1976-77 Los Angeles Kings Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-31-15 - 83 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 4-5
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Atlanta Flames 2-1
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Boston Bruins 4-2
Coach: Bob Pulford (34-31-15)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1976-77 Los Angeles Kings Roster
1976-77 Los Angeles Kings Results

The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1976-77 season with a record of 34 wins and 31 losses and 15 ties for 83 points, finishing second in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-5.

The Kings scored 271 goals and allowed 241. Marcel Dionne netted 53 goals for Los Angeles, while Butch Goring and Tom Williams tallied 30 or more as well. Marcel Dionne contributed 69 assists. Rogie Vachon earned 33 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.72 goals against average, topping regular goalies.

Bob Pulford coached the team. The 1976-77 Los Angeles Kings lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Marcel Dionne	C	80	53	69	122	12	10	14	1	5	3	378	14.0
Butch Goring	C	78	30	55	85	6	10	13	0	3	1	216	13.9
Tom Williams	L	80	35	39	74	14	14	15	0	3	2	233	15.0
Mike Murphy	R	76	25	36	61	58	15	9	3	3	2	165	15.2
Gary Sargent	D	80	14	40	54	65	7	8	0	2	1	200	7.0
Vic Venasky	C	80	14	26	40	18	2	1	1	2	0	120	11.7
Bob Berry	L	69	13	25	38	20	12	2	0	1	2	85	15.3
Don Kozak	R	79	15	17	32	89	-9	1	0	1	0	98	15.3
Bob Murdoch	D	70	9	23	32	79	36	0	0	1	0	125	7.2
Dave Schultz	L	76	10	20	30	232	-8	2	0	2	0	122	8.2
Frank St. Marseille	R	49	6	22	28	16	1	1	0	0	1	74	8.1
Gene Carr	C	68	15	12	27	25	5	0	1	2	1	99	15.2
Dave Hutchison	D	70	6	11	17	220	7	1	0	3	0	115	5.2
Glenn Goldup	R	28	7	6	13	29	5	1	0	2	0	28	25.0
Neil Komadoski	D	68	3	9	12	109	17	0	0	1	0	76	3.9
Juha Widing	C	47	3	8	11	8	-16	0	0	1	0	69	4.3
Bert Wilson	L	77	4	3	7	64	-9	0	0	1	0	54	7.4
Larry Brown	D	55	1	6	7	24	-17	0	0	0	0	59	1.7
Ab DeMarco	D	33	3	3	6	6	-8	0	0	0	0	82	3.7
Lorne Stamler	L	7	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	25.0
Steve Clippingdale	L	16	1	2	3	9	3	0	0	0	0	11	9.1
Sheldon Kannegiesser	D	39	1	1	2	28	-7	0	0	1	0	18	5.6
Russ Walker	R	16	1	0	1	35	-2	0	0	0	0	12	8.3
Rogie Vachon	G	68	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Edwards	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Simmons	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Moxey	R	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1424	271	435	706	1172	68	68	6	34	14	2447	11.1

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Rogie Vachon	68	4059	33	23	12	1	8	184	2.72	0
Gary Simmons	4	240	1	2	1	1	0	16	4.00	0
Gary Edwards	10	501	0	6	2	0	0	39	4.67	0
Totals	82	4800	34	31	15	2	8	239	2.99		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Marcel Dionne	C	9	5	9	14	2	1	1
Butch Goring	C	9	7	5	12	0	3	2
Tom Williams	L	9	3	4	7	2	1	0
Mike Murphy	R	9	4	9	13	4	1	0
Gary Sargent	D	9	3	4	7	6	2	0
Vic Venasky	C	9	1	4	5	6	1	0
Bob Berry	L	9	0	3	3	4	0	0
Don Kozak	R	9	4	1	5	17	1	0
Bob Murdoch	D	9	2	3	5	14	1	1
Dave Schultz	L	9	1	1	2	45	1	0
Frank St. Marseille	R	9	1	0	1	2	0	0
Gene Carr	C	9	1	1	2	2	0	0
Dave Hutchison	D	9	1	4	5	17	0	0
Glenn Goldup	R	8	2	2	4	2	0	0
Neil Komadoski	D	9	0	2	2	15	0	0
Bert Wilson	L	8	0	2	2	12	0	0
Larry Brown	D	9	0	1	1	6	0	0
Ab DeMarco	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Steve Clippingdale	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Simmons	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		163	35	55	90	158	12	4

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Rogie Vachon	9	520	4	5	36	4.15	0
Gary Simmons	1	20	0	0	1	3.00	0
Totals	10	540	4	5	37	4.11		0