1973-74 Chicago Cougars Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 38-35-5 - 81 points
Finished 4th in the WHA's East Division

Postseason: 8-10
Lost AVCO Cup finals

Division Semi-Finals - Defeated New England Whalers 4-3

Division Finals - Defeated Toronto Toros 4-3

Avco Cup Finals - Lost to Houston Aeros 4-0

Coach: Pat Stapleton (38-35-5)

1973-74 Chicago Cougars Roster
1973-74 Chicago Cougars Game-by-Game Results

The Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 38 wins, 35 losses and 5 ties for 81 points, finishing fourth in the WHA's East Division, and compiled a postseason mark of 8-10. Pat Stapleton coached the team. The 1973-74 Chicago Cougars lost in the AVCO Cup finals.

Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	S%
Ralph Backstrom	C	78	33	50	83	26	0	6	0	2	0	8	0	0
Rosaire Paiement	RW	78	30	43	73	87	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0
Joe Hardy	C	77	24	35	59	55	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Pat Stapleton	D	78	6	52	58	44	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Mavety	D	77	15	36	51	157	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0
Bob Liddington	LW	73	26	21	47	20	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0
Bob Sicinski	C	69	11	29	40	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jan Popiel	LW	63	22	17	39	36	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0
Bob Whitlock	C	52	16	19	35	26	0	6	0	1	0	2	0	0
Rick Morris	LW	76	17	16	33	140	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Duke Harris	RW	64	14	16	30	20	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Daryl Maggs	D	78	8	22	30	148	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Frank Rochon	LW	69	12	11	23	27	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Proceviat	D	77	2	20	22	55	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rod Zaine	C	77	5	13	18	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Reggie Fleming	LW	45	2	12	14	49	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brian Coates	LW	50	10	3	13	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Benzelock	RW	53	6	7	13	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Gordon	RW	23	5	4	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Nesterenko	C	29	2	5	7	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Watson	D	23	0	5	5	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Glenwright	LW	15	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Shmyr	D	43	1	3	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Lorne Rombough	LW	3	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Curt Brackenbury	RW	4	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Connelly	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Walter	C	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Newton	G	45	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al MacKenzie	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Coutu	G	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Cahan	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connie Forey	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Gill	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Jones	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron F. Anderson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1469	271	447	718	1015	0	51	0	7	0	38	0	0	0.0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA
Cam Newton	45	2732	25	18	2	5	1	143	1352	1209	.894	3.14
Rich Coutu	20	1207	9	10	1	3	0	75	628	553	.881	3.73
Andre Gill	13	803	4	7	2	1	0	46	418	372	.890	3.44
Totals	78	4742	38	35	5	9	1	264	2398	2134	.890	3.34

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	SOG	S%
Ralph Backstrom	C	18	5	14	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rosaire Paiement	RW	18	9	6	15	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Sicinski	C	18	6	8	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jan Popiel	LW	18	8	5	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Pat Stapleton	D	12	0	13	13	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Duke Harris	RW	18	6	6	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Mavety	D	18	4	8	12	46	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Hardy	C	17	4	8	12	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Gordon	RW	18	4	8	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Liddington	LW	18	6	5	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daryl Maggs	D	18	3	5	8	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Morris	LW	18	4	3	7	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Watson	D	18	2	3	5	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Benzelock	RW	18	2	2	4	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Proceviat	D	13	0	4	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Fleming	LW	12	0	4	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Coates	LW	17	0	3	3	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Zaine	C	18	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Rochon	LW	9	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Andre Gill	G	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Newton	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		335	67	107	174	374	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.0

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA
Andre Gill	11	614	6	5	0	0	0	38	318	280	.881	3.71
Cam Newton	10	486	2	5	0	0	0	34	254	220	.866	4.20
Totals	21	1100	8	10	0	0	0	72	572	500	.874	3.93