Red Wings	1–2	Los Angeles	9–33–5

February

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/attendance	Record
48	5	Montreal Canadiens	3–5	Los Angeles	9–34–5
49	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–3	Pittsburgh	9–35–5
50	8	New York Rangers	1–5	New York	9–36–5
51	11	New York Rangers	2–6	Los Angeles	9–37–5
52	14	St. Louis Blues	1–2	St. Louis	9–38–5
53	15	Philadelphia Flyers	1–7	Philadelphia	9–39–5
54	18	Boston Bruins	5–5	Los Angeles	9-39–6
55	19	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–6	Los Angeles	9–40–6
56	21	St. Louis Blues	2–4	Los Angeles	9–41–6
57	25	Minnesota North Stars	3–3	Minnesota	9-41–7
58	26	Pittsburgh Penguins	0–1	Pittsburgh	9–42–7
59	28	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–3	Toronto	9-42–8

March

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/attendance	Record
60	1	Philadelphia Flyers	4–4	Philadelphia	9-42–9
61	3	Chicago Black Hawks	1–3	Los Angeles	9–43–9
62	5	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–5	Los Angeles	9–44–9
63	7	Oakland Seals	5–3	Los Angeles	10–44-9
64	8	Oakland Seals	2–2	Oakland	10-44–10
65	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	4–1	Los Angeles	11–44-10
66	14	Philadelphia Flyers	3–5	Los Angeles	11–45–10
67	15	Chicago Black Hawks	2–5	Chicago	11–46–10
68	17	Detroit Red Wings	2–3	Detroit	11–47–10
69	19	Montreal Canadiens	1–6	Los Angeles	11–48–10
70	21	Detroit Red Wings	1–4	Los Angeles	11–49–10
71	24	St. Louis Blues	0–4	Los Angeles	11–50–10
72	26	Philadelphia Flyers	3–2	Los Angeles	12–50-10
73	28	Minnesota North Stars	4–2	Los Angeles	13–50-10
74	31	Minnesota North Stars	2–5	Minnesota	13–51–10

April

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/attendance	Record
75	3	Oakland Seals	1–4	Oakland	13–52–10
76	4	Oakland Seals	4–1	Los Angeles	14–52-10

Playoffs

After reaching the post-season in their first two seasons, the Kings failed to make the playoffs in 1969–70.

Player statistics

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ross Lonsberry	76	20	22	42	118
Eddie Joyal	59	18	22	40	8
Butch Goring	59	13	23	36	8
Eddie Shack	73	22	12	34	113
Bill Flett	69	14	18	32	70
Leon Rochefort	76	9	23	32	14
Jimmy Peters, Jr.	74	15	9	24	10
Ted Irvine	58	11	13	24	10
Phil “Skip” Krake	58	5	17	22	86
Bob Wall	70	5	13	18	26
Bill White	40	4	11	15	21
Dick Duff	32	5	8	13	8
Dennis Hextall	28	5	7	12	40
Larry Cahan	70	4	8	12	52
Mike Corrigan	36	6	4	10	30
Matt Ravlich	21	3	7	10	34
Dale Rolfe	55	1	9	10	77
Bryan Campbell	31	4	4	8	4
Dale Hoganson	49	1	7	8	37
Brent Hughes	52	1	7	8	108
Real Lemieux	18	2	4	6	10
Gilles Marotte	21	0	6	6	32
Howie Hughes	21	0	4	4	0
Garry Monahan	21	0	3	3	12
Juha Widing	4	0	2	2	2
Jacques Lemieux	3	0	1	1	0
Jim Stanfield	1	0	0	0	0
Gary Croteau	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Denis DeJordy	21	1147	5	11	4	0	3.24
Gerry Desjardins	43	2453	7	29	5	3	3.89
Wayne Rutledge	20	960	2	12	1	0	4.25

Transactions

May 14, 1969 – Acquired Ross Lonsberry and Eddie Shack from Boston for Ken Turlik and first round draft choices in both the 1971 and 1973 NHL Entry Drafts.
June 9, 1969 – Acquired Dennis Hextall and Leon Rochefort from New York for Real Lemieux
September 1, 1969 – Acquired Roger Cote from Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) for Jim Murray.
January 24, 1970 – Acquired Dick Duff from Montreal for Dennis Hextall.
February 20, 1970 – Acquired Brian Gibbons, Garry Monahan and Matt Ravlich from Detroit for Gary Croteau, Larry Johnston and Dale Rolfe.
February 20, 1970 – Acquired Denis DeJordy, Gilles Marotte and Jim Stanfield from Chicago for Bryan Campbell, Gerry Desjardins and Bill White.
February 28, 1970 – Acquired Real Lemieux and Juha Widing from New York for Ted Irvine.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality
2	16	Dale Hoganson	Canada
3	27	Gregg Boddy	Canada
4	39	Bruce Landon	Canada
5	51	Butch Goring	Canada

References

Kings on Hockey Database

↑ "1969–1970 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.

Los Angeles Kings

Founded in 1967 Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Awards Records

Personnel	Owners Philip Anschutz Edward P. Roski General manager Dean Lombardi Head coach Darryl Sutter Team captain Anze Kopitar Current roster

Arenas	Long Beach Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Great Western Forum Staples Center

Rivalries	Anaheim Ducks San Jose Sharks

Affiliates	AHL Ontario Reign ECHL Manchester Monarchs

General managers	Regan Milford Maguire Vachon Beverley McMaster Taylor Lombardi

Head coaches	Kelly Laycoe Wilson Regan Glover Pulford Stewart Berry MacDonald Perry Vachon Neilson Quinn Murphy Ftorek Webster Melrose Robinson A. Murray Torchetti Crawford T. Murray Stevens D. Sutter

Media	Broadcasters TV: FSN West/Prime Ticket Radio: KABC (790 AM)

Retired numbers	4 16 18 20 30 99

Stanley Cup Finals	1993 2012 2014

Culture/lore	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft I Love L.A. Bailey Frozen Fury Miracle on Manchester 1991 Las Vegas outdoor game Garnet Bailey and Mark Bavis 2011 NHL Premiere 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Stadium Series

Los Angeles Kings seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1979–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1969–70 NHL season

East	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal New York Toronto

West	Los Angeles Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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