1972–73 Los Angeles Kings
Division6th West
1972–73 record31–36–11
Goals for232
Goals against245
Team information
General managerLarry Regan
CoachBob Pulford
CaptainVacant
Alternate captainsRalph Backstrom
Harry Howell
Juha Widing
Team leaders
GoalsMike Corrigan (37)
AssistsJuha Widing (54)
PointsJoha Widing (70)
Penalty minutesMike Corrigan (146)
WinsRogie Vachon (22)
Goals against averageRogie Vachon (2.85)

The 1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' sixth season in the National Hockey League. The team did not qualify for the playoffs and finished in sixth place out of eight teams in the West Division, only three points behind fourth place, the final playoff position. Kings' captain Bob Pulford retired from play before the season and took over as the Kings' head coach.

Offseason

Regular season

Bob Pulford became full-time head coach and instituted a disciplined defense oriented system. Consequently, the Kings allowed 60 fewer goals than in 1971–72. Their penalty killing, once the worst in the NHL, was led by Jimmy Peters and Real Lemieux and was the best in the league. Offensively, the Kings were led by "The Hot Line," which consisted of Juha Widing, Bob Berry, and Mike Corrigan; they combined for 89 goals and 112 assists.

After starting 1–6, the Kings went on a club record 8-game winning streak. But from early January through February, they endured a 4–13–5 stretch that saw them fall from 4th to 7th place. They got hot again in March, going 6–4–2 to get within 2 points of the 4th place St. Louis Blues, who held the final playoff spot with 3 games to play. But L.A. suffered two straight disastrous losses to the last place California Golden Seals, and fell to 6th, missing the playoffs by 3 points.

Final standings

West Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Chicago Black Hawks7842279284225+5993
2Philadelphia Flyers78373011296256+4085
3Minnesota North Stars78373011254230+2485
4St. Louis Blues78323412233251−1876
5Pittsburgh Penguins7832379257265−873
6Los Angeles Kings78313611232245−1373
7Atlanta Flames78253815191239−4865
8California Golden Seals78164616213323−11048

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 7, 19722–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)0–1–0
2WOctober 8, 19724–2@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)1–1–0
3LOctober 11, 19723–7@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)1–2–0
4LOctober 12, 19722–3@ New York Islanders (1972–73)1–3–0
5LOctober 14, 19724–6@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)1–4–0
6LOctober 15, 19722–8@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)1–5–0
7LOctober 18, 19723–4Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)1–6–0
8WOctober 21, 19723–1Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)2–6–0
9WOctober 24, 19725–0California Golden Seals (1972–73)3–6–0
10WOctober 26, 19723–1Atlanta Flames (1972–73)4–6–0
11WOctober 28, 19725–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)5–6–0
12WOctober 31, 19724–1Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)6–6–0
13WNovember 2, 19725–2Boston Bruins (1972–73)7–6–0
14WNovember 4, 19729–2New York Islanders (1972–73)8–6–0
15WNovember 7, 19723–2@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)9–6–0
16TNovember 8, 19723–3@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)9–6–1
17LNovember 11, 19722–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)9–7–1
18LNovember 12, 19721–5@ New York Rangers (1972–73)9–8–1
19LNovember 14, 19721–4@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)9–9–1
20TNovember 15, 19723–3Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)9–9–2
21LNovember 17, 19724–8@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)9–10–2
22WNovember 18, 19728–3Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)10–10–2
23TNovember 22, 19723–3Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)10–10–3
24LNovember 25, 19720–3Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)10–11–3
25TNovember 29, 19722–2New York Rangers (1972–73)10–11–4
26WDecember 2, 19723–2St. Louis Blues (1972–73)11–11–4
27WDecember 5, 19726–1@ New York Islanders (1972–73)12–11–4
28LDecember 6, 19720–6@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)12–12–4
29WDecember 9, 19723–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)13–12–4
30WDecember 13, 19723–1Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)14–12–4
31LDecember 16, 19721–3Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)14–13–4
32LDecember 17, 19720–2@ Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)14–14–4
33LDecember 20, 19721–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)14–15–4
34LDecember 21, 19723–6@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)14–16–4
35WDecember 23, 19722–0Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)15–16–4
36WDecember 24, 19725–3@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)16–16–4
37WDecember 27, 19724–1New York Islanders (1972–73)17–16–4
38WDecember 30, 19725–3Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)18–16–4
39LJanuary 3, 19730–3@ New York Rangers (1972–73)18–17–4
40LJanuary 6, 19732–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)18–18–4
41WJanuary 9, 19733–2@ New York Islanders (1972–73)19–18–4
42WJanuary 11, 19733–2@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)20–18–4
43LJanuary 13, 19731–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)20–19–4
44LJanuary 14, 19731–4@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)20–20–4
45TJanuary 17, 19734–4New York Rangers (1972–73)20–20–5
46WJanuary 19, 19734–0@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)21–20–5
47LJanuary 20, 19732–6Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)21–21–5
48TJanuary 23, 19735–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)21–21–6
49LJanuary 24, 19735–7St. Louis Blues (1972–73)21–22–6
50TJanuary 26, 19733–3@ Atlanta Flames (1972–73)21–22–7
51LJanuary 28, 19735–6@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)21–23–7
52LJanuary 31, 19731–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)21–24–7
53LFebruary 1, 19733–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)21–25–7
54LFebruary 3, 19731–7Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)21–26–7
55WFebruary 7, 19732–1Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)22–26–7
56WFebruary 10, 19734–2@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)23–26–7
57LFebruary 11, 19730–2@ Boston Bruins (1972–73)23–27–7
58LFebruary 13, 19732–4@ St. Louis Blues (1972–73)23–28–7
59TFebruary 14, 19732–2Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)23–28–8
60TFebruary 17, 19733–3Atlanta Flames (1972–73)23–28–9
61WFebruary 18, 19734–2@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)24–28–9
62LFebruary 21, 19733–4New York Rangers (1972–73)24–29–9
63LFebruary 24, 19735–7Boston Bruins (1972–73)24–30–9
64LFebruary 28, 19732–5@ Montreal Canadiens (1972–73)24–31–9
65WMarch 1, 19732–0@ Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73)25–31–9
66WMarch 3, 19732–0St. Louis Blues (1972–73)26–31–9
67TMarch 6, 19732–2Buffalo Sabres (1972–73)26–31–10
68WMarch 8, 19734–1Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73)27–31–10
69WMarch 10, 19734–2California Golden Seals (1972–73)28–31–10
70TMarch 13, 19732–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)28–31–11
71LMarch 14, 19732–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73)28–32–11
72LMarch 16, 19732–4@ Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)28–33–11
73LMarch 17, 19733–4Minnesota North Stars (1972–73)28–34–11
74WMarch 21, 19735–1Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73)29–34–11
75WMarch 24, 19735–3Detroit Red Wings (1972–73)30–34–11
76LMarch 28, 19732–3California Golden Seals (1972–73)30–35–11
77LMarch 30, 19731–3@ California Golden Seals (1972–73)30–36–11
78WMarch 31, 19736–3Vancouver Canucks (1972–73)31–36–11

Playoffs

Did not qualify

Player statistics

Bob Pulford became full-time head coach and instituted a disciplined defense oriented system. Consequently, the Kings allowed 60 fewer goals than in 1971–72. Their penalty killing, once the worst in the NHL, was led by Jimmy Peters and Real Lemieux and was the best in the league. Offensively, the Kings were led by "The Hot Line," which consisted of Juha Widing, Bob Berry, and Mike Corrigan; they combined for 89 goals and 112 assists.

Awards and records

None in 1972–73 season.

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1972–73 season.[3]

Trades

June 6, 1972 To Los Angeles Kings
Flames promise not to select
certain players in expansion draft		 To Atlanta Flames
9th round pick in 1972 - Jean Lamarre
10th round pick in 1973 - Guy Ross
June 8, 1972 To Los Angeles Kings
Cash		 To Minnesota North Stars
8th round pick in 1972 - Scott MacPhail
9th round pick in 1972 - Steve Lyon
August 22, 1972 To Los Angeles Kings
Terry Harper		 To Montreal Canadiens
2nd round pick in 1974 - Gary MacGregor
1st round pick in 1975 - Pierre Mondou
3rd round pick in 1975 - Paul Woods
1st round pick in 1976 - Rod Schutt
December 15, 1972 To Los Angeles Kings
John Van Horlick		 To Portland Buckaroos (WHL)
Jim Stanfield
Mike Keeler
Glen Toner
January 22, 1973 To Los Angeles Kings
Frank St. Marseille		 To St. Louis Blues
Paul Curtis
February 26, 1973 To Los Angeles Kings
Dan Maloney		 To Chicago Black Hawks
Ralph Backstrom

Free agent signings

October 2, 1972 From University of British Columbia (WUAA)
Doug Buhr

Free agents lost

June 6, 1972 To Alberta Oilers (WHA)
Doug Barrie
June 6, 1972 To Alberta Oilers (WHA)
Roger Cote
August 15, 1972 To Chicago Cougars (WHA)
Larry Cahan

Reverse Draft

June 1, 1972 To San Diego Gulls (WHL)
Howie Hughes

Intra-league Draft

June 5, 1972 To Los Angeles Kings
Barry Long		 To Chicago Black Hawks
Bill Orban
June 5, 1972 To Los Angeles Kings
Doug Volmar		 To Detroit Red Wings
$40,000

Expansion Draft

June 6, 1972 To New York Islanders
Bill Mikkelson
Billy Smith
June 6, 1972 To Atlanta Flames
Lucien Grenier

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
220Don Kozak CanadaEdmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
336Dave Hutchison CanadaLondon Knights (OMJHL)
452John Dobie CanadaRegina Pats (WCHL)
568Bernie Germain CanadaRegina Pats (WCHL)
684Mike Usitalo United StatesMichigan Tech University (WCHA)
7100Glen Toner CanadaRegina Pats (WCHL)

Farm teams

Los Angeles Kings other seasons till now

Lost Angeles Kings hockey team has participated in almost all seasons. The summary of various seasons is placed in this referenced list of Los Angeles Kings other seasons.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1972–1973 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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