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1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1972–73
year	1972
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Record	31–36–11
HomeRecord	21–11–7
RoadRecord	10–25–4
Division	West
DivisionRank	6th
GoalsFor	232
GoalsAgainst	245
GeneralManager	Larry Regan
Coach	Bob Pulford
Captain	Vacant
AltCaptain	Ralph Backstrom
Harry Howell
Juha Widing
Gilles Marotte
Arena	Los Angeles Forum
GoalsLeader	Mike Corrigan (37)
AssistsLeader	Juha Widing (54)
PointsLeader	Joha Widing (70)
PIMLeader	Mike Corrigan (146)
WinsLeader	Rogie Vachon (22)
GAALeader	Rogie Vachon (2.85)

Harry Howell Juha Widing Gilles Marotte The 1972–73 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). 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.

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

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 7, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 8, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1972–73) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 11, 1972||3–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1972–73) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 12, 1972||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1972–73) ||1–3–0 |- |5||L||October 14, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1972–73) ||1–4–0 |- |6||L||October 15, 1972||2–8 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1972–73) ||1–5–0 |- |7||L||October 18, 1972||3–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1972–73) ||1–6–0 |- |8||W||October 21, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1972–73) ||2–6–0 |- |9||W||October 24, 1972||5–0 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1972–73) ||3–6–0 |- |10||W||October 26, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1972–73) ||4–6–0 |- |11||W||October 28, 1972||5–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1972–73) ||5–6–0 |- |12||W||October 31, 1972||4–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1972–73) ||6–6–0

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Player statistics

Awards and records

None in 1972–73 season.

Transactions

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

Trades

February 26, 1973	To Los Angeles KingsDan Maloney	To Chicago Black HawksRalph Backstrom

Free agent signings

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

Free agents lost

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 KingsDoug Volmar	To Detroit Red Wings$40,000

Expansion Draft

June 6, 1972	To Atlanta FlamesLucien Grenier

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1972 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	20	Don Kozak	Canada	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
3	36	Dave Hutchison	Canada	London Knights (OMJHL)
4	52	John Dobie	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
5	68	Bernie Germain	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
6	84	Mike Usitalo	United States	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
7	100	Glen Toner	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)

References

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