1928–29 Detroit Cougars season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1928–29
Year:	1928
Team:	Detroit Cougars (NHL)Detroit Cougars
Record:	19–16–9
Divisionrank:	3rd
Coach:	Jack Adams
Assistsleader:	Carson Cooper
Pointsleader:	Carson Cooper
Gaaleader:	Dolly Dolson
Goalsfor:	72
Goalsagainst:	63
Prev Season:	1927–28

The 1928–29 Detroit Cougars season was the third season of play for the Detroit National Hockey League franchise. The Cougars placed third in the American Division to advance to the playoffs for the first time. The Cougars lost in the first round to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Offseason

After the 1927–28 season, the Cougars traded the rights to Jack Arbour and $12,500 to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Jimmy "Sailor" Herbert.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 15, 1928	0–2	New York Rangers (1928–29)	0–1–0
2	W	November 18, 1928	3–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	1–1–0
3	W	November 22, 1928	2–0	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	2–1–0
4	T	November 24, 1928	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	2–1–1
5	T	November 29, 1928	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	2–1–2
6	W	December 2, 1928	2–1	New York Americans (1928–29)	3–1–2
7	W	December 8, 1928	3–0	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	4–1–2
8	T	December 9, 1928	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–1–3
9	L	December 11, 1928	1–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–2–3
10	T	December 13, 1928	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	4–2–4
11	L	December 16, 1928	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–3–4
12	L	December 18, 1928	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	4–4–4
13	W	December 20, 1928	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	5–4–4
14	W	December 23, 1928	2–0	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	6–4–4
15	L	December 27, 1928	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	6–5–4
16	L	December 29, 1928	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	6–6–4
17	W	December 30, 1928	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	7–6–4
18	W	January 1, 1929	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	8–6–4
19	W	January 6, 1929	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	9–6–4
20	W	January 10, 1929	4–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	10–6–4
21	L	January 12, 1929	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	10–7–4
22	L	January 13, 1929	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	10–8–4
23	T	January 17, 1929	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	10–8–5
24	L	January 19, 1929	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	10–9–5
25	W	January 20, 1929	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	11–9–5
26	W	January 22, 1929	1–0 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	12–9–5
27	L	January 27, 1929	1–2	New York Americans (1928–29)	12–10–5
28	L	February 5, 1929	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	12–11–5
29	T	February 7, 1929	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	12–11–6
30	W	February 9, 1929	2–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	13–11–6
31	W	February 10, 1929	3–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	14–11–6
32	L	February 12, 1929	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	14–12–6
33	T	February 14, 1929	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	14–12–7
34	W	February 17, 1929	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	15–12–7
35	L	February 19, 1929	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	15–13–7
36	W	February 21, 1929	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	16–13–7
37	T	February 24, 1929	0–0 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	16–13–8
38	W	February 26, 1929	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	17–13–8
39	W	March 2, 1929	4–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	18–13–8
40	L	March 3, 1929	2–3	New York Rangers (1928–29)	18–14–8
41	W	March 5, 1929	3–1	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	19–14–8
42	L	March 9, 1929	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	19–15–8
43	T	March 10, 1929	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	19–15–9
44	L	March 14, 1929	1–5	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	19–16–9

Playoffs

(C3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (A3) Detroit Cougars

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Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 19	Toronto	3	Detroit	1
Mar 21	Detroit	1	Toronto	4

Toronto wins a total goal series 7 goals to 2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	43	18	9	27	14
	LW	39	11	8	19	14
	LW/D	41	13	3	16	68
	C/RW	40	9	5	14	34
	LW	36	9	5	14	33
	C/D	43	6	4	10	52
	LW	37	2	4	6	23
	D	31	2	2	4	59
	RW	35	1	1	2	26
	RW	1	1	0	1	0
	LW/C	5	0	0	0	0
	G	44	0	0	0	0
	D	14	0	0	0	12
	LW/D	1	0	0	0	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	0
	D	44	0	0	0	46

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2750	44	19	16	9	63	1.37	10
Team:	2750	44	19	16	9	63	1.37	10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	2	1	0	1	2
	LW	2	1	0	1	0
	LW	2	0	0	0	2
	D	2	0	0	0	4
	LW/D	2	0	0	0	10
	RW	2	0	0	0	2
	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0
	C/RW	1	0	0	0	2
	C/D	2	0	0	0	2
	D	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	120	2	0	2	7	3.50	0
Team:	120	2	0	2	7	3.50	0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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

• 1928–29 NHL season

References

Bibliography

• Book: Total Hockey . Diamond . Dan . Total Sports . 2000 . 1-892129-85-X .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1928-29 Detroit Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.