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68-69LAKings
1968–69 Los Angeles Kings
Division 4th West
1968–69 record 24-42-10
Home record 19-14-5
Road record 5-28-5
Goals for 185
Goals against 260
Team information
General manager Larry Regan
Coach Red Kelly
Captain Bob Wall
Alternate captains Eddie Joyal
Bill White
Dale Rolfe
Team leaders
Goals Eddie Joyal (33)
Assists Real Lemieux (29)
Points Eddie Joyal (52)
Penalty minutes Dale Rolfe (85)
Wins Gerry Desjardins (18)
Goals against average Gerry Desjardins (3.26)

The 1968–69 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 2nd season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 4th in the West Division and won in the Division Semi-finals over the Oakland Seals 4 games to 3 before losing in the Division Finals to the St. Louis Blues 4 games to 0.

Off-season[]

The Kings acquired goaltender Gerry Desjardins from the Montreal Canadiens in June, giving up two first-round picks. Goaltender Terry Sawchuk was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in October for Jimmy Peters, Jr.. On the same day the Kings picked up goaltender prospect Wayne Thomas of the University of Wisconsin from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Desjardins would play the majority of games with Wayne Rutledge his main backup.

The Kings jerseys were the same design as in the 1967-68 season.

Pre-season[]

The team held its training camp in Barrie, Ontario and had three pre-season games in Barrie:

September 18, 1968 vs Oakland Seals
September 20, 1968 vs Minnesota North Stars
October 2, 1968 vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular Season[]

The Kings second season began with playoff expectations following a second place finish in their inaugural season. The Kings played well enough at home to be competitive for a playoff spot, but they only won 5 road games all season.

After last playing in the NHL for the New York Rangers in the 1957-58 season, Gerry Foley played one last game, on December 21, 1968 in a 2-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. Gary Croteau played his first NHL game during the 2-2 tie with Philadelphia on March 1, 1969.

After finishing a surprising second place during the 1967–68 season, the Kings stumbled in their second regular season, finishing with a 24-42-10 record, good for 58 points and fourth place in the six team West Division.

Attendance for the season exceeded 300,000 for the first time over a 38-game home schedule.

Final Standings[]

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

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Game Log[]

Game Log

Playoffs[]

Bill Flett led all Kings playoff scorers with 7 points, while Eddie Joyal and Ted Irvine had 6 points each. Irvine had 5 goals to lead the club.

Los Angeles Kings 4, Oakland Seals 3[]

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 2 Los Angeles 5 Oakland 4 (OT)
April 3 Los Angeles 2 Oakland 4
April 5 Oakland 5 Los Angeles 2
April 6 Oakland 2 Los Angeles 4
April 9 Los Angeles 1 Oakland 4
April 10 Oakland 3 Los Angeles 4
April 13 Los Angeles 5 Oakland 3

St. Louis Blues 4, Los Angeles Kings 0[]

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 4 Los Angeles 0 St. Louis 4
April 6 Los Angeles 2 St. Louis 3
April 9 St. Louis 5 Los Angeles 2
April 11 St. Louis 4 Los Angeles 1

Player Stats[]

Forwards[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

# Player GP G A Pts PIM
16 Eddie Joyal 73 33 19 52 24
17 Bill Flett 72 24 25 49 53
9 Real Lemieux 75 11 29 40 68
15 Ted Irvine 76 15 24 39 47
10 Howie Hughes 73 16 14 30 10
11 Lowell MacDonald 58 14 14 38 10
12, 20 Gord Labossiere 48 10 18 28 12
19 Howie Menard 56 10 17 27 31
8 Jimmy Peters 76 10 15 25 28
7 Phil "Skip" Krake 30 3 9 12 11
23 Doug Robinson 31 2 10 12 2
20 Ron Anderson 56 3 5 8 26
23 Gary Croteau 11 5 1 6 6
7, 12 Bryan Campbell 18 2 1 3 4
22 Bill Inglis 10 0 1 1 0
22 Gerry Foley 1 0 0 0 0
22 Marc Dufour 2 0 0 0 0

Defencemen[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

# Player GP G A Pts PIM
21 Bill White 75 5 28 33 38
2 Bob Wall 71 13 13 26 16
6 Dale Rolfe 75 3 19 22 85
5 Brent Hughes 72 2 19 21 73
14 Larry Cahan 72 3 11 14 76
3 Dave Amadio 65 1 5 6 60

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
30 Gerry Desjardins 60 3499 18 34 6 4 3.26
1 Wayne Rutledge 17 921 6 7 4 0 3.65
1 Jacques Caron 3 140 0 1 0 0 3.86

Awards and Records[]

  • The Kings did not win any awards this season.

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

See also: 1968 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality
1 7 Jim McInally Flag of Canada Canada
1968–69 Los Angeles Kings Roster

Goaltenders:

1 Rutledge • 30 Desjardins • 1 Caron 

Defensemen:

2 Wall • 3 Cahan • 4 J.Lemieux • 4 B.Hughes • 5 Amadio • 6 Rolfe • 21 White 

Forwards:

0 Peters • 7 Krake • 9 R.Lemieux • 10 H.Hughes • 11 MacDonald • 20 Anderson • 12 Campbell • 15 Irvine • 16 Joyal • 17 Flett • 18 Croteau • 19 Dufour • 19 Menard • 20 Labossiere • 22 Inglis • 23 Robinson • 25 Foley 

OwnerJack Kent Cooke •  General ManagerLarry Regan •  CoachRed Kelly

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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