1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' fourth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings finished in fifth place in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

West Division^[1]
		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	+93	107
2	St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	+15	87
3	Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	−18	73
4	Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	−32	72
5	Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	−64	63
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	−19	62
7	California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	−121	45

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1970	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	1–0–0
2	L	October 14, 1970	5–8	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	1–1–0
3	W	October 17, 1970	6–1	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	2–1–0
4	W	October 21, 1970	4-2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	3–1–0
5	W	October 24, 1970	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	4–1–0
6	L	October 28, 1970	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	4–2–0
7	L	October 29, 1970	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	4–3–0
8	L	October 31, 1970	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	4–4–0
9	W	November 1, 1970	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	5–4–0
10	W	November 4, 1970	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	6–4–0
11	L	November 7, 1970	2–6	New York Rangers (1970–71)	6–5–0
12	W	November 10, 1970	5–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	7–5–0
13	L	November 11, 1970	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	7–6–0
14	T	November 15, 1970	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	7–6–1
15	L	November 18, 1970	3–5	New York Rangers (1970–71)	7–7–1
16	L	November 20, 1970	1–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	7–8–1
17	L	November 21, 1970	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	7–9–1
18	W	November 25, 1970	3–1	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	8–9–1
19	L	November 28, 1970	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	8–10–1
20	L	November 29, 1970	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	8–11–1
21	L	December 2, 1970	0–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	8–12–1
22	T	December 3, 1970	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	8–12–2
23	T	December 5, 1970	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	8–12–3
24	T	December 9, 1970	2–2	New York Rangers (1970–71)	8–12–4
25	L	December 12, 1970	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	8–13–4
26	L	December 13, 1970	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	8–14–4
27	L	December 16, 1970	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	8–15–4
28	L	December 17, 1970	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	8–16–4
29	T	December 19, 1970	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	8–16–5
30	W	December 20, 1970	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	9–16–5
31	L	December 23, 1970	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	9–17–5
32	W	December 26, 1970	9–3	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	10–17–5
33	L	December 30, 1970	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	10–18–5
34	T	January 2, 1971	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	10–18–6
35	L	January 3, 1971	3–7	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	10–19–6
36	W	January 6, 1971	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	11–19–6
37	T	January 7, 1971	5–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	11–19–7
38	L	January 9, 1971	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	11–20–7
39	T	January 10, 1971	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	11–20–8
40	L	January 13, 1971	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	11–21–8
41	L	January 14, 1971	5–9	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	11–22–8
42	L	January 16, 1971	1–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	11–23–8
43	W	January 17, 1971	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	12–23–8
44	W	January 21, 1971	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	13–23–8
45	W	January 23, 1971	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	14–23–8
46	T	January 27, 1971	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	14–23–9
47	T	January 30, 1971	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	14–23–10
48	T	January 31, 1971	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	14–23–11
49	L	February 3, 1971	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	14–24–11
50	L	February 4, 1971	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	14–25–11
51	W	February 6, 1971	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	15–25–11
52	W	February 10, 1971	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	16–25–11
53	L	February 13, 1971	1–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	16–26–11
54	L	February 14, 1971	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	16–27–11
55	L	February 17, 1971	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	16–28–11
56	W	February 20, 1971	5–4	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	17–28–11
57	L	February 21, 1971	5–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	17–29–11
58	L	February 24, 1971	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	17–30–11
59	L	February 25, 1971	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	17–31–11
60	L	February 27, 1971	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	17–32–11
61	W	February 28, 1971	8–3	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	18–32–11
62	T	March 3, 1971	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	18–32–12
63	L	March 6, 1971	2–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	18–33–12
64	L	March 7, 1971	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	18–34–12
65	W	March 9, 1971	4–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	19–34–12
66	L	March 11, 1971	2–7	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	19–35–12
67	W	March 13, 1971	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	20–35–12
68	L	March 16, 1971	2–7	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	20–36–12
69	W	March 18, 1971	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	21–36–12
70	W	March 20, 1971	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	22–36–12
71	L	March 21, 1971	2–5	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	22–37–12
72	L	March 23, 1971	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	22–38–12
73	W	March 25, 1971	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	23–38–12
74	L	March 27, 1971	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	23–39–12
75	L	March 30, 1971	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	23–40–12
76	T	March 31, 1971	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	23–40–13
77	W	April 3, 1971	6–4	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	24–40–13
78	W	April 4, 1971	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	25–40–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Widing, JuhaJuha Widing	C	78	25	40	65	24	-11	5	0	4
Berry, BobBob Berry	LW	77	25	38	63	52	-5	4	0	2
Lonsberry, RossRoss Lonsberry	LW	76	25	28	53	80	-35	5	2	0
Byers, MikeMike Byers	RW	72	27	18	45	14	-5	4	0	5
Pulford, BobBob Pulford	LW	59	17	26	43	53	-15	6	1	2
Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal	C	69	20	21	41	14	-10	3	0	1
Flett, BillBill Flett	RW	64	13	24	37	57	-30	5	0	0
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte	D	78	6	27	33	96	-9	0	0	0
Robinson, DougDoug Robinson	LW	61	15	13	28	8	-8	3	0	3
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	33	14	13	27	8	-7	2	1	1
Labossiere, GordGord Labossiere	C	45	11	10	21	16	-22	1	0	0
Price, NoelNoel Price	D	62	1	19	20	29	-15	0	0	0
Ravlich, MattMatt Ravlich	D	66	3	16	19	41	-14	0	0	1
Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey	RW	65	6	12	18	46	-15	0	1	2
Grenier, LucienLucien Grenier	RW	68	9	7	16	12	-1	1	1	1
Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson	D	70	4	10	14	52	-16	0	0	0
Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan	D	67	3	11	14	45	-29	1	0	0
Curtis, PaulPaul Curtis	D	64	1	13	14	82	-18	0	0	0
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	18	3	8	11	4	1	1	0	0
Lemieux, RealReal Lemieux	LW	43	3	6	9	22	-7	0	0	1
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	19	2	5	7	2	4	0	0	0
Shack, EddieEddie Shack	LW	11	2	2	4	8	-3	0	0	1
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	4	1	3	4	2	5	0	0	0
McDonough, AlAl McDonough	RW	6	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	1
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	7	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	G	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Norris, JackJack Norris	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stanfield, JimJim Stanfield	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	3375	60	18	29	11	214	3.80	1
Norris, JackJack Norris	1305	25	7	11	2	85	3.91	0
Team:	4680	78	25	40	13	299	3.83	1

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

Los Angeles Kings 1970–1971 Roster

Goaltenders

1 – Jack Norris
30 – Denis DeJordy

Defensemen

2 – Dale Hoganson
3 – Larry Cahan –C
4 – Gilles Marotte
5 – Harry Howell
5 – Noel Price
6 – Paul Curtis
21 – Matt Ravlich
23 – Jean Potvin

Wingers

7 – Dick Duff
7 – Réal Lemieux
8 – Ross Lonsberry
11 – Doug Robinson
12 – Larry Mickey
14 – Lucien Grenier
17 – Bill Flett
18 – Bob Berry
20 – Bob Pulford
22 – Al McDonough
23 – Eddie Shack
24 – Mike Byers

Centers

9 – Ralph Backstrom
9 – Gord Labossiere
15 – Juha Widing
16 – Eddie Joyal
19 – Butch Goring
23 – Jim Stanfield
GM/Coach:
Larry Regan

References

↑ "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
↑ "1970-71 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-14.

External links

"1970–71 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.

Los Angeles Kings

Founded in 1967 Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Awards Records

Personnel	Owners Philip Anschutz Edward P. Roski General manager Dean Lombardi Head coach Darryl Sutter Team captain Anze Kopitar Current roster

Arenas	Long Beach Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Great Western Forum Staples Center

Rivalries	Anaheim Ducks San Jose Sharks

Affiliates	AHL Ontario Reign ECHL Manchester Monarchs

General managers	Regan Milford Maguire Vachon Beverley McMaster Taylor Lombardi

Head coaches	Kelly Laycoe Wilson Regan Glover Pulford Stewart Berry MacDonald Perry Vachon Neilson Quinn Murphy Ftorek Webster Melrose Robinson A. Murray Torchetti Crawford T. Murray Stevens D. Sutter

Media	Broadcasters TV: FSN West/Prime Ticket Radio: KABC (790 AM)

Retired numbers	4 16 18 20 30 99

Stanley Cup Finals	1993 2012 2014

Culture/lore	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft I Love L.A. Bailey Frozen Fury Miracle on Manchester 1991 Las Vegas outdoor game Garnet Bailey and Mark Bavis 2011 NHL Premiere 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Stadium Series

Los Angeles Kings seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1979–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1970–71 NHL season

East	Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal New York Toronto Vancouver

West	California Chicago Los Angeles Minnesota Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

See also	Amateur Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Finals

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1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Roster

See also

References

External links