1971-72 Los Angeles Kings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 20-49-9 - 49 points
in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Larry Regan (2-7-1)
Coach: Fred Glover (18-42-8)
1971-72 Los Angeles Kings RosterTeam Record: 20-49-9 - 49 points
in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Larry Regan (2-7-1)
Coach: Fred Glover (18-42-8)
The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 20 wins and 49 losses and 9 ties for 49 points in the NHL's West Division.
The team netted 206 goals and yielded 305, most in the circuit. Juha Widing scored 27 goals for the team, and Ralph Backstrom and Butch Goring each contributed 29 assists. Gary Edwards topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.6 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Larry Regan and Fred Glover coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juha Widing | C | 78 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 26 | -36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 192 | 14.1 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 76 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 22 | -22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 181 | 12.7 |
| Butch Goring | C | 74 | 21 | 29 | 50 | 2 | -10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 137 | 15.3 |
| Bob Berry | L | 78 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 44 | -23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 16.7 |
| Real Lemieux | L | 78 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 28 | -40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 12.7 |
| Bob Pulford | L | 73 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 48 | -25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170 | 7.6 |
| Mike Corrigan | R | 56 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 93 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 11.8 |
| Gilles Marotte | D | 72 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 83 | -33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 203 | 4.9 |
| Ross Lonsberry | L | 50 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 39 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 112 | 8.0 |
| Serge Bernier | C | 26 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 11.3 |
| Bill Flett | R | 45 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 18 | -30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 6.2 |
| Harry Howell | D | 77 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 53 | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 0.7 |
| Jim Johnson | C | 28 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 15.1 |
| Doug Barrie | D | 48 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 47 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Eddie Joyal | C | 44 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 15.7 |
| Bill Lesuk | L | 27 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Paul Curtis | D | 64 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 57 | -32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1.5 |
| Mike Byers | R | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Lucien Grenier | R | 60 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Al McDonough | R | 31 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Jean Potvin | D | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 35 | -39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3.6 |
| Bob Woytowich | D | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Larry Hillman | D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Dale Hoganson | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Brian Carlin | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Jim Stanfield | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Bill Mikkelson | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Smith | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denis DeJordy | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Edwards | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1404 | 206 | 328 | 534 | 719 | -441 | 38 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 2174 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | 28 | 1586 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 4.05 | |||
| Gary Edwards | 44 | 2503 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 150 | 3.60 | |||
| Billy Smith | 5 | 300 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.60 | |||
| Denis DeJordy | 5 | 291 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.74 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4680 | 20 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 303 | 3.88 | 0 |
