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1967–68 Los Angeles Kings season

August 23, 2023

The 1967–68 Los Angeles Kings season was the first season for the Kings in the National Hockey League. The Kings qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs but lost in their first playoff series.

1967–68 Los Angeles Kings
Division2nd West
1967–68 record31–33–10
Home record20–13–4
Road record11–20–6
Goals for200
Goals against224
Team information
General managerLarry Regan
CoachRed Kelly
CaptainBob Wall
ArenaLong Beach Arena,
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena,
Los Angeles Forum
Average attendance8,084
Minor league affiliate(s)Springfield Indians (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsBill Flett (26)
AssistsEddie Joyal (34)
PointsEddie Joyal (57)
Penalty minutesDave Amadio (101)
WinsWayne Rutledge (20)
Goals against averageWayne Rutledge (2.87)

Offseason

The Kings were one of six expansion teams, which doubled the size of the league from six to twelve. While the expected favorite bid in Los Angeles was by Dan Reeves, owner of the Western Hockey League's Los Angeles Blades and the NFL's Los Angeles Rams, the league instead awarded a franchise to Jack Kent Cooke, a Canadian who also owned the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers.[1] The Kings were placed in the newly established West Division, along with the other expansion teams: the California Seals, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues.

Prior to the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft, Cooke arranged a deal with Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Red Kelly, who as a player holds the distinction of playing on the most Stanley Cup championship teams without any of them including time in Montreal, and was set for his retirement, to become the Kings' first head coach. During the draft, the Kings picked goaltenders Terry Sawchuk and Wayne Rutledge with their first picks, and once Maple Leafs' general manager Punch Imlach decided to put Kelly on the protected list on the tenth round, Cooke was forced to send one of his picks, Ken Block, in exchange for his future coach. To not rely only on the draft, Cooke purchased the American Hockey League's Springfield Indians for $1 million to bolster the Kings roster. Long-time Indians player Brian Kilrea would score the Kings' first goal.[2]

Cooke invested heavily on promoting his team, inviting Hollywood stars to the arena, and creating nicknames for most players which he enforced play-by-play announcer Jiggs McDonald to employ in broadcasts. Still, conditions were chaotic. For the first preseason practice in California, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour producer Saul Ilson had to bring a puck from his Hollywood office for the Kings to play, as the team's own were unreachable in storage.[1]

Regular season

The Kings played their home games in three locations during that inaugural campaign. Before the brand new arena built by Cooke and known as The Forum would become their permanent home, the team played their first two games at the Long Beach Arena, and 14 more at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena .[3] The season opener was against fellow expansion Philadelphia Flyers, a 4-2 victory in Long Beach. While the Inglewood arena was being finished, the Kings struggled to attract consistent crowds, with sellouts only when the "Original Six" visited.[1] The team still played well, only losing on the sixth game, and in the previous one winning their first confrontation against an Original Six team when visiting the Chicago Black Hawks.[1]

The Forum was opened on December 30, and in the Kings' first game ever there, they lost 2–0 to the Philadelphia Flyers, to their largest crowd that far of 14,366 spectators. Given that aside from California Seals the closest team from Los Angeles were the St. Louis Blues, the Kings had to endure long road trips for away games.[1] A new arena led to bigger and more consistent crowds, with the average of 6,045 tickets in the first 16 games rising to 9,725 at the Forum, for combined totals of 8,037 across the 37 home games. Original Six teams still brought larger audiences, with an average of 12,560 fans compared to the 7,432 when receiving fellow expansion teams.[2] The Kings were predicted by writers to finish last in the new West Division.[4] Surprisingly, the Kings finished second, just one point behind the Flyers. The division lead was taken by the Kings with four games remaining once they beat Philadelphia at The Forum, but Los Angeles slipped down one position by failing to win the final three games.[2] The Kings had the best record of any of the expansion teams against the "Original Six", going a respectable 10–12–2, including winning their first two games ever against the legendary Montreal Canadiens. The home record of the Kings was 20–13–4 in their 37 home games spread over 3 arenas. On the road, Los Angeles posted a record of just 11–20–6.

The goaltending tandem of future hall of famer Terry Sawchuk and Wayne Rutledge allowed the team to stay in most games. The roster invested heavily on depth, with eight players having at least 25 points, and four scoring at least 18 goals. The leaders were Bill Flett, who scored 26 goals, while Eddie Joyal scored 23 goals, adding 34 assists for 57 points and was the second leading scorer in the West Division. Defenseman Bill White had 11 goals and 38 points, and had the second most penalty minutes with 100, just one behind Dave Amadio.[2]

Playoffs

The Kings faced off against the Minnesota North Stars in their first-ever playoff series. Although the Kings had home-ice advantage, the North Stars won the best-of-seven series 4–3. Los Angeles got the first two games at the Forum, lost twice in Minnesota, and had a close 3-2 victory on Game 5 to retain the lead. Afterwards, the North Stars won in overtime to force a Game 7 and dominated at the Forum with a 9-4 win.[2] Doug Robinson and Lowell MacDonald led all Kings playoff scorers with seven points, while Eddie Joyal and Gord Labossiere had five points each.

Season standings

West Division[5]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers 74 31 32 11 173 179 −6 73
2 Los Angeles Kings 74 31 33 10 200 224 −24 72
3 St. Louis Blues 74 27 31 16 177 191 −14 70
4 Minnesota North Stars 74 27 32 15 191 226 −35 69
5 Pittsburgh Penguins 74 27 34 13 195 216 −21 67
6 Oakland Seals 74 15 42 17 153 219 −66 47


Record vs. opponents

1967–68 NHL records
Team BOS CHI DET LAK MIN MTL NYR OAK PHI PIT STL TOR
Boston — 5–3–2 5–3–2 3–1 2–2 5–5 6–2–2 2–2 3–1 2–2 2–1–1 2–5–3
Chicago 3–5–2 — 4–3–3 2–1–1 3–1 2–6–2 3–4–3 3–0–1 3–1 2–1–1 2–0–2 5–4–1
Detroit 3–5–2 3–4–3 — 1–2–1 2–2 3–6–1 3–5–2 3–0–1 3–1 3–1 2–1–1 1–8–1
Los Angeles 1–3 1–2–1 2–1–1 — 2–6–2 2–2 2–2 4–4–2 5–4–1 6–4 4–3–3 2–2
Minnesota 2–2 1–3 2–2 6–2–2 — 1–2–1 0–2–2 5–2–3 3–6–1 3–4–3 3–5–2 1–2–1
Montreal 5–5 6–2–2 6–3–1 2–2 2–1–1 — 4–4–2 3–1 2–1–1 4–0 3–0–1 5–3–2
New York 2–6–2 4–3–3 5–3–2 2–2 2–0–2 4–4–2 — 4–0 3–1 3–0–1 3–1 7–3
Oakland 2–2 0–3–1 0–3–1 4–4–2 2–5–3 1–3 0–4 — 4–3–3 1–5–4 0–7–3 1–3
Philadelphia 1–3 1–3 1–3 4–5–1 6–3–1 1–2–1 1–3 3–4–3 — 3–4–3 7–1–2 3–1
Pittsburgh 2–2 1–2–1 1–3 4–6 4–3–3 0–4 0–3–1 5–1–4 4–3–3 — 4–6 2–1–1
St. Louis 1–2–1 0–2–2 1–2–1 3–4–3 5–3–2 0–3–1 1–3 7–0–3 1–7–2 6–4 — 2–1–1
Toronto 5–2–3 4–5–1 8–1–1 2–2 2–1–1 3–5–2 3–7 3–1 1–3 1–2–1 1–2–1 —

Schedule and results

1967–68 game log
October
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance[6] Record
1 14 Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 Long Beach (7,023) 1–0-0
2 15 Minnesota North Stars 5–3 Long Beach (4,289) 2–0-0
3 18 Oakland Seals 2–2 Oakland (3,419) 2-0–1
4 21 St. Louis Blues 3–3 St. Louis (7,127) 2-0–2
5 22 Chicago Black Hawks 5–3 Chicago (16,666) 3–0-2
6 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–4 Toronto (15,698) 3–1–2
7 26 Boston Bruins 0–2 Boston (12,973) 3–2–2
8 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 Pittsburgh (6,536) 4–2-2
9 31 New York Rangers 1–6 Memorial Sports Arena (6,455) 4–3–2
November
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
10 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1–3 Memorial Sports Arena (8,012) 4–4–2
11 4 Minnesota North Stars 2–2 Minnesota (10,246) 4-4–3
12 5 Detroit Red Wings 6–4 Detroit (12,164) 5–4-3
13 7 Oakland Seals 5–4 Memorial Sports Arena (5,194) 6–4-3
14 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1 Memorial Sports Arena (9,604) 7–4-3
15 15 Oakland Seals 1–4 Oakland (3,256) 7–5–3
16 17 Detroit Red Wings 1–4 Memorial Sports Arena (9,498) 7–6–3
17 19 Montreal Canadiens 4–2 Memorial Sports Arena (9,849) 8–6-3
18 22 Oakland Seals 3–1 Memorial Sports Arena (5,301) 9–6-3
19 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 Memorial Sports Arena (6,458) 10–6-3
20 26 Philadelphia Flyers 2–7 Philadelphia (11,420) 10–7–3
21 29 St. Louis Blues 2–3 St. Louis (5,583) 10–8–3
December
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
22 2 Montreal Canadiens 3–2 Montreal (14,584) 11–8-3
23 3 New York Rangers 2–4 New York (14,012) 11–9–3
24 6 St. Louis Blues 3–2 Long Beach (4,323) 12–9-3
25 8 Philadelphia Flyers 0–3 Long Beach (4,624) 12–10–3
26 10 Boston Bruins 3–1 Boston (13,409) 13–10-3
27 13 Minnesota North Stars 0–4 Minnesota (7,749) 13–11–3
28 15 Minnesota North Stars 0–3 Long Beach (7,149) 13–12–3
29 16 Boston Bruins 2–5 Long Beach (6,510) 13–13–3
30 19 Oakland Seals 3–1 Memorial Sports Arena (4,505) 14–13-3
31 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 Memorial Sports Arena (4,013) 15–13-3
32 23 St. Louis Blues 4–0 Memorial Sports Arena (4,447) 16–13-3
33 25 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Pittsburgh (4,002) 16–14–3
34 27 St. Louis Blues 2–4 St. Louis 16–15–3
35 30 Philadelphia Flyers 0–2 The Forum (14,366) 16–16–3
36 31 Philadelphia Flyers 1–9 Philadelphia (5,643) 16–17–3
January
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
37 3 Minnesota North Stars 0–6 Minnesota (9,921) 16–18–3
38 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–4 Pittsburgh (4,202) 16–19–3
39 6 St. Louis Blues 1–2 St. Louis (7,186) 16–20–3
40 7 Oakland Seals 0–6 Oakland (4,577) 16–21–3
41 11 St. Louis Blues 2–2 The Forum (6,894) 16-21–4
42 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 The Forum (5,755) 17–21-4
43 19 New York Rangers 5–2 The Forum (11,740) 18–21-4
44 21 Oakland Seals 0–3 Oakland (3,650) 18–22–4
45 24 Oakland Seals 1–4 The Forum (7,553) 18–23–4
46 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 Pittsburgh (11,156) 19–23-4
47 28 Philadelphia Flyers 2–0 Philadelphia (13,577) 20–23-4
48 31 Minnesota North Stars 1–6 Minnesota (10,751) 20–24–4
February
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
49 1 Detroit Red Wings 8–6 Detroit (10,257) 21–24-4
50 3 Montreal Canadiens 1–5 Montreal (15,343) 21–25–4
51 4 Chicago Black Hawks 3–5 Chicago (16,666) 21–26–4
52 7 Minnesota North Stars 2–4 The Forum (7,120) 21–27–4
53 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 The Forum (6,195) 22–27-4
54 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 The Forum (12,397) 23–27-4
55 14 St. Louis Blues 2–2 St. Louis (7,652) 23-27–5
56 16 Philadelphia Flyers 7–1 The Forum (9,867) 24–27-5
57 18 Boston Bruins 5–6 The Forum (11,066) 24–28–5
58 24 Chicago Black Hawks 3–3 The Forum (15,752) 24-28–6
59 25 St. Louis Blues 4–2 The Forum (7,386) 25–28-6
60 29 Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 Philadelphia (9,115) 26–28-6
March
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
61 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–5 Toronto (15,816) 26–29–6
62 5 Montreal Canadiens 2–6 The Forum (14,450) 26–30–6
63 7 Oakland Seals 9–2 The Forum (6,678) 27–30-6
64 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–3 Pittsburgh (8,176) 27–31–6
65 10 New York Rangers 4–3 New York (17,250) 28–31-6
66 12 Detroit Red Wings 2–2 The Forum (10,244) 28-31–7
67 14 Philadelphia Flyers 0–0 Quebec City (4,116) 28-31–8
68 16 Minnesota North Stars 2–1 Minnesota (13,739) 29–31-8
69 20 Minnesota North Stars 3–3 The Forum (9,453) 29-31–9
70 22 St. Louis Blues 6–1 The Forum (8,753) 30–31-9
71 23 Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 The Forum (14,003) 31–31-9
72 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–2 The Forum (7,057) 31–32–9
73 27 Minnesota North Stars 3–5 The Forum (8,559) 31–33–9
74 30 Oakland Seals 2–2 Oakland (7,055) 31-33–10

Playoffs

1968 NHL Quarter-finals

Minnesota North Stars vs. Los Angeles Kings

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
April 4 Minnesota 1 Los Angeles 2
April 6 Minnesota 0 Los Angeles 2
April 9 Los Angeles 5 Minnesota 7
April 11 Los Angeles 2 Minnesota 3
April 13 Minnesota 2 Los Angeles 3
April 16 Los Angeles 3 Minnesota 4 (OT)
April 18 Minnesota 9 Los Angeles 4

Minnesota wins best-of-seven series 4–3.

Player statistics

Forwards

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

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Eddie Joyal 74 23 34 57 20
Bill Flett 73 26 20 46 97
Lowell MacDonald 74 21 24 45 12
Ted Irvine 73 18 22 40 26
Gord Labossiere 68 13 27 40 31
Real Lemieux 74 12 23 35 60
Terry Gray 65 12 16 28 22
Howie Menard 35 9 15 24 32
Howie Hughes 74 9 14 23 20
Bryan Campbell 44 6 15 21 16
Brian Smith 58 10 9 19 33
Doug Robinson 34 9 9 18 6
Brian Kilrea 25 3 5 8 12
Jim Anderson 7 1 2 3 2
Bill Inglis 12 1 1 2 0
Mike Corbett 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Corrigan 5 0 0 0 2

Defencemen

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

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Bill White 74 11 27 38 100
Bob Wall 71 5 18 23 66
Dale Rolfe 68 3 13 16 84
Brent Hughes 44 4 10 14 36
Dave Amadio 58 4 6 10 101
Jacques Lemieux 16 0 3 3 8
Jim Murray 30 0 2 2 14
Poul Popiel 1 0 0 0 0
Larry Johnston 4 0 0 0 4

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
Wayne Rutledge 45 2444 20 18 4 2 2.87
Terry Sawchuk 36 1936 11 14 6 2 3.07
Jacques Caron 1 60 0 1 0 0 4.00

Awards and records

Records

Individual

  • March 10, 1968: Fastest two goals, 6 seconds apart, Bill Flett at 9:14 of first period, and Eddie Joyal at 9:20.

Team

  • Fewest short-handed goals against in season, 3
  • Most shutouts against in season, 9

Milestones

  Player is still active or individual record
Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
Brian Kilrea First Kings goal October 14, 1967

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1967-68 season. [7]

Trades

Draft picks

NHL draft

See also: 1967 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality
1 1 Rick Pagnutti   Canada
 
LA Kings primary logo
  • NOTE: Back before 1979, the amateur draft was held with varying rules and procedures. In 1967, teams only needed to select as many player as they wanted to, which is why there was only one Kings player drafted.

Expansion draft

  • Los Angeles Kings selections
# Player Drafted from
1. Terry Sawchuk (G) Toronto Maple Leafs
2. Wayne Rutledge (G) New York Rangers
3. Gord Labossiere (C) Montreal Canadiens
4. Bob Wall (D) Detroit Red Wings
5. Ed Joyal (C) Toronto Maple Leafs
6. Real Lemieux (W) Detroit Red Wings
7. Poul Popiel (D) Boston Bruins
8. Terry Gray (RW) Detroit Red Wings
9. Bryan Campbell (C) New York Rangers
10. Ted Irvine (LW) Boston Bruins
11. Howie Hughes (RW) Montreal Canadiens
12. Bill Inglis (C) Montreal Canadiens
13. Doug Robinson (LW) New York Rangers
14. Mike Corrigan (LW) Toronto Maple Leafs
15. Jacques Lemieux (LW) Montreal Canadiens
16. Lowell MacDonald (LW) Toronto Maple Leafs
17. Ken Block (D) New York Rangers
18. Bill Flett (RW) Toronto Maple Leafs
19. Brent Hughes (D) Detroit Red Wings
20. Marc Dufour (RW) New York Rangers

Farm teams

Broadcasting

KNX 1070 was the radio broadcaster in all games. KTLA covered 20 of the 37 away games through a simulcast. CBS broadcast nationally the first game at the Forum.[8]

References

  • Kings on Hockey Database
  1. ^ a b c d e Kings have interesting, some might say colorful history
  2. ^ a b c d e Bass, Alan (2011). "7: Los Angeles Kings". The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk That Changed the NHL Forever. pp. 87–96. ISBN 978-1-4502-8605-3.
  3. ^ KINGS ALL-TIME ARENAS: 1967 - PRESENT
  4. ^ Brian McFarlane, 50 Years of Hockey, pp. 140–143, Greywood Publishing Ltd, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  5. ^ "1967–1968 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  6. ^ 1967-68 Season in Review
  7. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
  8. ^ "A New Kingdom".

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1967, angeles, kings, season, first, season, kings, national, hockey, league, kings, qualified, stanley, playoffs, lost, their, first, playoff, series, 1967, angeles, kingsdivision2nd, west1967, record31, 10home, record20, 4road, record11, 6goals, for200goals,. The 1967 68 Los Angeles Kings season was the first season for the Kings in the National Hockey League The Kings qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs but lost in their first playoff series 1967 68 Los Angeles KingsDivision2nd West1967 68 record31 33 10Home record20 13 4Road record11 20 6Goals for200Goals against224Team informationGeneral managerLarry ReganCoachRed KellyCaptainBob WallArenaLong Beach Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Los Angeles ForumAverage attendance8 084Minor league affiliate s Springfield Indians AHL Team leadersGoalsBill Flett 26 AssistsEddie Joyal 34 PointsEddie Joyal 57 Penalty minutesDave Amadio 101 WinsWayne Rutledge 20 Goals against averageWayne Rutledge 2 87 1968 69 Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 3 Playoffs 4 Season standings 4 1 Record vs opponents 5 Schedule and results 5 1 Playoffs 5 1 1 1968 NHL Quarter finals 6 Player statistics 6 1 Forwards 6 2 Defencemen 6 3 Goaltending 7 Awards and records 7 1 Records 7 1 1 Individual 7 1 2 Team 7 2 Milestones 8 Transactions 8 1 Trades 9 Draft picks 9 1 NHL draft 9 2 Expansion draft 10 Farm teams 11 Broadcasting 12 ReferencesOffseason EditThe Kings were one of six expansion teams which doubled the size of the league from six to twelve While the expected favorite bid in Los Angeles was by Dan Reeves owner of the Western Hockey League s Los Angeles Blades and the NFL s Los Angeles Rams the league instead awarded a franchise to Jack Kent Cooke a Canadian who also owned the National Basketball Association s Los Angeles Lakers 1 The Kings were placed in the newly established West Division along with the other expansion teams the California Seals Minnesota North Stars Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins and St Louis Blues Prior to the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft Cooke arranged a deal with Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Red Kelly who as a player holds the distinction of playing on the most Stanley Cup championship teams without any of them including time in Montreal and was set for his retirement to become the Kings first head coach During the draft the Kings picked goaltenders Terry Sawchuk and Wayne Rutledge with their first picks and once Maple Leafs general manager Punch Imlach decided to put Kelly on the protected list on the tenth round Cooke was forced to send one of his picks Ken Block in exchange for his future coach To not rely only on the draft Cooke purchased the American Hockey League s Springfield Indians for 1 million to bolster the Kings roster Long time Indians player Brian Kilrea would score the Kings first goal 2 Cooke invested heavily on promoting his team inviting Hollywood stars to the arena and creating nicknames for most players which he enforced play by play announcer Jiggs McDonald to employ in broadcasts Still conditions were chaotic For the first preseason practice in California The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour producer Saul Ilson had to bring a puck from his Hollywood office for the Kings to play as the team s own were unreachable in storage 1 Regular season EditThe Kings played their home games in three locations during that inaugural campaign Before the brand new arena built by Cooke and known as The Forum would become their permanent home the team played their first two games at the Long Beach Arena and 14 more at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 3 The season opener was against fellow expansion Philadelphia Flyers a 4 2 victory in Long Beach While the Inglewood arena was being finished the Kings struggled to attract consistent crowds with sellouts only when the Original Six visited 1 The team still played well only losing on the sixth game and in the previous one winning their first confrontation against an Original Six team when visiting the Chicago Black Hawks 1 The Forum was opened on December 30 and in the Kings first game ever there they lost 2 0 to the Philadelphia Flyers to their largest crowd that far of 14 366 spectators Given that aside from California Seals the closest team from Los Angeles were the St Louis Blues the Kings had to endure long road trips for away games 1 A new arena led to bigger and more consistent crowds with the average of 6 045 tickets in the first 16 games rising to 9 725 at the Forum for combined totals of 8 037 across the 37 home games Original Six teams still brought larger audiences with an average of 12 560 fans compared to the 7 432 when receiving fellow expansion teams 2 The Kings were predicted by writers to finish last in the new West Division 4 Surprisingly the Kings finished second just one point behind the Flyers The division lead was taken by the Kings with four games remaining once they beat Philadelphia at The Forum but Los Angeles slipped down one position by failing to win the final three games 2 The Kings had the best record of any of the expansion teams against the Original Six going a respectable 10 12 2 including winning their first two games ever against the legendary Montreal Canadiens The home record of the Kings was 20 13 4 in their 37 home games spread over 3 arenas On the road Los Angeles posted a record of just 11 20 6 The goaltending tandem of future hall of famer Terry Sawchuk and Wayne Rutledge allowed the team to stay in most games The roster invested heavily on depth with eight players having at least 25 points and four scoring at least 18 goals The leaders were Bill Flett who scored 26 goals while Eddie Joyal scored 23 goals adding 34 assists for 57 points and was the second leading scorer in the West Division Defenseman Bill White had 11 goals and 38 points and had the second most penalty minutes with 100 just one behind Dave Amadio 2 Playoffs EditThe Kings faced off against the Minnesota North Stars in their first ever playoff series Although the Kings had home ice advantage the North Stars won the best of seven series 4 3 Los Angeles got the first two games at the Forum lost twice in Minnesota and had a close 3 2 victory on Game 5 to retain the lead Afterwards the North Stars won in overtime to force a Game 7 and dominated at the Forum with a 9 4 win 2 Doug Robinson and Lowell MacDonald led all Kings playoff scorers with seven points while Eddie Joyal and Gord Labossiere had five points each Season standings EditWest Division 5 vte GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts1 Philadelphia Flyers 74 31 32 11 173 179 6 732 Los Angeles Kings 74 31 33 10 200 224 24 723 St Louis Blues 74 27 31 16 177 191 14 704 Minnesota North Stars 74 27 32 15 191 226 35 695 Pittsburgh Penguins 74 27 34 13 195 216 21 676 Oakland Seals 74 15 42 17 153 219 66 47 Record vs opponents Edit 1967 68 NHL recordsTeam BOS CHI DET LAK MIN MTL NYR OAK PHI PIT STL TORBoston 5 3 2 5 3 2 3 1 2 2 5 5 6 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 5 3Chicago 3 5 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 6 2 3 4 3 3 0 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 0 2 5 4 1Detroit 3 5 2 3 4 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 6 1 3 5 2 3 0 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 8 1Los Angeles 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 6 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 2 5 4 1 6 4 4 3 3 2 2Minnesota 2 2 1 3 2 2 6 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 5 2 3 3 6 1 3 4 3 3 5 2 1 2 1Montreal 5 5 6 2 2 6 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 4 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 4 0 3 0 1 5 3 2New York 2 6 2 4 3 3 5 3 2 2 2 2 0 2 4 4 2 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 1 7 3Oakland 2 2 0 3 1 0 3 1 4 4 2 2 5 3 1 3 0 4 4 3 3 1 5 4 0 7 3 1 3Philadelphia 1 3 1 3 1 3 4 5 1 6 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 7 1 2 3 1Pittsburgh 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 6 4 3 3 0 4 0 3 1 5 1 4 4 3 3 4 6 2 1 1St Louis 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 3 5 3 2 0 3 1 1 3 7 0 3 1 7 2 6 4 2 1 1Toronto 5 2 3 4 5 1 8 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 5 2 3 7 3 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 Schedule and results Edit1967 68 game logOctober Game Date Opponent Score Location attendance 6 Record1 14 Philadelphia Flyers 4 2 Long Beach 7 023 1 0 02 15 Minnesota North Stars 5 3 Long Beach 4 289 2 0 03 18 Oakland Seals 2 2 Oakland 3 419 2 0 14 21 St Louis Blues 3 3 St Louis 7 127 2 0 25 22 Chicago Black Hawks 5 3 Chicago 16 666 3 0 26 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 4 Toronto 15 698 3 1 27 26 Boston Bruins 0 2 Boston 12 973 3 2 28 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 3 Pittsburgh 6 536 4 2 29 31 New York Rangers 1 6 Memorial Sports Arena 6 455 4 3 2November Game Date Opponent Score Location attendance Record10 2 Chicago Black Hawks 1 3 Memorial Sports Arena 8 012 4 4 211 4 Minnesota North Stars 2 2 Minnesota 10 246 4 4 312 5 Detroit Red Wings 6 4 Detroit 12 164 5 4 313 7 Oakland Seals 5 4 Memorial Sports Arena 5 194 6 4 314 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 1 Memorial Sports Arena 9 604 7 4 315 15 Oakland Seals 1 4 Oakland 3 256 7 5 316 17 Detroit Red Wings 1 4 Memorial Sports Arena 9 498 7 6 317 19 Montreal Canadiens 4 2 Memorial Sports Arena 9 849 8 6 318 22 Oakland Seals 3 1 Memorial Sports Arena 5 301 9 6 319 24 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 3 Memorial Sports Arena 6 458 10 6 320 26 Philadelphia Flyers 2 7 Philadelphia 11 420 10 7 321 29 St Louis Blues 2 3 St Louis 5 583 10 8 3December Game Date Opponent Score Location attendance Record22 2 Montreal Canadiens 3 2 Montreal 14 584 11 8 323 3 New York Rangers 2 4 New York 14 012 11 9 324 6 St Louis Blues 3 2 Long Beach 4 323 12 9 325 8 Philadelphia Flyers 0 3 Long Beach 4 624 12 10 326 10 Boston Bruins 3 1 Boston 13 409 13 10 327 13 Minnesota North Stars 0 4 Minnesota 7 749 13 11 328 15 Minnesota North Stars 0 3 Long Beach 7 149 13 12 329 16 Boston Bruins 2 5 Long Beach 6 510 13 13 330 19 Oakland Seals 3 1 Memorial Sports Arena 4 505 14 13 331 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 1 Memorial Sports Arena 4 013 15 13 332 23 St Louis Blues 4 0 Memorial Sports Arena 4 447 16 13 333 25 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 4 Pittsburgh 4 002 16 14 334 27 St Louis Blues 2 4 St Louis 16 15 335 30 Philadelphia Flyers 0 2 The Forum 14 366 16 16 336 31 Philadelphia Flyers 1 9 Philadelphia 5 643 16 17 3January Game Date Opponent Score Location attendance Record37 3 Minnesota North Stars 0 6 Minnesota 9 921 16 18 338 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 4 Pittsburgh 4 202 16 19 339 6 St Louis Blues 1 2 St Louis 7 186 16 20 340 7 Oakland Seals 0 6 Oakland 4 577 16 21 341 11 St Louis Blues 2 2 The Forum 6 894 16 21 442 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 2 The Forum 5 755 17 21 443 19 New York Rangers 5 2 The Forum 11 740 18 21 444 21 Oakland Seals 0 3 Oakland 3 650 18 22 445 24 Oakland Seals 1 4 The Forum 7 553 18 23 446 27 Pittsburgh Penguins 5 3 Pittsburgh 11 156 19 23 447 28 Philadelphia Flyers 2 0 Philadelphia 13 577 20 23 448 31 Minnesota North Stars 1 6 Minnesota 10 751 20 24 4February Game Date Opponent Score Location attendance Record49 1 Detroit Red Wings 8 6 Detroit 10 257 21 24 450 3 Montreal Canadiens 1 5 Montreal 15 343 21 25 451 4 Chicago Black Hawks 3 5 Chicago 16 666 21 26 452 7 Minnesota North Stars 2 4 The Forum 7 120 21 27 453 8 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 1 The Forum 6 195 22 27 454 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 0 The Forum 12 397 23 27 455 14 St Louis Blues 2 2 St Louis 7 652 23 27 556 16 Philadelphia Flyers 7 1 The Forum 9 867 24 27 557 18 Boston Bruins 5 6 The Forum 11 066 24 28 558 24 Chicago Black Hawks 3 3 The Forum 15 752 24 28 659 25 St Louis Blues 4 2 The Forum 7 386 25 28 660 29 Philadelphia Flyers 3 1 Philadelphia 9 115 26 28 6March Game Date Opponent Score Location attendance Record61 2 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 5 Toronto 15 816 26 29 662 5 Montreal Canadiens 2 6 The Forum 14 450 26 30 663 7 Oakland Seals 9 2 The Forum 6 678 27 30 664 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 3 Pittsburgh 8 176 27 31 665 10 New York Rangers 4 3 New York 17 250 28 31 666 12 Detroit Red Wings 2 2 The Forum 10 244 28 31 767 14 Philadelphia Flyers 0 0 Quebec City 4 116 28 31 868 16 Minnesota North Stars 2 1 Minnesota 13 739 29 31 869 20 Minnesota North Stars 3 3 The Forum 9 453 29 31 970 22 St Louis Blues 6 1 The Forum 8 753 30 31 971 23 Philadelphia Flyers 4 2 The Forum 14 003 31 31 972 26 Pittsburgh Penguins 1 2 The Forum 7 057 31 32 973 27 Minnesota North Stars 3 5 The Forum 8 559 31 33 974 30 Oakland Seals 2 2 Oakland 7 055 31 33 10Playoffs Edit 1968 NHL Quarter finals Edit Minnesota North Stars vs Los Angeles Kings Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 4 Minnesota 1 Los Angeles 2April 6 Minnesota 0 Los Angeles 2April 9 Los Angeles 5 Minnesota 7April 11 Los Angeles 2 Minnesota 3April 13 Minnesota 2 Los Angeles 3April 16 Los Angeles 3 Minnesota 4 OT April 18 Minnesota 9 Los Angeles 4Minnesota wins best of seven series 4 3 Player statistics EditForwards Edit Note GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Player GP G A Pts PIMEddie Joyal 74 23 34 57 20Bill Flett 73 26 20 46 97Lowell MacDonald 74 21 24 45 12Ted Irvine 73 18 22 40 26Gord Labossiere 68 13 27 40 31Real Lemieux 74 12 23 35 60Terry Gray 65 12 16 28 22Howie Menard 35 9 15 24 32Howie Hughes 74 9 14 23 20Bryan Campbell 44 6 15 21 16Brian Smith 58 10 9 19 33Doug Robinson 34 9 9 18 6Brian Kilrea 25 3 5 8 12Jim Anderson 7 1 2 3 2Bill Inglis 12 1 1 2 0Mike Corbett 0 0 0 0 0Mike Corrigan 5 0 0 0 2Defencemen Edit Note GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalty minutes Player GP G A Pts PIMBill White 74 11 27 38 100Bob Wall 71 5 18 23 66Dale Rolfe 68 3 13 16 84Brent Hughes 44 4 10 14 36Dave Amadio 58 4 6 10 101Jacques Lemieux 16 0 3 3 8Jim Murray 30 0 2 2 14Poul Popiel 1 0 0 0 0Larry Johnston 4 0 0 0 4Goaltending Edit 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 GAAWayne Rutledge 45 2444 20 18 4 2 2 87Terry Sawchuk 36 1936 11 14 6 2 3 07Jacques Caron 1 60 0 1 0 0 4 00Awards and records EditRecords Edit Individual Edit March 10 1968 Fastest two goals 6 seconds apart Bill Flett at 9 14 of first period and Eddie Joyal at 9 20 Team Edit Fewest short handed goals against in season 3 Most shutouts against in season 9Milestones Edit Player is still active or individual record Regular seasonPlayer Milestone ReachedBrian Kilrea First Kings goal October 14 1967Transactions EditThe Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1967 68 season 7 Trades Edit June 8 1967 To Los Angeles KingsRed Kelly To Toronto Maple LeafsKen BlockJune 16 1967 To Los Angeles KingsTrevor Fahey Jim Murray Ken Turlick To New York RangersBarclay PlagerOctober 1 1967 To Los Angeles KingsCash To Vancouver Canucks WHL Bill Sweeney Loan of Mike Corbett Loan of Larry MavetyDraft picks EditNHL draft Edit See also 1967 NHL Entry Draft Round Pick Player Nationality1 1 Rick Pagnutti Canada LA Kings primary logoNOTE Back before 1979 the amateur draft was held with varying rules and procedures In 1967 teams only needed to select as many player as they wanted to which is why there was only one Kings player drafted Expansion draft Edit Los Angeles Kings selections Player Drafted from1 Terry Sawchuk G Toronto Maple Leafs2 Wayne Rutledge G New York Rangers3 Gord Labossiere C Montreal Canadiens4 Bob Wall D Detroit Red Wings5 Ed Joyal C Toronto Maple Leafs6 Real Lemieux W Detroit Red Wings7 Poul Popiel D Boston Bruins8 Terry Gray RW Detroit Red Wings9 Bryan Campbell C New York Rangers10 Ted Irvine LW Boston Bruins11 Howie Hughes RW Montreal Canadiens12 Bill Inglis C Montreal Canadiens13 Doug Robinson LW New York Rangers14 Mike Corrigan LW Toronto Maple Leafs15 Jacques Lemieux LW Montreal Canadiens16 Lowell MacDonald LW Toronto Maple Leafs17 Ken Block D New York Rangers18 Bill Flett RW Toronto Maple Leafs19 Brent Hughes D Detroit Red Wings20 Marc Dufour RW New York RangersFarm teams EditSpringfield Indians American Hockey League Broadcasting EditKNX 1070 was the radio broadcaster in all games KTLA covered 20 of the 37 away games through a simulcast CBS broadcast nationally the first game at the Forum 8 References EditKings on Hockey Database a b c d e Kings have interesting some might say colorful history a b c d e Bass Alan 2011 7 Los Angeles Kings The Great Expansion The Ultimate Risk That Changed the NHL Forever pp 87 96 ISBN 978 1 4502 8605 3 KINGS ALL TIME ARENAS 1967 PRESENT Brian McFarlane 50 Years of Hockey pp 140 143 Greywood Publishing Ltd Winnipeg Manitoba 1967 1968 Division Standings Standings NHL com Standings National Hockey League 1967 68 Season in Review Hockey Transactions Search Results A New Kingdom Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1967 68 Los Angeles Kings season amp oldid 1168062016, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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