1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 4th in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers 3 games to 0.
==Off-season==
===Transactions===
June 9, 1984 – Acquired Bob Janecyk, a first-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft (Craig Redmond), a third-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft (John English) and a fourth-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft (Tom Glavine) from Chicago for a first-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft.
==Regular Season==
Following a fifth place finish the previous season under three different coaches, Pat Quinn was hired as the new head coach of the Kings. In his first season, he returned them to the playoffs after a two year absence with a 23-point improvement in the standings. But despite the goal scoring brilliance of Marcel Dionne and Bernie Nicholls, the Kings could not duplicate their Miracle on Manchester performance this time, losing to the Edmonton Oilers in three straight games in the Smythe Division semi-finals.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
1984-85 Game Log	1984-85 Game Log	 	 	 	
October
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"	 	 	 	 	
Game 	Date 	Opponent 	Score 	Location/attendance	Record
1 	11 	Edmonton Oilers 	2-2 	Los Angeles 	0-0-1
2 	13 	Vancouver Canucks 	5-6 (OT)	Los Angeles 	0-1-1
3 	14 	St. Louis Blues 	2-5 	Los Angeles 	0-2-1
4 	16 	Washington Capitals	3-5 	Washington 	0-3-1
5 	18 	Montreal Canadiens 	3-3 	Montreal 	0-3-2
6 	20 	New York Islanders 	3-8 	Uniondale 	0-4-2
7 	21 	Chicago Black Hawks	2-5 	Chicago 	0-5-2
8 	26 	Edmonton Oilers 	2-8 	Edmonton 	0-6-2
9 	27 	Winnipeg Jets 	2-2 	Winnipeg 	0-6-3
10 	29 	Winnipeg Jets 	5-3 	Winnipeg 	1-6-3
11 	31 	Vancouver Canucks 	10-3 	Vancouver 	2-6-3
==Playoffs==
===Edmonton Oilers 3, Los Angeles Kings 0===
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 10	Los Angeles	2 	Edmonton 	3 	(OT)
April 11	Los Angeles	2 	Edmonton 	4 	
April 13	Edmonton 	4 	Los Angeles	3 	(OT)
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	46	80	126	46 	11 	16 	1 	2
 	C 	80	46	54	100	76 	-4 	15 	0 	6
 	RW 	79	41	51	92 	132	13 	11 	2 	6
 	LW 	80	31	54	85 	53 	2 	14 	0 	3
 	RW 	79	30	53	83 	10 	4 	6 	0 	2
 	D 	78	14	39	53 	97 	-20	8 	1 	2
 	C 	78	16	33	49 	144	2 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	62	21	20	41 	58 	-15	3 	1 	1
 	LW 	59	16	25	41 	10 	-16	5 	0 	1
 	D 	79	6 	33	39 	57 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	78	8 	30	38 	82 	3 	1 	1 	2
 	LW 	79	17	15	32 	38 	-18	1 	2 	2
 	LW 	73	12	12	24 	28 	-4 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	79	4 	19	23 	70 	-2 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	63	4 	16	20 	35 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	73	8 	10	18 	55 	-9 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	73	4 	13	17 	46 	-10	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	30	4 	8 	12 	43 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	77	2 	9 	11 	185	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	4 	3 	7 	43 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	1 	2 	20 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	51	0 	2 	2 	27 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	1 	0 	1 	15 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	5 	0 	0 	0 	9 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	33	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	3 	2	2	4 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	2	3 	2 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	1	2 	9 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	2	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1	0	1 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1	0	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
===Records===
====Team====
*Most 30+ goal scorers in one season, 5: Marcel Dionne, Bernie Nicholls, Dave Taylor, Brian MacLellan, and Jim Fox
*Most 40+ goal scorers in one season, 3 (tied with 1980-81 Kings): Marcel Dionne (46), Bernie Nicholls (46), and Dave Taylor (41)
*Greatest margin of victory at home: 11: November 29, 1984 vs. Vancouver, 12-1
*Greatest margin of victory on the road: 7: October 21, 1984 at Vancouver, 10-3
==Transactions==
*October 24, 1984 – Acquired a first-round choice in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft (Dan Gratton) from Boston for Charlie Simmer.
*November 18, 1984 – Acquired Steve Shutt from Montreal for a 10th-round choice in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft.
*March 12, 1985 – Acquired Dave "Tiger" Williams from Detroit for cash.
==Draft Picks==
This draft would the first for Rogie Vachon as the team's general manager. It would be memorable in Kings history for hits as well as misses. On the down side, the team's first round selection, Craig Redmond, didn't amount to much, and they used their fourth round draft pick on Tom Glavine, who opted instead to play professional baseball with the Atlanta Braves. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glavito02.shtml But on the plus side, Vachon struck gold in the 9th round with the 171st pick overall by choosing future Hockey Hall of Fame member Luc Robitaille.
Round #	Pick #	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	6 	Craig Redmond 	Defence 	 	University of Denver (WCHA)
2 	24 	Brian Wilks 	Centre 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3 	48 	John English 	Defence 	 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4 	69 	Tom Glavine 	Centre 	 	Billerica High School (Massachusetts)
5 	87 	David Grannis 	Left wing 	 	South St. Paul High School (Minnesota)
6 	108 	Greg Strome 	Goaltender	 	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
7 	129 	Timothy Hanley	Centre 	 	Deerfield Academy (Massachusetts)
8 	150 	Shannon Deegan	Centre 	 	University of Vermont (ECAC)
9 	171 	Luc Robitaille	Left wing 	 	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
10 	191 	Jeff Crossman 	Centre 	 	Western Michigan University (CCHA)
11 	212 	Paul Kenny 	Goaltender	 	Cornwall Royals (OHL)
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1984–85 NHL season
==References==
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Category:Los Angeles Kings seasons
Los Angeles Kings season, 1984–85
Los Angeles Kings season, 1984–85