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38-35-5 (81 points), Finished 4th in WHA East Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary
Scored 271 goals, Allowed 273 goals, SRS: -0.02 (7th of 12)
Coached by Pat Stapleton (38-35-5)
Playoffs:
Lost Avco Cup Finals (4-0) to Houston Aeros
Won Division Finals (4-3) over Toronto Toros
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-3) over New England Whalers
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1973-74 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cougars | 78 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 81 | .519 | 271 | 273 | -0.02 | 6.97 | 51 | 245 | 20.82 | 45 | 289 | 84.43 | 7 | 8 |
| League Average | 78 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 78 | .500 | 284 | 284 | 0.00 | 7.28 | 52 | 249 | 20.79 | 52 | 249 | 79.21 | 8 | 8 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralph Backstrom | C | 5-10 | 165 | 36 | 78 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 1.06 | 32 | 0.41 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Rosaire Paiement | C | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | 78 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 0.94 | 28 | 0.36 | 87 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Joe Hardy | C | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | 77 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 0.77 | 23 | 0.29 | 55 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Pat Stapleton | D | 5-8 | 180 | 33 | 78 | 6 | 52 | 58 | 0.74 | 19 | 0.24 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Larry Mavety | D | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | 77 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 0.66 | 18 | 0.24 | 157 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Bob Liddington | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | 73 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 0.64 | 19 | 0.27 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Bob Sicinski | C | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | 69 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 0.58 | 14 | 0.21 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Jan Popiel | LW | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | 63 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 0.62 | 16 | 0.26 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Bob Whitlock | C | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | 52 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 0.67 | 14 | 0.26 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Rick Morris | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | 76 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 0.43 | 13 | 0.18 | 140 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Daryl Maggs | D | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | 78 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 0.38 | 11 | 0.14 | 148 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Duke Harris | RW | 5-10 | 180 | 31 | 64 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 0.47 | 12 | 0.19 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Frank Rochon | LW | 5-11 | 181 | 20 | 69 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0.33 | 9 | 0.14 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Dick Proceviat | D | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | 77 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 0.29 | 7 | 0.09 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Rod Zaine | C | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | 77 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.23 | 6 | 0.08 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Reggie Fleming | D/LW | 5-8 | 170 | 37 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0.31 | 5 | 0.10 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Jim Benzelock | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | 53 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.25 | 5 | 0.10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Brian Coates | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 50 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Don Gordon | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.39 | 4 | 0.16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Eric Nesterenko | RW | 6-2 | 197 | 40 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.24 | 3 | 0.09 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Jim Watson | D | 6-2 | 186 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.22 | 2 | 0.07 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Brian Glenwright | LW | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.33 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 23 | John Shmyr | D | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.03 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Lorne Rombough | LW | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Dave Walter | C | 6-0 | 180 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Gary Connelly | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Curt Brackenbury | RW | 5-10 | 200 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.08 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Ron F. Anderson | D | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Jim Jones | D | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Connie Forey | LW | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Larry Cahan | D | 6-2 | 222 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Al MacKenzie | D | 5-10 | 165 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 271 | 447 | 718 | 9.21 | 271 | 3.47 | 271 | 51 | 273 | 45 | -8 | 1015 | 213 | 51 | 7 | 38 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cam Newton | G | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | 45 | 2732 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 52 | .578 | 1 | 143 | 3.14 | 1352 | 1209 | .894 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Rich Coutu | G | 5-11 | 176 | 22 | 20 | 1207 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 | .475 | 0 | 75 | 3.73 | 628 | 553 | .881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Andre Gill | G | 5-7 | 145 | 32 | 13 | 803 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 10 | .385 | 0 | 46 | 3.44 | 418 | 372 | .890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 78 | 4742 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 264 | 3.34 | 2398 | 2134 | .890 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralph Backstrom | C | 5-10 | 165 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1.06 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Rosaire Paiement | C | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0.83 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Bob Sicinski | C | 5-9 | 175 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.78 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | Pat Stapleton | D | 5-8 | 180 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 1.08 | 36 | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | Jan Popiel | LW | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.72 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Larry Mavety | D | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.67 | 46 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Joe Hardy | C | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.71 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Don Gordon | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.67 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 | Duke Harris | RW | 5-10 | 180 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.67 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Bob Liddington | LW | 6-0 | 175 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.61 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| 11 | Daryl Maggs | D | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.44 | 71 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Rick Morris | LW | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.39 | 42 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Jim Watson | D | 6-2 | 186 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.28 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Dick Proceviat | D | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.31 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| 15 | Jim Benzelock | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.22 | 36 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Reggie Fleming | D/LW | 5-8 | 170 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.33 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Frank Rochon | LW | 5-11 | 181 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 | Brian Coates | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.18 | 35 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Rod Zaine | C | 5-10 | 180 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.17 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 18 | 67 | 107 | 174 | 9.67 | 374 | 8 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Gill | G | 5-7 | 145 | 32 | 11 | 614 | 6 | 5 | 12 | .545 | 0 | 38 | 3.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | Cam Newton | G | 5-11 | 170 | 23 | 10 | 486 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 34 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 78 | 1100 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 72 | 3.93 |