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1984–85 Los Angeles Kings
Division4th Smythe
Conference6th Campbell
1984–85 record34-32-14
Goals for339
Goals against326
Team information
General manager Rogie Vachon
Coach Pat Quinn
Captain Terry Ruskowski
Alternate captainsNone
Arena The Forum
Average attendance486,624
Team leaders
Goals Marcel Dionne and Bernie Nicholls (46)
AssistsMarcel Dionne (80)
PointsMarcel Dionne (126)
Penalty minutes Jay Wells (185)
Plus/minus Dave Taylor (+13)
Wins Bob Janecyk (22)
Goals against averageBob Janecyk (3.66)
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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.

Offseason

Transactions

NHL 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

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.

Record vs. opponents

Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

1984–85 Game Log
October
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
1 11 Edmonton Oilers 2-2 Los Angeles 0-0-1
2 13 Vancouver Canucks 5-6 (OT) Los Angeles 0-1-1
3 14 St. Louis Blues 2-5 Los Angeles 0-2-1
4 16 Washington Capitals 3-5 Washington 0-3-1
5 18 Montreal Canadiens 3-3 Montreal 0-3-2
6 20 New York Islanders 3-8 Uniondale 0-4-2
7 21 Chicago Black Hawks 2-5 Chicago 0-5-2
8 26 Edmonton Oilers 2-8 Edmonton 0-6-2
9 27 Winnipeg Jets 2-2 Winnipeg 0-6-3
10 29 Winnipeg Jets 5-3 Winnipeg 1-6-3
11 31 Vancouver Canucks 10-3 Vancouver 2-6-3
November
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
12 3 Toronto Maple Leafs 7-0 Los Angeles 3-6-3
13 5 Chicago Black Hawks 2-3 Los Angeles 3-7-3
14 9 Buffalo Sabres 3-2 Los Angeles 4-7-3
15 11 New York Rangers 4-2 New York 5-7-3
16 13 Quebec Nordiques 5-4 (OT) Quebec City 6-7-3
17 14 Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 Toronto 7-7-3
18 17 Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 Los Angeles 8-7-3
19 19 Calgary Flames 5-4 Los Angeles 9-7-3
20 21 New Jersey Devils 8-1 Los Angeles 10-7-3
21 24 Winnipeg Jets 5-9 Los Angeles 10-8-3
22 27 Winnipeg Jets 3-5 Los Angeles 10-9-3
23 29 Vancouver Canucks 12-1 Los Angeles 11-9-3
December
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
24 1 Vancouver Canucks 6-3 Los Angeles 12-9-3
25 4 Minnesota North Stars 2-2 Minnesota 12-9-4
26 5 Chicago Black Hawks 5-5 Chicago 12-9-5
27 8 Montreal Canadiens 7-9 Montreal 12-10-5
28 10 New York Rangers 2-4 New York 12-11-5
29 13 Edmonton Oilers 7-2 Los Angeles 13-11-5
30 15 Calgary Flames 6-5 Los Angeles 14-11-5
31 18 Calgary Flames 6-3 Calgary 15-11-5
32 19 Edmonton Oilers 3-7 Edmonton 15-12-5
33 22 Winnipeg Jets 2-6 Winnipeg 15-13-5
34 23 Winnipeg Jets 4-4 Winnipeg 15-13-6
35 26 Vancouver Canucks 3-3 Vancouver 15-13-7
36 27 Boston Bruins 6-6 Los Angeles 15-13-8
37 30 Philadelphia Flyers 2-3 Los Angeles 15-14-8
January
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
38 3 Minnesota North Stars 3-8 Los Angeles 15-15-8
39 5 Detroit Red Wings 5-3 Detroit 16-15-8
40 7 Boston Bruins 4-5 (OT) Boston 16-16-8
41 9 Calgary Flames 4-4 Calgary 16-16-9
42 12 Winnipeg Jets 6-4 Los Angeles 17-16-9
43 13 Winnipeg Jets 5-6 Los Angeles 17-17-9
44 16 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-4 Los Angeles 17-18-9
45 19 New York Islanders 6-5 (OT) Los Angeles 18-18-9
46 21 Edmonton Oilers 7-8 Edmonton 18-19-9
47 23 Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 Los Angeles 19-19-9
48 25 St. Louis Blues 3-6 St. Louis 19-20-9
49 26 St. Louis Blues 7-3 St. Louis 20-20-9
50 29 New Jersey Devils 6-3 Los Angeles 21-20-9
51 31 Hartford Whalers 5-3 Los Angeles 22-20-9
February
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
52 2 Montreal Canadiens 1-5 Los Angeles 22-21-9
53 5 New York Rangers 7-5 Los Angeles 23-21-9
54 7 Philadelphia Flyers 4-4 Philadelphia 23-21-10
55 8 Washington Capitals 1-6 Washington 23-22-10
56 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 Pittsburgh 24-22-10
57 14 Boston Bruins 3-3 Los Angeles 24-22-11
58 16 Washington Capitals 5-2 Los Angeles 25-22-11
59 19 Quebec Nordiques 6-7 Quebec City 25-23-11
60 21 New Jersey Devils 5-3 New Jersey 26-23-11
61 23 Hartford Whalers 2-1 (OT) Hartford 27-23-11
62 24 Buffalo Sabres 4-2 Buffalo 28-23-11
63 27 Quebec Nordiques 2-5 Los Angeles 28-24-11
March
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
64 1 Edmonton Oilers 5-4 Edmonton 29-24-11
65 3 Calgary Flames 0-7 Calgary 29-25-11
66 5 Pittsburgh Penguins 6-0 Los Angeles 30-25-11
67 8 Vancouver Canucks 3-4 Vancouver 30-26-11
68 10 Buffalo Sabres 4-4 Los Angeles 30-26-12
69 13 Hartford Whalers 3-3 Los Angeles 30-26-13
70 16 Detroit Red Wings 8-3 Los Angeles 31-26-13
71 17 Edmonton Oilers 5-4 Los Angeles 32-26-13
72 19 New York Islanders 2-3 Uniondale 32-27-13
73 20 Detroit Red Wings 6-8 Detroit 32-28-13
74 23 Calgary Flames 3-4 Los Angeles 32-29-13
75 27 Calgary Flames 2-4 Los Angeles 32-30-13
76 29 Calgary Flames 0-3 Calgary 32-31-13
77 30 Minnesota North Stars 3-2 Los Angeles 33-31-13
April
Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record
78 2 Edmonton Oilers 4-6 Los Angeles 33-32-13
79 5 Vancouver Canucks 4-3 Vancouver 34-32-13
80 6 Vancouver Canucks 4-4 Los Angeles 34-32-14

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
Marcel Dionne C 80 46 80 126 46 11 16 1 2
Bernie Nicholls C 80 46 54 100 76 -4 15 0 6
Dave Taylor RW 79 41 51 92 132 13 11 2 6
Brian MacLellan LW 80 31 54 85 53 2 14 0 3
Jim Fox RW 79 30 53 83 10 4 6 0 2
Mark Hardy D 78 14 39 53 97 -20 8 1 2
Terry Ruskowski C 78 16 33 49 144 2 2 0 2
Doug Smith C 62 21 20 41 58 -15 3 1 1
Steve Shutt LW 59 16 25 41 10 -16 5 0 1
Craig Redmond D 79 6 33 39 57 -8 1 0 0
Garry Galley D 78 8 30 38 82 3 1 1 2
Phil Sykes LW 79 17 15 32 38 -18 1 2 2
Anders Hakansson LW 73 12 12 24 28 -4 1 1 1
Brian Engblom D 79 4 19 23 70 -2 3 0 0
Bob Miller C 63 4 16 20 35 -17 0 0 0
John Paul Kelly LW 73 8 10 18 55 -9 0 0 2
Rick Lapointe D 73 4 13 17 46 -10 0 0 1
Carl Mokosak LW 30 4 8 12 43 -8 0 0 0
Jay Wells D 77 2 9 11 185 4 0 0 0
Tiger Williams LW 12 4 3 7 43 0 0 0 0
Russ Anderson D 14 1 1 2 20 -2 0 0 0
Bob Janecyk G 51 0 2 2 27 0 0 0 0
Daryl Evans LW 7 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0
Ken Hammond D 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
Bill O'Dwyer C 13 1 0 1 15 0 0 0 0
Charlie Simmer LW 5 1 0 1 4 -4 0 0 0
Darren Eliot G 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Seguin W 5 0 0 0 9 -5 0 0 0
Brian Wilks C 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bob Janecyk 3002 51 22 21 8 183 3.66 2
Darren 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
Dave Taylor RW 3 2 2 4 8 0 0 0 0
Marcel Dionne C 3 1 2 3 2 -1 1 0 0
Bernie Nicholls C 3 1 1 2 9 -2 0 0 0
Terry Ruskowski C 3 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Garry Galley D 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Craig Redmond D 3 1 0 1 2 -4 0 0 0
Doug Smith C 3 1 0 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Jim Fox RW 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0
Mark Hardy D 3 0 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0
Brian MacLellan LW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Miller C 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Phil Sykes LW 3 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Jay Wells D 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Engblom D 3 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Anders Hakansson LW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Hammond D 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
Bob Janecyk G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Paul Kelly LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Shutt LW 3 0 0 0 4 -4 0 0 0
Tiger Williams LW 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Bob Janecyk 184 3 0 3 10 3.26 0
Team: 184 3 0 3 10 3.26 0

[4]

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

Round # Pick # Player Position Nationality 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)
12 232 Brian Martin Left Wing   Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL)

References

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