1974–75 Chicago Cougars season

1974–75 Chicago Cougars
Division	3rd Eastern
1974–75 record	30–47–1
Home record	18–20–1
Road record	12–27–0
Goals for	261
Goals against	312
Team information
Coach	Pat Stapleton
Captain	Jan Popiel
Alternate captains	Rosaire Paiement
Arena	International Amphitheatre
Team leaders
Goals	Gary MacGregor (42)
Assists	Rosaire Paiement (48)
Points	Gary MacGregor (76)
Penalty minutes	Darryl Maggs (137)
Wins	Dave Dryden (18)
Goals against average	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.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
New England Whalers	78	43	30	5	91	274	279	867
Cleveland Crusaders	78	35	40	3	73	236	258	1273
Chicago Cougars	78	30	47	1	61	261	312	1086
Indianapolis Racers	78	18	57	3	39	216	338	970

Schedule and results

1974–75 regular season[1]
October Game Result 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
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 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
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Gary MacGregor C 78 42 34 76 26 3 8 0 0 Rosaire Paiement C 78 26 48 74 97 0 3 0 0 Frank Rochon LW 69 27 29 56 19 8 5 0 0 Mark Lomenda RW 69 16 33 49 21 -2 2 0 0 Bob Liddington LW 78 23 18 41 27 -31 5 0 0 Jan Popiel LW 60 18 22 40 74 -1 3 0 0 Ralph Backstrom C 70 15 24 39 28 -28 6 0 0 Peter Mara C 67 17 21 38 16 7 1 0 0 Pat Stapleton D 68 4 30 34 38 -9 2 0 0 Darryl Maggs D 77 6 27 33 137 Larry Mavety D 57 10 22 32 126 -3 3 0 0 Rick Morris LW 78 15 13 28 110 -14 0 2 0 Duke Harris RW 54 9 19 28 18 -13 4 0 0 Brian Coates LW 35 12 9 21 26 -6 1 0 0 Bryon Baltimore D 77 8 12 20 110 -24 0 0 0 Dunc McCallum D 31 0 10 10 24 -6 0 0 0 Don Gordon RW 42 4 5 9 10 -14 1 0 0 Rod Zaine C 68 3 6 9 16 -6 0 1 0 Jim Watson D 57 2 6 8 31 -8 0 0 0 Lou Angotti C/RW 26 2 5 7 9 -1 0 1 0 Joe Hardy C 17 1 6 7 8 0 0 0 0 Dick Proceviat D 11 0 3 3 11 -6 0 0 0 Jim Benzelock RW 10 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 0 Keith Kokkola D 33 0 2 2 69 -4 0 0 0 Dave Walter C 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Dave Dryden G 45 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Rich Coutu G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richard Dumas G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cam Newton G 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Pritchard D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Dave Dryden 2728 45 18 26 1 176 3.87 1 Cam Newton 1905 32 12 20 0 126 3.97 0 Rich Coutu 60 1 0 1 0 5 5.00 0 Richard Dumas 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;

Awards and records

Transactions

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

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season

References

1. "1974-75 Chicago Cougars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
2. "1974-75 Chicago Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
3. "1974 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
4. "1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.