# 1969–70 Los Angeles Kings season

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 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

West Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | DIFF | Pts |
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | 76 | 37 | 27 | 12 | 224 | 179 | +45 | 86 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 76 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 182 | 238 | −56 | 64 |
| 3 | Minnesota North Stars | 76 | 19 | 35 | 22 | 224 | 257 | −33 | 60 |
| 4 | Oakland Seals | 76 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 169 | 243 | −74 | 58 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Flyers | 76 | 17 | 35 | 24 | 197 | 225 | −28 | 58 |
| 6 | Los Angeles Kings | 76 | 14 | 52 | 10 | 168 | 290 | −122 | 38 |

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

1969–70 Game Log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreLocation/attendanceRecord
111Montreal Canadiens1–5Montreal0–1–0
215St. Louis Blues1–4St. Louis0–2–0
317Oakland Seals1–5Oakland0–3–0
418Oakland Seals5–0Los Angeles1–3-0
522Pittsburgh Penguins2–0Los Angeles2–3-0
625Boston Bruins2–3Los Angeles2–4–0
729Detroit Red Wings2–5Los Angeles2–5–0 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreLocation/attendanceRecord
81Chicago Black Hawks1–4Los Angeles2–6–0
95Toronto Maple Leafs6–2Los Angeles3–6-0
108New York Rangers1–4Los Angeles3–7–0
1110Montreal Canadiens3–6Los Angeles3–8–0
1215Pittsburgh Penguins1–3Pittsburgh3–9–0
1316Boston Bruins4–7Boston3–10–0
1419Toronto Maple Leafs4–4Toronto3-10–1
1520Philadelphia Flyers2–3Philadelphia3–11–1
1622Minnesota North Stars1–4Minnesota3–12–1
1726Chicago Black Hawks0–6Chicago3–13–1
1827Detroit Red Wings1–5Detroit3–14–1
1929St. Louis Blues1–3St. Louis3–15–1 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreLocation/attendanceRecord
202Oakland Seals4–3Oakland4–15-1
213Philadelphia Flyers1–7Los Angeles4–16–1
226Oakland Seals5–3Los Angeles5–16-1
2310Pittsburgh Penguins0–2Los Angeles5–17–1
2413St. Louis Blues1–8Los Angeles5–18–1
2515Minnesota North Stars4–4Los Angeles5-182
2617Chicago Black Hawks3–1Los Angeles6–18-2
2720Minnesota North Stars3–3Los Angeles6-18–3
2824Toronto Maple Leafs1–8Toronto6–19–3
2925Boston Bruins1–7Boston6–20–3
3028New York Rangers3–3New York6-20–4
3130Minnesota North Stars0–0Los Angeles6-205 :
January
GameDateOpponentScoreLocation/attendanceRecord
321Philadelphia Flyers4–3Los Angeles7–20-5
333Boston Bruins2–6Los Angeles7–21–5
346Montreal Canadiens3–4Montreal7–22–5
358Philadelphia Flyers1–4Philadelphia7–23–5
3610Minnesota North Stars6–4Minnesota8–23-5
3711Chicago Black Hawks1–3Chicago8–24–5
3814Montreal Canadiens2–4Montreal8–25–5
3915Boston Bruins3–6Boston8–26–5
4017St. Louis Blues1–3St. Louis8–27–5
4118Detroit Red Wings1–3Detroit8–28–5
4222Toronto Maple Leafs2–3Los Angeles8–29–5
4324Pittsburgh Penguins2–4Pittsburgh8–30–5
4425New York Rangers2–3New York8–31–5
4528New York Rangers5–4Los Angeles9–31-5
4629St. Louis Blues2–3Los Angeles9–32–5
4731Detroit Red Wings1–2Los Angeles9–33–5 :
February
GameDateOpponentScoreLocation/attendanceRecord
485Montreal Canadiens3–5Los Angeles9–34–5
497Pittsburgh Penguins1–3Pittsburgh9–35–5
508New York Rangers1–5New York9–36–5
5111New York Rangers2–6Los Angeles9–37–5
5214St. Louis Blues1–2St. Louis9–38–5
5315Philadelphia Flyers1–7Philadelphia9–39–5
5418Boston Bruins5–5Los Angeles9-39–6
5519Pittsburgh Penguins1–6Los Angeles9–40–6
5621St. Louis Blues2–4Los Angeles9–41–6
5725Minnesota North Stars3–3Minnesota9-41–7
5826Pittsburgh Penguins0–1Pittsburgh9–42–7
5928Toronto Maple Leafs3–3Toronto9-42–8 :
March
GameDateOpponentScoreLocation/attendanceRecord
601Philadelphia Flyers4–4Philadelphia9-42–9
613Chicago Black Hawks1–3Los Angeles9–43–9
625Toronto Maple Leafs3–5Los Angeles9–44–9
637Oakland Seals5–3Los Angeles10–44-9
648Oakland Seals2–2Oakland10-44–10
6512Pittsburgh Penguins4–1Los Angeles11–44-10
6614Philadelphia Flyers3–5Los Angeles11–45–10
6715Chicago Black Hawks2–5Chicago11–46–10
6817Detroit Red Wings2–3Detroit11–47–10
6919Montreal Canadiens1–6Los Angeles11–48–10
7021Detroit Red Wings1–4Los Angeles11–49–10
7124St. Louis Blues0–4Los Angeles11–50–10
7226Philadelphia Flyers3–2Los Angeles12–50-10
7328Minnesota North Stars4–2Los Angeles13–50-10
7431Minnesota North Stars2–5Minnesota13–51–10 :
April
GameDateOpponentScoreLocation/attendanceRecord
753Oakland Seals1–4Oakland13–52–10
764Oakland Seals4–1Los Angeles14–52-10 :

## 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

| May 14, 1969 | To Los Angeles KingsRoss Lonsberry Eddie Shack | To Boston BruinsKen Turlik 1st round pick in 1971 – Ron Jones 1st round pick in 1973 – Andre Savard |
| June 9, 1969 | To Los Angeles KingsDennis Hextall Leon Rochefort | To New York RangersReal Lemieux |
| June 12, 1969 | To Los Angeles KingsCash | To St. Louis Blues8th round pick in 1969 – Pat Lange |
| June 12, 1969 | To Los Angeles KingsCash | To Montreal Canadiens6th round pick in 1969 – Guy Delparte 7th round pick in 1969 – Ian Wilkie |
| September 1, 1969 | To Los Angeles KingsRoger Cote | To Phoenix Roadrunners (WHLJim Murray |
| November 17, 1969 | To Los Angeles KingsRights to Jean Potvin 2nd round pick in 1970 – Al McDonough 3rd round pick in 1970 – Terry Holbrook | To Montreal Canadiens2nd round pick in 1970 – Buster Harvey 3rd round pick in 1970 – Steve Carlyle 4th round pick in 1970 – Cal Hammond |
| January 23, 1970 | To Los Angeles KingsDick Duff | To Montreal CanadiensDennis Hextall 2nd round pick in 1971 – Larry Robinson |
| February 1, 1970 | To Los Angeles KingsGary Marsh | To Toronto Maple LeafsJacques Lemieux |
| February 20, 1970 | To Los Angeles KingsGarry Monahan Matt Ravlich Brian Gibbons | To Detroit Red WingsGary Croteau Dale Rolfe Larry Johnston |
| February 20, 1970 | To Los Angeles KingsGilles Marotte Jim Stanfield Denis DeJordy | To Chicago Black HawksBryan Campbell Bill White Gerry Desjardins |
| 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 Chicago Black HawksHowie Menard |
| June 11, 1969 | To St. Louis BluesRon Anderson |

### Reverse Draft

| June 12, 1969 | To Denver Spurs (WHL)Jacques Caron |
| 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.