Dave Taylor (ice hockey)
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Dave Taylor (born December 4, 1955 in Levack, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player (L.A. Kings, 1977–94.) He was the L.A. Kings General Manager from 1997 to 2006.
Played collegiate hockey at Clarkson University, where he still holds the school record for career points (251) goals (98) and assists (153) as well as single season goals (41) assists (67) and points (108) in the 1976–77 campaign; in comparison, opposing teams scored a combined 127 goals on Clarkson that year.
Taylor was a member of the Triple Crown Line along with center Marcel Dionne and left winger Charlie Simmer. All three scored more than 100 points in the 1980–81 season with the LA Kings; Taylor scoring 112 points that season (with Dionne and Simmer scoring 135 and 105 points, respectively). He holds the Kings record for games played with 1111.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1974–75 | Clarkson Knights | ECAC | 32 | 20 | 34 | 54 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1975–76 | Clarkson Knights | ECAC | 31 | 26 | 33 | 59 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1976–77 | Clarkson Knights | ECAC | 34 | 41 | 67 | 108 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1976–77 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1977–78 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 64 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1978–79 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 78 | 43 | 48 | 91 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1979–80 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 61 | 37 | 53 | 90 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1980–81 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 72 | 47 | 65 | 112 | 130 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1981–82 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 78 | 39 | 67 | 106 | 130 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | ||
| 1982–83 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 46 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 76 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1983–84 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 63 | 20 | 49 | 69 | 91 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1984–85 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 79 | 41 | 51 | 92 | 132 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1985–86 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 76 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 110 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1986–87 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 67 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1987–88 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 68 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 129 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1988–89 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 70 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||
| 1989–90 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 58 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 96 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1990–91 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 73 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 148 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1991–92 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 77 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | ||
| 1992–93 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 48 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 31 | ||
| 1993–94 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 33 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 1111 | 431 | 638 | 1069 | 1589 | 92 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 145 | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Terry Ruskowski |
Los Angeles Kings captains 1985-89 |
Succeeded by Wayne Gretzky |
| Preceded by Gord Kluzak |
Winner of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy 1991 |
Succeeded by Mark Fitzpatrick |
| Preceded by Kevin Lowe |
Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy 1991 |
Succeeded by Ray Bourque |
