1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Chicago Cougars

Record: 38-35-5, 81 pts
Finish: 4th, East
Playoffs: Lost in final round to Houston
Coach: Pat Stapleton (player-coach), Jacques Demers (bench)

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 7	@ Toronto	4-4	T	0-0-1	1	4-4	40.	Jan 17	@ New England	5-2	W	18-19-3	39	130-138
2.	Oct 11	@ New York	4-3	W	1-0-1	3	8-7	41.	Jan 19	Quebec	5-2	W	19-19-3	41	135-140
3.	Oct 13	@ New England	4-6	L	1-1-1	3	12-13	42.	Jan 22	New England	5-3	W	20-19-3	43	140-143
4.	Oct 14	@ Cleveland	*2-3	L	1-2-1	3	14-16	43.	Jan 25	@ Minnesota	2-6	L	20-20-3	43	142-149
5.	Oct 15	@ Los Angeles	7-2	W	2-2-1	5	21-18	44.	Jan 30	@ Vancouver	4-2	W	21-20-3	45	146-151
6.	Oct 20	@ Vancouver	3-4	L	2-3-1	5	24-22	45.	Feb 1	@ Edmonton	2-3	L	21-21-3	45	148-154
7.	Oct 22	@ Edmonton	1-4	L	2-4-1	5	25-26	46.	Feb 3	@ Winnipeg	2-4	L	21-22-3	45	150-158
8.	Oct 25	@ Quebec	4-2	W	3-4-1	7	29-28	47.	Feb 5	Winnipeg	3-1	W	22-22-3	47	153-159
9.	Oct 28	@ Toronto	3-2	W	4-4-1	9	32-30	48.	Feb 6	@ Minnesota	2-7	L	22-23-3	47	155-166
10.	Oct 30	Winnipeg	4-1	W	5-4-1	11	36-31	49.	Feb 9	Jersey	5-2	W	23-23-3	49	160-168
11.	Nov 3	@ Cleveland	7-4	W	6-4-1	13	43-35	50.	Feb 10	@ Los Angeles	4-2	W	24-23-3	51	164-170
12.	Nov 6	Los Angeles	*5-4	W	7-4-1	15	48-39	51.	Feb 12	Edmonton	3-2	W	25-23-3	53	167-172
13.	Nov 10	Toronto	3-2	W	8-4-1	17	51-41	52.	Feb 14	Quebec	3-5	L	25-24-3	53	170-177
14.	Nov 13	Cleveland	2-5	L	8-5-1	17	53-46	53.	Feb 16	Toronto	4-5	L	25-25-3	53	174-182
15.	Nov 15	Houston	3-2	W	9-5-1	19	56-48	54.	Feb 17	@ Cleveland	5-6	L	25-26-3	53	179-188
16.	Nov 17	Toronto	5-2	W	10-5-1	21	61-50	55.	Feb 18	@ Jersey	3-4	L	25-27-3	53	182-192
17.	Nov 18	@ New York	3-5	L	10-6-1	21	64-55	56.	Feb 21	Vancouver	5-4	W	26-27-3	55	187-196
18.	Nov 22	@ Los Angeles	4-3	W	11-6-1	23	68-58	57.	Feb 23	New England	0-3	L	26-28-3	55	187-199
19.	Nov 24	@ Houston	3-5	L	11-7-1	23	71-63	58.	Feb 24	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	26-29-3	55	188-202
20.	Dec 1	Los Angeles	*4-5	L	11-8-1	23	75-68	59.	Feb 26	Los Angeles	4-2	W	27-29-3	57	192-204
21.	Dec 2	@ New England	3-4	L	11-9-1	23	78-72	60.	Feb 28	Houston	4-9	L	27-30-3	57	196-213
22.	Dec 4	Edmonton	0-2	L	11-10-1	23	78-74	61.	Mar 1	Cleveland	7-4	W	28-30-3	59	203-217
23.	Dec 8	Jersey	1-3	L	11-11-1	23	79-77	62.	Mar 3	Toronto	4-5	L	28-31-3	59	207-222
24.	Dec 9	@ Quebec	1-6	L	11-12-1	23	80-83	63.	Mar 5	New England	2-3	L	28-32-3	59	209-225
25.	Dec 11	Minnesota	3-5	L	11-13-1	23	83-88	64.	Mar 7	@ Quebec	3-2	W	29-32-3	61	212-227
26.	Dec 15	Houston	5-2	W	12-13-1	25	88-90	65.	Mar 9	Winnipeg	*5-4	W	30-32-3	63	217-231
27.	Dec 16	@ New England	3-2	W	13-13-1	27	91-92	66.	Mar 12	New England	5-3	W	31-32-3	65	222-234
28.	Dec 18	Winnipeg	3-3	T	13-13-2	28	94-95	67.	Mar 14	Minnesota	7-4	W	32-32-3	67	229-238
29.	Dec 21	@ Jersey	1-5	L	13-14-2	28	95-100	68.	Mar 16	Quebec	*4-3	W	33-32-3	69	233-241
30.	Dec 23	@ Toronto	6-5	W	14-14-2	30	101-105	69.	Mar 17	@ Toronto	4-2	W	34-32-3	71	237-243
31.	Dec 26	@ Winnipeg	2-4	L	14-15-2	30	103-109	70.	Mar 19	Cleveland	4-7	L	34-33-3	71	241-250
32.	Dec 28	Quebec	6-4	W	15-15-2	32	109-113	71.	Mar 21	Vancouver	5-5	T	34-33-4	72	246-255
33.	Dec 29	@ Houston	0-3	L	15-16-2	32	109-116	72.	Mar 23	Jersey	4-1	W	35-33-4	74	250-256
34.	Dec 30	@ Minnesota	5-3	W	16-16-2	34	114-119	73.	Mar 24	@ Cleveland	3-3	T	35-33-5	75	253-259
35.	Jan 1	Vancouver	5-4	W	17-16-2	36	119-123	74.	Mar 26	Edmonton	4-2	W	36-33-5	77	257-261
36.	Jan 5	Minnesota	5-6	L	17-17-2	36	124-129	75.	Mar 29	@ Vancouver	5-2	W	37-33-5	79	262-263
37.	Jan 6	@ Quebec	0-4	L	17-18-2	36	124-133	76.	Mar 31	@ Edmonton	1-4	L	37-34-5	79	263-267
38.	Jan 8	Cleveland	0-0	T	17-18-3	37	124-133	77.	Apr 2	Jersey	7-3	W	38-34-5	81	270-270
39.	Jan 13	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	17-19-3	37	125-136	78.	Apr 3	@ Houston	1-3	L	38-35-5	81	271-273

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	18	Anderson, Ron F.	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	14	Backstrom, Ralph	78	33	50	83	26	6	2	18	5	14	19	4
RW	22	Benzelock, Jim	53	6	7	13	19	0	0	18	2	2	4	36
RW	18	Brackenbury, Curt	4	0	1	1	11	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Cahan, Larry	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	11	Coates, Brian	50	10	3	13	14	0	1	17	0	3	3	35
RW	5/18	Connelly, Gary	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	31	Coutu, Rich	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	6	Fleming, Reggie	45	2	12	14	49	1	0	12	0	4	4	12
LW	24	Forey, Connie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	24	Glenwright, Brian	15	3	2	5	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	1	Gill, Andre	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
RW	16	Gordon, Don	23	5	4	9	9	3	0	18	4	8	12	4
C	25	Hardy, Joe	77	24	35	59	55	4	0	17	4	8	12	13
RW	20	Harris, Duke	64	14	16	30	20	3	0	18	6	6	12	2
D	-	Jones, James W.	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	7	Liddington, Bob	73	26	21	47	20	4	1	18	6	5	11	11
D	5	MacKenzie, Al	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Maggs, Darryl	78	8	22	30	148	0	0	18	3	5	8	71
D	21	Mavety, Larry	77	15	36	51	157	4	0	18	4	8	12	46
LW	10	Morris, Rick	76	17	16	33	140	1	0	18	4	3	7	42
RW	15	Nesterenko, Eric	29	2	5	7	8	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Newton, Cam	45	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
RW	9	Paiement, Rosaire	78	30	43	73	87	7	0	18	9	6	15	16
LW	19	Popiel, Jan	63	22	17	39	36	6	0	18	8	5	13	12
D	3	Proceviat, Dick	77	2	20	22	53	0	0	13	0	4	4	10
LW	23	Rochon, Francois	71	12	11	23	27	1	0	9	2	1	3	0
LW	18	Rombough, Lorne	3	1	2	3	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Shmyr, John	43	1	3	4	13	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	17	Sicinski, Bob	69	11	29	40	8	1	0	18	6	8	14	0
D	12	Stapleton, Pat	78	6	52	58	44	2	1	18	0	13	13	36
C	18	Walter, Dave	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Watson, Jim	23	0	5	5	22	0	0	18	2	3	5	18
C	16	Whitlock, Bobby	52	16	19	35	44	6	1	-	-	-	-	-
C	8	Zaine, Rod	78	5	13	18	17	0	1	18	2	1	3	2

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Coutu, Rich	20	1207	75	3	0	9-10-1	3.73	628	0.881	-	-	-	-	-
Gill, Andre	13	803	46	1	0	4-7-2	3.44	418	0.890	11	614	38	6-5	3.71
Newton, Cam	45	2732	143	5	1	25-18-2	3.14	1352	0.894	10	486	34	2-5	4.20

Transactions

• Dave Walter signed to contract, Feb 1973
• Butch Barber traded to New York for Wally Olds, May 1973
• Francois Rochon signed to contract, Jun 1973
• Darryl Maggs, Cam Newton signed to contracts, May 1973
• Pat Stapleton signed to contract, Jul 1973
• Rights to Ralph Backstrom acquired from Los Angeles Sharks, signed to contract, Aug 1973
• Joe Hardy acquired from Cleveland for rights to Larry Hillman, Sep 1973
• Duke Harris purchased from Houston, Sep 1973
• Eric Nesterenko signed a free agent, Oct 1973
• Al MacKenzie signed to contract, Dec 1973
• Bobby Whitlock traded to Los Angeles for Don Gordon and Jim Watson, Feb 1974.

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Cleveland	2-4-2	30-32	1-2-1	13-16	1-2-1	17-16
Edmonton	2-4-0	11-17	2-1-0	7-6	0-3-0	4-11
Houston	2-4-0	16-24	2-1-0	12-13	0-3-0	4-11
Los Angeles	5-1-0	28-18	2-1-0	13-11	3-0-0	15-7
Minnesota	2-4-0	24-31	1-2-0	15-15	1-2-0	9-16
New England	4-4-0	27-26	2-2-0	12-12	2-2-0	15-14
New York-Jersey	4-4-0	28-26	3-1-0	17-9	1-3-0	11-17
Quebec	5-3-0	26-28	3-1-0	18-14	2-2-0	8-14
Toronto	5-2-1	33-27	2-2-0	16-14	3-0-1	17-13
Vancouver	4-1-1	27-21	2-0-1	15-13	2-1-0	12-8
Winnipeg	3-4-1	21-23	3-0-1	15-9	0-4-0	6-14
October	5-4-1	36-31	1-0-0	4-1	4-4-1	32-30
November	6-3-0	35-32	4-1-0	18-15	2-2-0	17-17
December	5-9-1	43-56	2-4-1	22-24	3-5-0	21-32
January	5-4-1	32-32	3-1-1	20-15	2-3-0	12-17
February	6-10-0	50-62	5-4-0	31-33	1-6-0	19-29
March	10-4-2	67-54	7-3-1	51-41	3-1-1	16-13
April	1-1-0	8-6	1-0-0	7-3	0-1-0	1-3

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