1973–74 Chicago Cougars season

1973–74 Chicago Cougars
Division	4th East
1973–74 record	38–35–5
Goals for	271
Goals against	273
Team information
Coach	Pat Stapleton
Team leaders
<1972–73 1974–75>

The 1973–74 Chicago Cougars season was the Chicago Cougars' second season of operation in the World Hockey Association. The team qualified for the playoff and won two playoff series to make it to the Avco Cup Final before losing to the Houston Aeros.

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
New England Whalers	78	43	31	4	291	260	875	90
Toronto Toros	78	41	33	4	304	272	871	86
Cleveland Crusaders	78	37	32	9	266	264	1007	83
Chicago Cougars	78	38	35	5	271	273	1041	81
Quebec Nordiques	78	38	36	4	306	280	909	80
NY Golden Blades / NJ Knights	78	32	42	4	268	313	933	68

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 7, 1973	4–4	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	0–0–1
2	W	October 11, 1973	4–3	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	1–0–1
3	L	October 13, 1973	4–6	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	1–1–1
4	L	October 14, 1973	2–3 OT	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	1–2–1
5	W	October 18, 1973	7–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	2–2–1
6	L	October 20, 1973	3–4	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	2–3–1
7	L	October 21, 1973	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	2–4–1
8	W	October 25, 1973	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	3–4–1
9	W	October 28, 1973	3–2	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	4–4–1
10	W	October 30, 1973	4–1	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	5–4–1
11	W	November 3, 1973	7–4	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	6–4–1
12	W	November 6, 1973	5–4 OT	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	7–4–1
13	W	November 10, 1973	3–2	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	8–4–1
14	L	November 13, 1973	2–5	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	8–5–1
15	W	November 15, 1973	3–2	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	9–5–1
16	W	November 17, 1973	5–2	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	10–5–1
17	L	November 18, 1973	3–5	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	10–6–1
18	W	November 22, 1973	4–3	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	11–6–1
19	L	November 24, 1973	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	11–7–1
20	L	December 1, 1973	4–5 OT	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	11–8–1
21	L	December 2, 1973	3–4	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	11–9–1
22	L	December 4, 1973	0–2	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	11–10–1
23	L	December 8, 1973	1–3	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	11–11–1
24	L	December 9, 1973	1–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	11–12–1
25	L	December 11, 1973	3–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	11–13–1
26	W	December 15, 1973	5–2	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	12–13–1
27	W	December 16, 1973	3–2	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	13–13–1
28	T	December 18, 1973	3–3	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	13–13–2
29	L	December 21, 1973	1–5	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	13–14–2
30	W	December 23, 1973	6–5	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	14–14–2
31	L	December 26, 1973	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	14–15–2
32	W	December 28, 1973	6–4	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	15–15–2
33	L	December 29, 1973	0–3	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	15–16–2
34	W	December 30, 1973	5–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	16–16–2
35	W	January 1, 1974	5–4	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	17–16–2
36	L	January 5, 1974	5–6	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	17–17–2
37	L	January 6, 1974	0–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	17–18–2
38	T	January 8, 1974	0–0	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	17–18–3
39	L	January 13, 1974	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	17–19–3
40	W	January 17, 1974	5–2	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	18–19–3
41	W	January 19, 1974	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	19–19–3
42	W	January 22, 1974	5–3	New England Whalers (1973–74)	20–19–3
43	L	January 25, 1974	2–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	20–20–3
44	W	January 30, 1974	4–2	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	21–20–3
45	L	February 1, 1974	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	21–21–3
46	L	February 3, 1974	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	21–22–3
47	W	February 5, 1974	3–1	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	22–22–3
48	L	February 6, 1974	2–7	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	22–23–3
49	W	February 9, 1974	5–2	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	23–23–3
50	W	February 10, 1974	4–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	24–23–3
51	W	February 12, 1974	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	25–23–3
52	L	February 14, 1974	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	25–24–3
53	L	February 16, 1974	4–5	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	25–25–3
54	L	February 17, 1974	5–6	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	25–26–3
55	L	February 18, 1974	3–4	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	25–27–3
56	W	February 21, 1974	5–4	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	26–27–3
57	L	February 23, 1974	0–3	New England Whalers (1973–74)	26–28–3
58	L	February 24, 1974	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	26–29–3
59	W	February 26, 1974	4–2	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	27–29–3
60	L	February 28, 1974	4–9	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	27–30–3
61	W	March 1, 1974	7–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	28–30–3
62	L	March 3, 1974	4–5	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	28–31–3
63	L	March 5, 1974	2–3	New England Whalers (1973–74)	28–32–3
64	W	March 7, 1974	3–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	29–32–3
65	W	March 9, 1974	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	30–32–3
66	W	March 12, 1974	5–3	New England Whalers (1973–74)	31–32–3
67	W	March 14, 1974	7–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	32–32–3
68	W	March 16, 1974	4–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	33–32–3
69	W	March 17, 1974	4–2	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	34–32–3
70	L	March 19, 1974	4–7	Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	34–33–3
71	T	March 21, 1974	5–5	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	34–33–4
72	W	March 23, 1974	4–1	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	35–33–4
73	T	March 24, 1974	3–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1973–74)	35–33–5
74	W	March 26, 1974	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	36–33–5
75	W	March 29, 1974	5–2	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	37–33–5
76	L	March 31, 1974	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	37–34–5
77	W	April 2, 1974	7–3	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	38–34–5
78	L	April 3, 1974	1–3	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	38–35–5

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 78 33 50 83 26 0 6 2 8 Paiement, RosaireRosaire Paiement C 78 30 43 73 87 0 7 0 3 Hardy, JoeJoe Hardy C 77 24 35 59 55 0 4 0 2 Stapleton, PatPat Stapleton D 78 6 52 58 44 0 2 1 0 Mavety, LarryLarry Mavety D 77 15 36 51 157 0 4 0 4 Liddington, BobBob Liddington LW 73 26 21 47 20 0 4 1 2 Sicinski, BobBob Sicinski C 69 11 29 40 8 0 1 0 1 Popiel, JanJan Popiel LW 63 22 17 39 36 0 6 0 4 Whitlock, BobBob Whitlock C 52 16 19 35 26 0 6 1 2 Morris, RickRick Morris LW 76 17 16 33 140 0 1 0 2 Harris, DukeDuke Harris RW 64 14 16 30 20 0 3 0 1 Maggs, DarylDaryl Maggs D 78 8 22 30 148 0 0 0 1 Rochon, FrankFrank Rochon LW 69 12 11 23 27 0 1 0 1 Proceviat, DickDick Proceviat D 77 2 20 22 55 0 0 0 1 Zaine, RodRod Zaine C 77 5 13 18 17 0 0 1 0 Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming D/LW 45 2 12 14 49 0 1 0 2 Coates, BrianBrian Coates LW 50 10 3 13 14 0 0 1 1 Benzelock, JimJim Benzelock RW 53 6 7 13 19 0 0 0 0 Gordon, DonDon Gordon RW 23 5 4 9 9 0 3 0 0 Nesterenko, EricEric Nesterenko RW 29 2 5 7 8 0 1 0 0 Glenwright, BrianBrian Glenwright LW 15 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 Watson, JimJim Watson D 23 0 5 5 22 0 0 0 0 Shmyr, JohnJohn Shmyr D 43 1 3 4 13 0 0 0 1 Rombough, LorneLorne Rombough LW 3 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 Brackenbury, CurtCurt Brackenbury RW 4 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 Connelly, GaryGary Connelly RW 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Newton, CamCam Newton G 45 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Walter, DaveDave Walter C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 F. Anderson, RonRon F. Anderson D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan D 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Coutu, RichRich Coutu G 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forey, ConnieConnie Forey LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gill, AndreAndre Gill G 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jones, JimJim Jones D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MacKenzie, AlAl MacKenzie D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Newton, CamCam Newton 2732 45 25 18 2 143 3.14 1 Coutu, RichRich Coutu 1207 20 9 10 1 75 3.73 0 Gill, AndreAndre Gill 803 13 4 7 2 46 3.44 0 Team: 4742 78 38 35 5 264 3.34 1

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 18 5 14 19 4 0 0 1 Paiement, RosaireRosaire Paiement C 18 9 6 15 16 0 0 2 Sicinski, BobBob Sicinski C 18 6 8 14 0 0 0 2 Popiel, JanJan Popiel LW 18 8 5 13 12 0 0 1 Stapleton, PatPat Stapleton D 12 0 13 13 36 0 0 0 Harris, DukeDuke Harris RW 18 6 6 12 2 0 0 0 Gordon, DonDon Gordon RW 18 4 8 12 4 0 0 0 Hardy, JoeJoe Hardy C 17 4 8 12 13 0 0 0 Mavety, LarryLarry Mavety D 18 4 8 12 46 0 0 1 Liddington, BobBob Liddington LW 18 6 5 11 11 0 0 0 Maggs, DarylDaryl Maggs D 18 3 5 8 71 0 0 0 Morris, RickRick Morris LW 18 4 3 7 42 0 0 0 Watson, JimJim Watson D 18 2 3 5 18 0 0 0 Benzelock, JimJim Benzelock RW 18 2 2 4 36 0 0 0 Fleming, ReggieReggie Fleming D/LW 12 0 4 4 12 0 0 0 Proceviat, DickDick Proceviat D 13 0 4 4 10 0 0 0 Rochon, FrankFrank Rochon LW 9 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 Zaine, RodRod Zaine C 18 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 Coates, BrianBrian Coates LW 17 0 3 3 35 0 0 0 Gill, AndreAndre Gill G 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Newton, CamCam Newton G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Gill, AndreAndre Gill 614 11 6 5 38 3.71 0 Newton, CamCam Newton 486 10 2 5 34 4.20 0 Team: 1100 18 8 10 72 3.93 0

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

• 1973–74 WHA season

References

1. "1973–74 Chicago Cougars Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
2. "1973-74 Chicago Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

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