1995–96 Los Angeles Kings season
1995–96 Los Angeles Kings | |
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Division | 6th Pacific |
Conference | 12th Western |
1995–96 record | 24–40–18 |
Home record | 16–16–9 |
Road record | 8–24–9 |
Goals for | 256 |
Goals against | 302 |
Team information | |
General manager | Sam McMaster |
Coach | Larry Robinson |
Captain | Wayne Gretzky (Oct-Feb) Vacant (Feb-Apr) |
Alternate captains | Rob Blake Jari Kurri (Oct-Mar) Rick Tocchet (Oct-Jan) |
Arena | Great Western Forum |
Average attendance | 13,551 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Phoenix Roadrunners Knoxville Cherokees Richmond Renegades |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Dmitri Khristich (27) |
Assists | Wayne Gretzky (66) |
Points | Wayne Gretzky (81) |
Penalty minutes | Marty McSorley (148) |
Plus/minus | Kevin Todd (+6) |
Wins | Byron Dafoe (14) |
Goals against average | Jamie Storr (2.75) |
The 1995–96 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 29th season in the National Hockey League. It involved Wayne Gretzky being traded to the St. Louis Blues. For the third consecutive year, the Kings failed to make the playoffs.
Offseason
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Regular season
[edit]- February 27, 1996: Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Los Angeles Kings to the St. Louis Blues for Patrice Tardif, Craig Johnson, Roman Vopat, 1st round pick in the 1997 draft and a 5th round pick in the 1996 draft.[1][2]
Final standings
[edit]No. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
2 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
5 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
6 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Schedule and results
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October: 4–3–4 (home: 2–1–2; road: 2–2–2)
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November: 7–7–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–5–1)
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December: 3–5–4 (home: 3–2–3; road: 0–3–1)
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January: 3–8–2 (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–6–1)
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February: 1–9–4 (home: 1–4–1; road: 0–5–3)
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March: 4–6–2 (home: 2–4–1; road: 2–2–1)
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April: 2–2–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 1–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
99 | Wayne Gretzky‡ | C | 62 | 15 | 66 | 81 | −7 | 32 |
8 | Dmitri Khristich | LW | 76 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 0 | 44 |
43 | Vitali Yachmenev | RW | 80 | 19 | 34 | 53 | −3 | 16 |
44 | Yanic Perreault | C | 78 | 25 | 24 | 49 | −11 | 16 |
12 | Kevin Todd | C | 74 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 6 | 38 |
17 | Jari Kurri‡ | RW | 57 | 17 | 23 | 40 | −12 | 37 |
22 | Rick Tocchet‡ | RW | 44 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 3 | 117 |
21 | Tony Granato | RW | 49 | 17 | 18 | 35 | −5 | 46 |
28 | Eric Lacroix | LW | 72 | 16 | 16 | 32 | −11 | 110 |
33 | Marty McSorley‡ | D | 59 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −14 | 148 |
26 | Philippe Boucher | D | 53 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −26 | 31 |
13 | Robert Lang | RW | 68 | 6 | 16 | 22 | −15 | 10 |
19 | John Druce‡ | RW | 64 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −26 | 14 |
27 | John Slaney† | D | 31 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 10 |
14 | Gary Shuchuk | RW | 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 12 |
25 | Kevin Stevens† | LW | 20 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −11 | 22 |
2[a] | Darryl Sydor‡ | D | 58 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −11 | 34 |
77 | Rob Cowie | D | 46 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −16 | 32 |
9 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | LW | 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
23 | Craig Johnson† | RW | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −4 | 6 |
15 | Pat Conacher‡ | C | 35 | 5 | 2 | 7 | −8 | 18 |
6 | Sean O'Donnell | D | 71 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 127 |
5 | Aki Berg | D | 51 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −13 | 29 |
20 | Ray Ferraro† | C | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −13 | 10 |
24 | Nathan LaFayette† | C | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −3 | 6 |
3 | Denis Tsygurov | D | 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
29 | Steven Finn† | D | 50 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −6 | 102 |
40 | Barry Potomski | LW | 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −7 | 104 |
22 | Ian Laperriere† | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 15 |
3 | Jan Vopat | D | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Rob Blake | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
11[b] | Shane Churla†‡ | RW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −9 | 37 |
20 | Steve Larouche† | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
15 | Jaroslav Modry† | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −4 | 6 |
37 | Patrice Tardif† | C | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 | 37 |
7 | Kevin Brown‡ | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
55 | Troy Crowder | RW | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 42 |
2[c] | Doug Zmolek† | D | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −6 | 22 |
35 | Arto Blomsten | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
11 | Mattias Norstrom† | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −8 | 18 |
24 | Michel Petit‡ | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 27 |
45 | Ruslan Batyrshin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
42 | Dan Bylsma | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Byron Dafoe | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
32 | Kelly Hrudey | G | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
34 | Matt Johnson | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
1 | Jamie Storr | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
[edit]Regular season | |||||||||||
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Byron Dafoe | 47 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 1539 | 172 | 3.87 | .888 | 1 | 2666 |
32 | Kelly Hrudey | 36 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1214 | 113 | 3.26 | .907 | 0 | 2077 |
1 | Jamie Storr | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 12 | 2.75 | .918 | 0 | 262 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Wayne Gretzky[d] | [6] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Vitali Yachmenev (October) | [7] | |
Team | Best Newcomer | Vitali Yachmenev | [8] |
Bill Libby Memorial Award | Dmitri Khristich | [8] | |
Defensive Player | Kevin Todd | [8] | |
Jim Fox Community Service | Rob Blake | [8] | |
Eric Lacroix | |||
Leading Scorer | Dmitri Khristich | [8] | |
Most Inspirational | Tony Granato | [8] | |
Most Popular Player | Eric Lacroix | [8] | |
Outstanding Defenseman | Steven Finn | [8] | |
Unsung Hero | Steven Finn | [8] |
Transactions
[edit]The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1995–96 season.[9]
Trades
[edit]Free agent signings
[edit]August 30, 1995 | From St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL) Steve Bancroft |
September 12, 1995 | From Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) Nicholas Vachon |
Free agents lost
[edit]July 14, 1995 | To St. Louis Blues Grant Fuhr (2 years, $2.1 million) |
July 17, 1995 | To Chicago Wolves (IHL) Rob Brown |
August 1, 1995 | To Ottawa Senators Dan Quinn (2 years, $1.05 million) |
August 25, 1995 | To Chicago Blackhawks Andre Racicot |
September 19, 1995 | To Edmonton Oilers Rem Murray |
October 4, 1995 | To Buffalo Sabres Randy Burridge (1 year, $350,000) |
Waivers
[edit]October 2, 1995 | To Ottawa Senators Justin Hocking |
Draft picks
[edit]Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[10]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 3 | Aki Berg | ![]() | TPS (Finland) |
2 | 33 | Donald MacLean | ![]() | Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL) |
2 | 50 | Pavel Rosa | ![]() | HC Litvinov (Czech Republic) |
3 | 59 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | ![]() | Fort Wayne Komets (IHL) |
5 | 118 | Jason Morgan | ![]() | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
6 | 137 | Igor Melyakov | ![]() | Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia) |
7 | 157 | Benoit Larose | ![]() | Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL) |
7 | 163 | Juha Vuorivirta | ![]() | Tappara (Finland) |
9 | 215 | Brian Stewart | ![]() | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Los Angeles Kings 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- "1995-96 Los Angeles Kings Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ Lapointe, Joe (February 28, 1996). "HOCKEY;Finally, Gretzky Is Traded to Blues". The New York Times. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ "Wayne Gretzky Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com".
- ^ "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
- ^ "1995-96 Los Angeles Kings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ "NHL Rookies of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Los Angeles Kings 2014–15 Media Guide, p. 201–03
- ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". www.prosportstransactions.com.
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.