1974–75 Chicago Cougars season explained

League:	WHA
Season:	1974–75
Year:	1974
Team:	Chicago Cougars
Record:	30–47–1
Division:	Eastern
Divisionrank:	3rd
Goalsfor:	261
Goalsagainst:	312
Goalsleader:	Gary MacGregor (42)
Assistsleader:	Rosaire Paiement (48)
Pointsleader:	Gary MacGregor (76)
Pimleader:	Larry Mavety (126)
Winsleader:	Dave Dryden (18)
Gaaleader:	Dave Dryden (3.87)

The 1974–75 Chicago Cougars season was the Chicago Cougars third and final season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Cougars finished third in the East, but did not have enough points to qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 18, 1974	2–1	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	1–0–0
2	L	October 20, 1974	1–3	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	1–1–0
3	L	October 27, 1974	5–6 OT	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	1–2–0
4	L	October 29, 1974	2–4	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	1–3–0
5	L	October 30, 1974	0–1	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	1–4–0
6	L	October 31, 1974	3–4	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	1–5–0
7	W	November 2, 1974	4–3 OT	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	2–5–0
8	L	November 5, 1974	4–5	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	2–6–0
9	L	November 10, 1974	0–7	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	2–7–0
10	L	November 12, 1974	2–4	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	2–8–0
11	L	November 14, 1974	2–4	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	2–9–0
12	L	November 16, 1974	2–6	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	2–10–0
13	L	November 19, 1974	4–5	New England Whalers (1974–75)	2–11–0
14	W	November 20, 1974	6–4	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	3–11–0
15	W	November 22, 1974	5–3	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	4–11–0
16	L	November 23, 1974	2–3	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	4–12–0
17	L	November 24, 1974	5–9	New England Whalers (1974–75)	4–13–0
18	W	November 27, 1974	4–2	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	5–13–0
19	W	November 28, 1974	3–2	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	6–13–0
20	W	November 30, 1974	7–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	7–13–0
21	W	December 5, 1974	5–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	8–13–0
22	W	December 7, 1974	9–3	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	9–13–0
23	L	December 8, 1974	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	9–14–0
24	L	December 10, 1974	2–4	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	9–15–0
25	W	December 14, 1974	6–0	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	10–15–0
26	L	December 17, 1974	1–6	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	10–16–0
27	W	December 20, 1974	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	11–16–0
28	L	December 21, 1974	0–3	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	11–17–0
29	L	December 22, 1974	2–5	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	11–18–0
30	L	December 27, 1974	2–4	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	11–19–0
31	W	December 28, 1974	5–3	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	12–19–0
32	L	December 29, 1974	3–4	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	12–20–0
33	W	December 31, 1974	4–3	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	13–20–0
34	T	January 4, 1975	4–4	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	13–20–1
35	W	January 5, 1975	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	14–20–1
36	L	January 7, 1975	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	14–21–1
37	W	January 10, 1975	5–2	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	15–21–1
38	W	January 14, 1975	5–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	16–21–1
39	L	January 15, 1975	5–7	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	16–22–1
40	W	January 18, 1975	3–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	17–22–1
41	L	January 19, 1975	2–5	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	17–23–1
42	L	January 22, 1975	5–8	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	17–24–1
43	L	January 23, 1975	2–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	17–25–1
44	L	January 25, 1975	4–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	17–26–1
45	L	January 26, 1975	3–5	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	17–27–1
46	W	January 28, 1975	4–3	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	18–27–1
47	L	January 30, 1975	2–5	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	18–28–1
48	L	February 1, 1975	5–6	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	18–29–1
49	L	February 2, 1975	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	18–30–1
50	L	February 5, 1975	2–4	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	18–31–1
51	W	February 8, 1975	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	19–31–1
52	L	February 9, 1975	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	19–32–1
53	L	February 10, 1975	1–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	19–33–1
54	L	February 12, 1975	3–5	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	19–34–1
55	W	February 15, 1975	5–3	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	20–34–1
56	L	February 16, 1975	3–6	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	20–35–1
57	W	February 17, 1975	6–5 OT	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	21–35–1
58	W	February 20, 1975	4–3 OT	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	22–35–1
59	W	February 23, 1975	2–1	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	23–35–1
60	W	February 25, 1975	4–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	24–35–1
61	W	February 26, 1975	4–3	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	25–35–1
62	L	March 1, 1975	2–4	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	25–36–1
63	L	March 2, 1975	0–5	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	25–37–1
64	L	March 9, 1975	5–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	25–38–1
65	L	March 11, 1975	1–5	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	25–39–1
66	L	March 14, 1975	4–5	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	25–40–1
67	W	March 16, 1975	4–2	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	26–40–1
68	W	March 17, 1975	3–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	27–40–1
69	L	March 18, 1975	3–7	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	27–41–1
70	W	March 20, 1975	4–2	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	28–41–1
71	L	March 22, 1975	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	28–42–1
72	L	March 23, 1975	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	28–43–1
73	L	March 25, 1975	4–6	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	28–44–1
74	L	March 26, 1975	3–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	28–45–1
75	L	March 30, 1975	6–7	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	28–46–1
76	W	April 1, 1975	3–2 OT	Cleveland Crusaders (1974–75)	29–46–1
77	W	April 4, 1975	3–1	New England Whalers (1974–75)	30–46–1
78	L	April 6, 1975	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	30–47–1

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 78 42 34 76 26 3 8 0 0 C 78 26 48 74 97 0 3 0 0 LW 69 27 29 56 19 8 5 0 0 RW 69 16 33 49 21 -2 2 0 0 LW 78 23 18 41 27 -31 5 0 0 LW 60 18 22 40 74 -1 3 0 0 C 70 15 24 39 28 -28 6 0 0 C 67 17 21 38 16 7 1 0 0 D 68 4 30 34 38 -9 2 0 0 D 77 6 27 33 137 D 57 10 22 32 126 -3 3 0 0 LW 78 15 13 28 110 -14 0 2 0 RW 54 9 19 28 18 -13 4 0 0 LW 35 12 9 21 26 -6 1 0 0 D 77 8 12 20 110 -24 0 0 0 D 31 0 10 10 24 -6 0 0 0 RW 42 4 5 9 10 -14 1 0 0 C 68 3 6 9 16 -6 0 1 0 D 57 2 6 8 31 -8 0 0 0 C/RW 26 2 5 7 9 -1 0 1 0 C 17 1 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 D 11 0 3 3 11 -6 0 0 0 RW 10 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 D 33 0 2 2 69 -4 0 0 0 C 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 G 45 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 2728 45 18 26 1 176 3.87 1 1905 32 12 20 0 126 3.97 0 60 1 0 1 0 5 5.00 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 Team: 4694 78 30 47 1 307 3.92 1

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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;

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.^{[3] [4]}

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
WHA Secret Amateur Draft
1	8	Paul McIntosh (D)		Peterborough Petes (OHA)
WHA Amateur Draft
1	10	Gary MacGregor (C)		Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
2	25	Tim Burke (D)		University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
3	33	Mark Lomenda (RW)		Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
3	39	Garry Lariviere (D)		St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
4	55	Paul Evans (C)		Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
5	69	Scott Jessee (RW)		Michigan Tech (WCHA)
6	84	Emile DeMoissac (LW)		New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
7	99	John Shewchuk (F)		St. Paul Vulcans (MidJHL)
8	114	Mark Trivett (F)		Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
9	129	Bob Chase (F)		Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
10	142	Darrell Traer		Thunder Bay Hurricanes (MJHL)
11	156	Jim Murray (G)		Michigan Americans (SOJHL)
12	169	Michel Dubois (D)		Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
13	180	Reggie Lemelin (G)		Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1974–75 Chicago Cougars Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-07-02 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-07-02 . 1974-75 Chicago Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
3. Web site: 1974 WHA Amateur Draft . hockeyDB.com . December 19, 2018.
4. Web site: 1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft . hockeyDB.com . December 19, 2018.