Hockey Trivia 47 – Los Angeles Kings Individual Records

The Los Angeles Kings entered the National Hockey League for the 1967-68 season in what was the first of several rounds of expansion. The Kings have been host to several players with a talent for offence. The team’s individual single season scoring records can be considered unsurpassable in today’s defensive minded NHL game.

Test and expand your hockey knowledge of the Los Angeles Kings with these four trivia questions focused on the team’s individual single season records.

Q. What player holds the Los Angeles Kings record for most points in a single regular season?

A. Wayne Gretzky became a Los Angeles King for the 1988-89 season and he impressed his new fans with a 168 point season. The second highest point total in history also belongs to Gretzky when he contributed 163 in 1990-91. The highest non-Gretzky single season point total in Los Angeles history is the 150 of Bernie Nicholls in 1988-89.

Q. Who holds the Los Angeles Kings single season record for most goals?

A. With the influence of Wayne Gretzky in 1988-89, Bernie Nicholls went over and above his talents and scored 70 goals. The next best goal scoring output by a King was Luc Robitaille with 63 in 1992-93.

Q. Two Los Angeles Kings players have led the team in goals scored on eight occasions. Who was the latest to accomplish this feat?

A. Luc Robitaille first led the team with 45 goals in 1986-87. The last occasion was the 1999-00 season when he scored 36. His best was 63 in 1992-93 and he surpassed the 50 goal plateau on two other occasions. Marcel Dionne is the other Los Angeles King to lead the team in goals on eight occasions.

Q. What Los Angeles King holds the team record for most penalty minutes in a single regular season?

A. Marty McSorley surpassed Dave ‘Tiger’ Williams’ team record of 358 PIM with 399 of his own during the 1992-93 season. McSorley came to Los Angeles from the Edmonton Oilers along with Wayne Gretzky for the 1988-89 season and led the Kings in PIM a total of five times.

Need more hockey trivia? Check out these previous articles in the hockey trivia series:

Hockey Trivia Forty-six – Ontario Hockey League Arenas

Hockey Trivia Forty-five – The Brampton Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League

Hockey Trivia Forty-four – Canadian Hockey League Goal Scoring Records

Hockey Trivia Forty-three – The Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League

Hockey Trivia Forty-two – New York Rangers Trivia

Hockey Trivia Forty-one – London Knights History

Hockey Trivia Forty – Washington Capitals Retired Numbers

Hockey Trivia Thirty-nine – Retired numbers of the Vancouver Canucks

Hockey Trivia Thirty-eight – London Knights OHL Award Winners

Hockey Trivia Thirty-seven – London Knights CHL Award Winners