1972-73 Los Angeles Kings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-36-11 - 73 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Bob Pulford (31-36-11)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1972-73 Los Angeles Kings RosterTeam Record: 31-36-11 - 73 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Bob Pulford (31-36-11)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1972-73 Los Angeles Kings Results
The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1972-73 season with a record of 31 wins and 36 losses and 11 ties for 73 points, finishing sixth in the NHL's West Division.
The Kings scored 232 goals and yielded 245. Mike Corrigan netted 37 goals for Los Angeles, and Bob Berry tallied 30 or more as well. Juha Widing contributed 54 assists. Rogie Vachon topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.85 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.
Bob Pulford coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juha Widing | C | 77 | 16 | 54 | 70 | 30 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 189 | 8.5 |
| Serge Bernier | C | 75 | 22 | 46 | 68 | 43 | -20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 255 | 8.6 |
| Mike Corrigan | R | 78 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 146 | -17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 180 | 20.6 |
| Bob Berry | L | 78 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 75 | -13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 176 | 20.5 |
| Butch Goring | C | 67 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 148 | 18.9 |
| Ralph Backstrom | C | 63 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 6 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 132 | 15.2 |
| Gilles Marotte | D | 78 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 70 | -21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 2.9 |
| Vic Venasky | C | 77 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 10 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 176 | 8.5 |
| Don Kozak | R | 72 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 104 | -25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 17.9 |
| Bill Lesuk | L | 67 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 90 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 4.7 |
| Real Lemieux | L | 74 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 19 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 11.6 |
| Harry Howell | D | 73 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 4.1 |
| Barry Long | D | 70 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 48 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 1.8 |
| Frank St. Marseille | R | 29 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 10.8 |
| Dan Maloney | L | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 |
| Jimmy Peters | C | 77 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Terry Harper | D | 77 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 1.6 |
| Neil Komadoski | D | 62 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 67 | -22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 |
| Larry Brown | D | 55 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.0 |
| Doug Volmar | R | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12.1 |
| Paul Curtis | D | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Phil Hoene | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Edwards | G | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1395 | 232 | 379 | 611 | 874 | -173 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 2269 | 10.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | 53 | 3120 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 148 | 2.85 | 0 | ||
| Gary Edwards | 27 | 1560 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 3.62 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 80 | 4680 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 242 | 3.10 | 0 |
