1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season

1984–85 Los Angeles Kings
Division 4th Smythe
Conference 6th Campbell
1984–85 record 34-32-14
Goals for 339
Goals against 326
Team information
General Manager Rogie Vachon
Coach Pat Quinn
Captain Terry Ruskowski
Alternate captains None
Arena The Forum
Average attendance 486,624
Team leaders
Goals Marcel Dionne and Bernie Nicholls (46)
Assists Marcel Dionne (80)
Points Marcel Dionne (126)
Penalties in minutes Jay Wells (185)
Plus/minus Dave Taylor (+13)
Wins Bob Janecyk (22)
Goals against average Bob Janecyk (3.66)
<1983–84 1985–86>

The 1984-85 Los Angeles Kings season was the 18th in franchise history. Following a fifth place finish the previous season under three different coaches, Pat Quinn was hired as the new head coach of the Kings. In his first season, he returned them to the playoffs after a two-year absence with a 23-point improvement in the standings. But despite the goal scoring brilliance of Marcel Dionne and Bernie Nicholls, the Kings could not duplicate their Miracle on Manchester performance this time, losing to the Edmonton Oilers in three straight games in the Smythe Division semi-finals.

Offseason

Transactions

NHL Draft

Regular season

Season standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Edmonton Oilers 80 49 20 11 401 298 109
Winnipeg Jets 80 43 27 10 358 332 96
Calgary Flames 80 41 27 12 363 302 94
Los Angeles Kings 80 34 32 14 339 326 82
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 46 9 284 401 59

[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

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

Schedule and results

1984-85 Game Log

Playoffs

1985 Smythe Division Semi-finals

Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 10 Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 3 (OT)
April 11 Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 4
April 13 Edmonton 4 Los Angeles 3 (OT)

Edmonton wins best-of-five series 3-0.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne C 80 46 80 126 46111612
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 80 46 54 100 76-41506
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 79 41 51 92 132131126
MacLellan, BrianBrian MacLellan LW 80 31 54 85 5321403
Fox, JimJim Fox RW 79 30 53 83 104602
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 78 14 39 53 97-20812
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski C 78 16 33 49 1442202
Smith, DougDoug Smith C 62 21 20 41 58-15311
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt LW 59 16 25 41 10-16501
Redmond, CraigCraig Redmond D 79 6 33 39 57-8100
Galley, GarryGarry Galley D 78 8 30 38 823112
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes LW 79 17 15 32 38-18122
Hakansson, AndersAnders Hakansson LW 73 12 12 24 28-4111
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom D 79 4 19 23 70-2300
Miller, BobBob Miller C 63 4 16 20 35-17000
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly LW 73 8 10 18 55-9002
Lapointe, RickRick Lapointe D 73 4 13 17 46-10001
Mokosak, CarlCarl Mokosak LW 30 4 8 12 43-8000
Wells, JayJay Wells D 77 2 9 11 1854000
Williams, TigerTiger Williams LW 12 4 3 7 430000
Anderson, RussRuss Anderson D 14 1 1 2 20-2000
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk G 51 0 2 2 270000
Evans, DarylDaryl Evans LW 7 1 0 1 22000
Hammond, KenKen Hammond D 3 1 0 1 02001
O'Dwyer, BillBill O'Dwyer C 13 1 0 1 150000
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer LW 5 1 0 1 4-4000
Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot G 33 0 0 0 00000
Seguin, SteveSteve Seguin W 5 0 0 0 9-5000
Wilks, BrianBrian Wilks C 2 0 0 0 0-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk 3002 51 22 21 8 183 3.66 2
Eliot, DarrenDarren Eliot 1882 33 12 11 6 137 4.37 0
Team: 4884 80 34 32 14 320 3.93 2
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 3 2 2 4 80000
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne C 3 1 2 3 2-1100
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 3 1 1 2 9-2000
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski C 3 0 2 2 0-1000
Galley, GarryGarry Galley D 3 1 0 1 20000
Redmond, CraigCraig Redmond D 3 1 0 1 2-4000
Smith, DougDoug Smith C 3 1 0 1 4-2000
Fox, JimJim Fox RW 3 0 1 1 03000
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 3 0 1 1 2-2000
MacLellan, BrianBrian MacLellan LW 3 0 1 1 00000
Miller, BobBob Miller C 2 0 1 1 01000
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes LW 3 0 1 1 4-2000
Wells, JayJay Wells D 3 0 1 1 00000
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom D 3 0 0 0 2-4000
Hakansson, AndersAnders Hakansson LW 3 0 0 0 00000
Hammond, KenKen Hammond D 3 0 0 0 41000
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk G 3 0 0 0 00000
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt LW 3 0 0 0 4-4000
Williams, TigerTiger Williams LW 3 0 0 0 41000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk 184 3 0 3 10 3.26 0
Team: 184 3 0 3 10 3.26 0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Records

Individual

Team

Transactions

Draft picks

Round # Pick # Player PositionNationality College/junior/club team
1 6 Craig Redmond Defence  Canada University of Denver (WCHA)
2 24 Brian Wilks Centre  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3 48 John English Defence  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4 69 Tom Glavine Centre  United States Billerica High School (Massachusetts)
5 87 David Grannis Left wing  United States South St. Paul High School (Minnesota)
6 108 Greg Strome Goaltender  Canada University of North Dakota (WCHA)
7 129 Timothy Hanley Centre  United States Deerfield Academy (Massachusetts)
8 150 Shannon Deegan Centre  Canada University of Vermont (ECAC)
9 171 Luc Robitaille Left wing  Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
10 191 Jeff Crossman Centre  Canada Western Michigan University (CCHA)
11 212 Paul Kenny Goaltender  Canada Cornwall Royals (OHL)

References

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glavito02.shtml
  2. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. "1984-85 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.