West Division (NHL)

The West Division of the National Hockey League existed from 1967, when the NHL was made up of a single division, until 1974 when the league changed its format into two conferences of two divisions each.

Composition
Philadelphia Flyers (1967–74)
Los Angeles Kings (1967–74)
St. Louis Blues (1967–74)
Minnesota North Stars (1967–74)
Pittsburgh Penguins (1967–74)
California Seals (1967), Oakland Seals (1967–70), California Golden Seals (1970–74)
Chicago Black Hawks (1970–74)
Atlanta Flames (1972–74)

Final standings, 1968–74
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

1967–68
 1967–68 GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Philadelphia Flyers  74 31 32 11  73 173 179 987 Los Angeles Kings  74 31 33 10  72 200 224 810 St. Louis Blues  74 27 31 16  70 177 191 792 Minnesota North Stars  74 27 32 15  69 191 226 738 Pittsburgh Penguins  74 27 34 13  67 195 216 554 Oakland Seals Named "California Seals" for the first month of the season, after which they were renamed "Oakland Seals"  74 15 42 17  47 153 219 787

1968–69
 1968–69 GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM St. Louis Blues  76 37 25 14  88 204 157 838 Oakland Seals 76 29 36 11  69 219 251 811 Philadelphia Flyers 76 20 35 21  61 174 225 964 Los Angeles Kings 76 24 42 10  58 185 260 698 Pittsburgh Penguins  76 20 45 11  51 189 252 677 Minnesota North Stars 76 18 43 15  51 189 270 862

1969–70
 1969–70 GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM St. Louis Blues  76 37 27 12  86 224 179 876 Pittsburgh Penguins  76 26 38 12  64 182 238 1038 Minnesota North Stars 76 19 35 22  60 224 257 1008 Oakland Seals 76 22 40 14  58 169 243 845 Philadelphia Flyers 76 17 35 24  58 197 225 1123 Los Angeles Kings 76 14 52 10  38 168 290 969

1970–71
 1970–71 GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Chicago Black Hawks 78 49 20 9  107 277 184 1280 St. Louis Blues 78 34 25 19  87 223 208 1092 Philadelphia Flyers 78 28 33 17  73 207 225 1060 Minnesota North Stars 78 28 34 16  72 191 223 898 Los Angeles Kings 78 25 40 13  63 239 303 775 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 21 37 20  62 221 240 1079 California Golden Seals  78 20 53 5  45 199 320 937

1971–72
 1971–72 GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Chicago Black Hawks 78 46 17 15  107 256 166 844 Minnesota North Stars 7837 29 12  86 212 191 853 St. Louis Blues 7828 39 11  67 208 247 1150 Pittsburgh Penguins 7826 38 14  66 220 258 978 Philadelphia Flyers 78 26 38 14  66 200 236 1233 California Golden Seals  78 21 39 18  60 216 288 1007 Los Angeles Kings 7820 49 9  49 206 305 719

1972–73
 1972–73 GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Chicago Black Hawks 78 42 27 9  93 284 225 864 Philadelphia Flyers 78  37 30 11  85 296 256 1756 Minnesota North Stars 7837 30 11  85 254 230 881 St. Louis Blues 78 32 34 12  76 233 251 1195 Pittsburgh Penguins 7832 37 9  73 257 265 866 Los Angeles Kings 7831 36 11  73 232 245 888 Atlanta Flames 78 25 38 15  65 191 239 852 California Golden Seals  78 16 46 16  48 213 323 840

1973–74
 1973–74 GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Philadelphia Flyers 78 50 16 12  112 273 164 1750 Chicago Black Hawks 78 41 14 23  105 272 164 877 Los Angeles Kings 7833 33 12  78 233 231 1055 Atlanta Flames 78 30 34 14  74 214 238 841 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 28 41 9  65 242 273 950 St. Louis Blues 7826 40 12  64 206 248 1147 Minnesota North Stars 7823 38 17  63 235 275 821 California Golden Seals  78 13 55 10  36 195 342 651

Champions

Stanley Cup champions produced

1973–74 - Philadelphia Flyers

Related pages
East Division (NHL)

References

Category:National Hockey League divisions