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PLAYING CAREER After finishing up his junior career with the Winnipeg Jets of the WHL , Goring was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1969 Entry Draft, 51st overall. He played parts of two seasons for the Kings in 1970 and 1971 while generally toiling for Los Angeles' Springfield AHL farm team; he had a spectacular season for Springfield in 1971, leading the league in goals, assists and points in the playoffs to lead his team (along with future Hall Of Fame goaltender Billy Smith ) to the Calder Cup championship. The next Season Goring was promoted for good to the NHL, and starred for nine seasons in Los Angeles, becoming well known for skilled faceoff, defensive and penalty killing work and scoring thirty or more goals four times. In the 1980 season, Goring was traded in March to the New York Islanders , and was widely regarded as being one of the key elements that pushed the Islanders over the top to become champions; that season he would score 19 points in 21 playoff games to help New York to the first of four consecutive Stanley Cup championships. The next Season he improved upon his previous playoff run, and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff most valuable player as the Islanders won their second Cup. Goring's final NHL season was 1985 , where after his release by the Islanders he played effectively for half a season with the Boston Bruins , before becoming the Bruins' coach for a season and a half. After he was fired as the Bruins' coach in 1987 , he played briefly for the Nova Scotia Oilers of the AHL before retiring for good. Goring retired having played 1107 games, with 375 goals and 513 assists for 888 points. He recorded only 102 penalty minutes, the lowest total in history for anyone playing in more than a thousand games. CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS AND FACTS
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