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1969–70 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1969–70
year	1969
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Division	West
DivisionRank	6th
Record	14–52–10
HomeRecord	12–22–4
RoadRecord	2–30–6
GoalsFor	168
GoalsAgainst	289
GeneralManager	Larry Regan
Coach	Hal Laycoe and Johnny Wilson
Captain	Larry Cahan
AltCaptain	Bob Wall
Eddie Joyal
Arena	Los Angeles Forum
GoalsLeader	Eddie Shack (22)
AssistsLeader	Butch Goring and Leon Rochefort (23)
PointsLeader	Ross Lonsberry (42)
PIMLeader	Ross Lonsberry (118)
WinsLeader	Gerry Desjardins (7)
GAALeader	Denis DeJordy (3.24)

Eddie Joyal

The 1969–70 Los Angeles Kings season was the third ever for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League (NHL). 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 finished the season with an NHL-worst record of 14-52-10 (38 points). 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. For the first time in team history, the Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The last remaining active member of the 1969–70 Los Angeles Kings was Butch Goring, who retired after the 1984–85 season.

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

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- | 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

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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

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1969–70 season.

Trades

February 27, 1970	To Los Angeles KingsReal Lemieux
Juha Widing	To New York RangersTed Irvine

Free agent signings

November 15, 1969	From Springfield Kings (AHL)Jean Potvin

Intra-league Draft

June 11, 1969	To St. Louis BluesRon Anderson

Reverse Draft

June 12, 1969	From Pittsburgh PenguinsNoel Price

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

NOTE: Back before 1979, the amateur draft was held with varying rules and procedures. In 1969, teams only needed to select as many player as they wanted to, which is why there were only four Kings players drafted.

References

Kings on Hockey Database

References

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