1969–70 Los Angeles Kings season

	1969–70 Los Angeles Kings
Division	6th West
1969–70 record	14-52-10
Home record	12-22-4
Road record	2-30-6
Goals for	168
Goals against	289
Team information
General manager	Larry Regan
Coach	Hal Laycoe ; Johnny Wilson
Captain	Bob Wall ; Larry Cahan
Team leaders
Goals	Eddie Shack (22)
Assists	Butch Goring ; Leon Rochefort (23)
Points	Ross Lonsberry (42)
Penalty minutes	Ross Lonsberry (118)
Wins	Gerry Desjardins (7)
Goals against average	Denis DeJordy (3.24)
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

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.

Off-season

In the Entry Draft, the Kings chose defensemen 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
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	76	37	27	12	224	179	86
Pittsburgh Penguins	76	26	38	12	182	238	64
Minnesota North Stars	76	19	35	22	224	257	60
Oakland Seals	76	22	40	14	169	243	58
Philadelphia Flyers	76	17	35	24	197	225	58
Los Angeles Kings	76	14	52	150	168	290	38

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

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 Stats

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

Awards and Records

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

See also: 1969 NHL Entry Draft

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.

1969–70 Los Angeles Kings Roster

Goaltenders:

30 DeJordy • 1 Rutledge • 30 Desjardins

Defensemen:

2 Wall • 2 Hoganson • 3 Cahan • 4 J.Lemieux • 4 B.Hughes • 2 Marotte • 6 Rolfe • 21 White • 21 Ravlich •

Forwards:

0 Peters • 7 Krake • 7 Duff • 8 Lonsberry • 9 R.Lemieux • 10 H.Hughes • 10 Stanfield • 11 Corrigan • 12 Campbell • 12 Monahan • 12 Hextall • 15 Irvine • 15 Widing • 16 Joyal • 17 Flett • 18 Croteau • 23 Shack • 25 Rochefort •

Owner: Jack Kent Cooke • General Manager: Larry Regan • Coach: Red Kelly

References

Kings on Hockey Database

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Retired Numbers	4 • 16 • 18 • 20 • 30 • 99
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Affiliates	AHL: Ontario Reign

1969–70 NHL season by team
East	Boston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
West	Los Angeles • Minnesota • Oakland • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
See also	1969 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1970 Stanley Cup Finals