1984–85_Los_Angeles_Kings_season

1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season

1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season

LA Kings 18th NHL season

The 1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 18th season in the National Hockey League. 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 three-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.

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Offseason

Transactions

NHL Draft

See also: 1984 NHL Entry Draft
  • This draft would the first for Rogie Vachon as the team's general manager. It would be memorable in Kings history for hits as well as misses. On the down side, the team's first round selection, Craig Redmond, didn't amount to much, and they used their fourth round draft pick on Tom Glavine, who opted instead to play professional baseball with the Atlanta Braves.[1] But on the plus side, Vachon struck gold in the 9th round with the 171st pick overall by choosing future Hockey Hall of Fame member Luc Robitaille.

Regular season

Season standings

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[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.

Record vs. opponents

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Schedule and results

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Playoffs

1985 Smythe Division Semi-finals

Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings

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

Player statistics

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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

  • Most goals in a game, 4 (tied with many others): Bernie Nicholls, November 13, 1984, at Quebec

Team

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season.[5]

Trades

June 9, 1984 To Los Angeles Kings
Bob Janecyk
1st round pick in 1984 – Craig Redmond
3rd round pick in 1984 – John English
4th round pick in 1984 – Tom Glavine		 To Chicago Black Hawks
1st round pick in 1984 – Ed Olczyk
4th round pick in 1984 – Tommy Eriksson
October 20, 1984 To Los Angeles Kings
1st round pick in 1985 – Dan Gratton		 To Boston Bruins
Charlie Simmer
November 18, 1984 To Los Angeles Kings
Steve Shutt		 To Montreal Canadiens
10th round pick in 1985 – Maurice Mansi
November 27, 1984 To Los Angeles Kings
Cash		 To Edmonton Oilers
Dean Hopkins
March 12, 1985 To Los Angeles Kings
Tiger Williams		 To Detroit Red Wings
Future considerations

Free agent signings

October 1, 1984 From Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
Steve Duchesne
October 9, 1984 From Kärpät (SM-liiga)
Bob Miller
October 10, 1984 From Quebec Nordiques
Rick Lapointe
November 8, 1984 From Hartford Whalers
Stuart Smith
April 1, 1985 From RPI (NCAA)
Ken Hammond

Free agents lost

July 11, 1984 To Washington Capitals
Marc Chorney
August 24, 1984 To St. Louis Blues
Kevin LaVallee
October 4, 1984 To Philadelphia Flyers
Don Nachbaur
October 10, 1984 To Boston Bruins
Dean Jenkins
February 21, 1985 To Edmonton Oilers
Marco Baron

Draft picks

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References

  1. [1]
    "Tom Glavine Stats".
  2. [2]
    Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. [3]
    "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "1984-85 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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