1929–30 Detroit Cougars season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1929–30
Year:	1929
Team:	Detroit Cougars (NHL)Detroit Cougars
Teamlink:	Detroit Red Wings
Record:	14–24–6
Divisionrank:	4th
Coach:	Jack Adams
Goalsfor:	117
Goalsagainst:	133
Goalsleader:	Herbie Lewis (20)
Assistsleader:	Carson Cooper (18)
Pointsleader:	Carson Cooper (36)

The 1929–30 Detroit Cougars season was the fourth season of the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). After qualifying for the playoffs by finishing third in the American Division in 1928–29, the Cougars slipped to fourth to miss the playoffs.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 14, 1929	2–5	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	0–1–0
2	T	November 17, 1929	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	0–1–1
3	L	November 19, 1929	4–6	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	0–2–1
4	L	November 24, 1929	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	0–3–1
5	L	November 26, 1929	3–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	0–4–1
6	W	November 28, 1929	7–6	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	1–4–1
7	L	November 30, 1929	0–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	1–5–1
8	W	December 1, 1929	4–3	New York Rangers (1929–30)	2–5–1
9	W	December 5, 1929	3–2	New York Americans (1929–30)	3–5–1
10	L	December 7, 1929	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	3–6–1
11	L	December 10, 1929	3–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30)	3–7–1
12	W	December 15, 1929	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	4–7–1
13	W	December 19, 1929	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	5–7–1
14	W	December 22, 1929	6–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	6–7–1
15	L	December 24, 1929	3–5	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	6–8–1
16	L	December 26, 1929	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	6–9–1
17	L	December 29, 1929	2–6	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	6–10–1
18	W	January 2, 1930	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30)	7–10–1
19	W	January 5, 1930	4–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	8–10–1
20	T	January 9, 1930	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	8–10–2
21	W	January 12, 1930	3–2	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	9–10–2
22	L	January 14, 1930	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	9–11–2
23	L	January 16, 1930	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30)	9–12–2
24	L	January 19, 1930	4–5	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	9–13–2
25	T	January 23, 1930	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	9–13–3
26	W	January 25, 1930	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	10–13–3
27	W	January 26, 1930	7–3	New York Rangers (1929–30)	11–13–3
28	L	January 30, 1930	2–3	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	11–14–3
29	L	February 1, 1930	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	11–15–3
30	L	February 2, 1930	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	11–16–3
31	L	February 4, 1930	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	11–17–3
32	T	February 6, 1930	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	11–17–4
33	W	February 9, 1930	8–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	12–17–4
34	L	February 13, 1930	3–6	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	12–18–4
35	L	February 16, 1930	2–4	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	12–19–4
36	L	February 18, 1930	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30)	12–20–4
37	W	February 23, 1930	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	13–20–4
38	T	February 27, 1930	3–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	13–20–5
39	T	March 2, 1930	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1929–30)	13–20–6
40	L	March 6, 1930	0–1	New York Americans (1929–30)	13–21–6
41	L	March 8, 1930	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	13–22–6
42	L	March 9, 1930	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	13–23–6
43	L	March 15, 1930	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	13–24–6
44	W	March 18, 1930	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1929–30)	14–24–6

Playoffs

The Cougars failed to make the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	RW	44	18	18	36	14
	C/D	44	17	17	34	54
	LW	44	18	15	33	8
	LW	44	20	11	31	36
	RW	43	14	5	19	28
	LW	25	7	3	10	23
	C/D	43	6	4	10	72
	LW/D	31	3	7	10	42
	RW	24	5	2	7	10
	D	30	3	2	5	35
	D	36	4	0	4	97
	C/RW	23	1	3	4	4
	LW	15	2	0	2	2
	D	40	0	1	1	48
	D	12	0	1	1	0
	G	39	0	0	0	0
	G	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2410	39	14	20	5	109	2.71	2
	320	5	0	4	1	24	4.50	0
Team:	2730	44	14	24	6	133	2.92	2

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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

• 1929–30 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 . 1929-30 Detroit Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.