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1974-75Franchise

1974-75 Chicago Cougars

Record: 30-47-1, 61 pts
Finish: 3rd, East
Playoffs: Did not qualify
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
1Oct 18@ Vancouver2-1W1-0-022-140Jan 18Minnesota3-2W17-22-135136-150
2Oct 20@ Vancouver1-3L1-1-023-441Jan 19Quebec2-5L17-23-135138-155
3Oct 27@ Minnesota*5-6L1-2-028-1042Jan 22@ Phoenix5-8L17-24-135143-163
4Oct 29Houston2-4L1-3-0210-1443Jan 23@ Indianapolis2-4L17-25-135145-167
5Oct 30@ Houston0-1L1-4-0210-1544Jan 25@ Quebec4-6L17-26-135149-173
6Oct 31@ San Diego3-4L1-5-0213-1945Jan 26Vancouver3-5L17-27-135152-178
7Nov 2Toronto4-3W2-5-0417-2246Jan 28Cleveland4-3W18-27-137156-181
8Nov 5Vancouver4-5L2-6-0421-2747Jan 30Quebec2-5L18-28-137158-186
9Nov 10Toronto0-7L2-7-0421-3448Feb 1Houston5-6L18-29-137163-192
10Nov 12San Diego2-4L2-8-0423-3849Feb 2@ Edmonton*3-4L18-30-137166-196
11Nov 14@ Michigan2-4L2-9-0425-4250Feb 5@ Vancouver2-4L18-31-137168-200
12Nov 16@ Houston2-6L2-10-0427-4851Feb 8Winnipeg6-3W19-31-139174-203
13Nov 19New England4-5L2-11-0431-5352Feb 9@ Winnipeg2-3L19-32-139176-206
14Nov 20Indianapolis6-4W3-11-0637-5753Feb 10@ Indianapolis1-4L19-33-139177-210
15Nov 22Michigan5-3W4-11-0842-6054Feb 12@ Cleveland3-5L19-34-139180-215
16Nov 23@ New England2-3L4-12-0844-6355Feb 15@ Baltimore5-3W20-34-141185-218
17Nov 24New England5-9L4-13-0849-7256Feb 16Winnipeg3-6L20-35-141188-224
18Nov 27@ Phoenix4-2W5-13-01053-7457Feb 17Indianapolis6-5W21-35-143194-229
19Nov 28@ San Diego3-2W6-13-01256-7658Feb 20@ Toronto4-3W22-35-145198-232
20Nov 30@ Minnesota7-5W7-13-01463-8159Feb 23Vancouver2-1W23-35-147200-233
21Dec 5@ Indianapolis5-3W8-13-01668-8460Feb 25Edmonton*4-3W24-35-149204-236
22Dec 7Toronto9-3W9-13-01877-8761Feb 26@ New England4-3W25-35-151208-239
23Dec 8@ Winnipeg2-5L9-14-01879-9262Mar 1@ Houston2-4L25-36-151210-243
24Dec 10Phoenix2-4L9-15-01881-9663Mar 2@ Phoenix0-5L25-37-151210-248
25Dec 14Michigan6-0W10-15-02087-9664Mar 9@ Quebec5-7L25-38-151215-255
26Dec 17Quebec1-6L10-16-02088-10265Mar 11Edmonton1-5L25-39-151216-260
27Dec 20@ Quebec5-3W11-16-02293-10566Mar 14Houston4-5L25-40-151220-265
28Dec 21Edmonton0-3L11-17-02293-10867Mar 16San Diego4-2W26-40-153224-267
29Dec 22@ Toronto2-5L11-18-02295-11368Mar 17Cleveland3-2W27-40-155227-269
30Dec 27@ Toronto2-4L11-19-02297-11769Mar 18Phoenix3-7L27-41-155230-276
31Dec 28Minnesota5-3W12-19-024102-12070Mar 20@ San Diego4-2W28-41-157234-278
32Dec 29@ Michigan3-4L12-20-024105-12471Mar 22Winnipeg2-4L28-42-157236-282
33Dec 31@ Cleveland4-3W13-20-026109-12772Mar 23@ Winnipeg3-4L28-43-157239-286
34Jan 4Indianapolis4-4T13-20-127113-13173Mar 25San Diego4-6L28-44-157243-292
35Jan 5@ Edmonton3-2W14-20-129116-13374Mar 26@ Minnesota3-4L28-45-157246-296
36Jan 7Minnesota2-4L14-21-129118-13775Mar 30@ Cleveland6-7L28-46-157252-303
37Jan 10Michigan5-2W15-21-131123-13976Apr 1Cleveland*3-2W29-46-159255-305
38Jan 14Phoenix5-2W16-21-133128-14177Apr 4New England3-1W30-46-161258-306
39Jan 15@ New England5-7L16-22-133133-14878Apr 6@ Edmonton3-6L30-47-161261-312

Player Scoring

pos.
#
Player
gp
g
a
pts
pim
+/-
ppg
shg
sog
sc%
gp
g
a
pts
pim
C
17
Angotti, Lou
26
2
5
7
9
-1
0
1
14
0.143
-
-
-
-
-
C
14
Backstrom, Ralph
70
15
24
39
28
-28
6
0
161
0.093
-
-
-
-
-
D
18
Baltimore, Bryon
77
8
12
20
110
-24
0
0
104
0.077
-
-
-
-
-
RW
22
Benzelock, Jim
10
0
2
2
14
-
0
0
5
0.000
-
-
-
-
-
LW
11
Coates, Brian
35
12
9
21
26
-6
1
0
62
0.194
-
-
-
-
-
G
25
Coutu, Rich
1
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
1
Dryden, Dave
45
0
1
1
4
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
G
-
Dumas, Rich
1
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
RW
16
Gordon, Don
42
4
5
9
10
-14
1
0
49
0.082
-
-
-
-
-
C
25
Hardy, Joe
17
1
6
7
8
-
0
0
14
0.071
-
-
-
-
-
RW
20
Harris, Duke
54
9
19
28
18
-13
4
0
109
0.083
-
-
-
-
-
D
3
Kokkola, Keith
33
0
2
2
69
-4
0
0
47
0.000
-
-
-
-
-
LW
7
Liddington, Bob
78
23
18
41
27
-31
5
0
155
0.148
-
-
-
-
-
RW
24
Lomenda, Mark
69
16
33
49
21
-2
2
0
128
0.125
-
-
-
-
-
C
6
MacGregor, Gary
78
42
34
76
26
+3
8
0
269
0.164
-
-
-
-
-
D
4
Maggs, Darryl
77
6
27
33
137
+17
0
1
213
0.028
-
-
-
-
-
C
23
Mara, Peter
57
17
21
38
16
+7
1
0
90
0.189
-
-
-
-
-
D
21
Mavety, Larry
57
10
22
32
126
-3
3
0
169
0.059
-
-
-
-
-
D
2
McCallum, Dunc
31
0
10
10
24
-6
0
0
28
0.000
-
-
-
-
-
LW
10
Morris, Rick
78
15
13
28
110
-14
0
2
115
0.130
-
-
-
-
-
G
30
Newton, Cam
32
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
RW
9
Paiement, Rosaire
78
26
48
74
97
0
3
0
256
0.101
-
-
-
-
-
LW
19
Popiel, Jan
60
18
22
40
74
-1
3
0
97
0.186
-
-
-
-
-
D
23
Pritchard, Jim
2
0
0
0
0
-
0
0
2
0.000
-
-
-
-
-
D
3
Proceviat, Dick
11
0
3
3
11
-6
0
0
11
0.000
-
-
-
-
-
LW
15
Rochon, Francois
69
27
29
56
19
+8
5
0
160
0.169
-
-
-
-
-
D
12
Stapleton, Pat
68
4
30
34
38
-9
2
0
105
0.038
-
-
-
-
-
C
17
Walter, Dave
6
1
0
1
2
-
-
-
14
0.071
-
-
-
-
-
D
5
Watson, Jim
37
2
6
8
31
-8
0
0
62
0.048
-
-
-
-
-
C
8
Zaine, Rod
68
3
6
9
16
-6
0
1
28
0.107
-
-
-
-
-

Goaltending

Goaltender
gp
min
ga
en
so
w-l-t
gaa
sog
sv%
gp
min
ga
w-l
gaa
Coutu, Rich
1
60
5
0
0
0-1-0
5.00
36
0.861
-
-
-
-
-
Dryden, Dave
45
2728
176
3
1
18-26-1
3.87
1679
0.895
-
-
-
-
-
Dumas, Rich
1
1
0
0
0
0-0-0
0.00
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
Newton, Cam
32
1905
126
2
0
12-20-0
3.97
1196
0.895
-
-
-
-
-

Transactions

• Peter Mara signed to contract, Sep 1974
• Dunc McCallum signed to contract, Nov 1974
• Joe Hardy to Indianapolis for future considerations, Dec. 1974
• Dick Proceviat to Indianapolis for future considerations, Dec. 1974
• Larry Mavety to Toronto for draft picks, Feb. 1975

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

opponent overall gf-ga home gf-ga away gf-ga
Cleveland4-2-023-223-0-010-71-2-013-15
Edmonton2-4-014-231-2-05-111-2-09-12
Houston0-6-015-260-3-011-150-3-04-11
Indianapolis3-2-124-242-0-116-131-2-08-11
Michigan-Baltimore4-2-026-163-0-016-51-2-010-11
Minnesota3-3-025-242-1-010-91-2-015-15
New England2-4-023-281-2-012-151-2-011-13
Phoenix2-4-019-281-2-010-131-2-09-15
Quebec1-5-019-320-3-05-161-2-014-16
San Diego3-3-020-201-2-010-122-1-010-8
Toronto3-3-021-252-1-013-131-2-08-12
Vancouver2-4-014-191-2-09-111-2-05-8
Winnipeg1-5-018-251-2-011-130-3-07-12
 

October1-5-013-190-1-02-41-4-011-15
November6-8-050-623-5-030-403-3-020-22
December6-7-046-463-3-023-193-4-023-27
January5-8-149-594-4-130-321-4-019-27
February7-7-050-534-2-026-243-5-024-29
March3-11-044-642-5-021-311-6-023-33
April2-1-09-92-0-06-30-1-03-6

 

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