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Davetaylor

Dave Taylor (born December 4, 1955 in Levack, Ontario) is a retired professional player (L.A. Kings, 1977–94) and the current Director of Player Personnel for the Dallas Stars of the NHL. He was previously the L.A. Kings General Manager from 1997 to 2006.

Played collegiate hockey at Clarkson University, where he still holds the school record for career points (251) goals (98) and assists (153) as well as single season goals (41) assists (67) and points (108) in the 1976–77 campaign; in comparison, opposing teams scored a combined 127 goals on Clarkson that year.

Taylor was a member of the Triple Crown Line along with center Marcel Dionne and left winger Charlie Simmer. All three scored more than 100 points in the 1980–81 season with the LA Kings; Taylor scoring 112 points that season (with Dionne and Simmer scoring 135 and 105 points, respectively). He holds the Kings record for games played with 1111.

Career statistics[]

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1974–75 Clarkson Knights ECAC 32 20 34 54 -- -- -- -- -- --
1975–76 Clarkson Knights ECAC 31 26 33 59 -- -- -- -- -- --
1976–77 Clarkson Knights ECAC 34 41 67 108 -- -- -- -- -- --
1976–77 Fort Worth Texans CHL 7 2 4 6 2 -- -- -- -- --
1977–78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 64 22 21 43 47 2 0 0 0 5
1978–79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 43 48 91 124 2 0 0 0 2
1979–80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 61 37 53 90 72 4 2 1 3 4
1980–81 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 47 65 112 130 4 2 2 4 10
1981–82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 39 67 106 130 10 4 6 10 20
1982–83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 46 21 37 58 76 -- -- -- -- --
1983–84 Los Angeles Kings NHL 63 20 49 69 91 -- -- -- -- --
1984–85 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 41 51 92 132 3 2 2 4 8
1985–86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 33 38 71 110 -- -- -- -- --
1986–87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 67 18 44 62 84 5 2 3 5 6
1987–88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 68 26 41 67 129 5 3 3 6 6
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 26 37 63 80 11 1 5 6 19
1989–90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 58 15 26 41 96 6 4 4 8 2
1990–91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 23 30 53 148 12 2 1 3 12
1991–92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 10 19 29 63 6 1 1 2 20
1992–93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 48 6 9 15 49 22 3 5 8 31
1993–94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 33 4 3 7 28 -- -- -- -- --
NHL Totals 1111 431 638 1069 1589 92 26 33 59 145

References[]

Preceded by
Terry Ruskowski
Los Angeles Kings captains
1985-89
Succeeded by
Wayne Gretzky
Preceded by
Gord Kluzak
Winner of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
1991
Succeeded by
Mark Fitzpatrick
Preceded by
Kevin Lowe
Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy
1991
Succeeded by
Ray Bourque
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