1974 WHA East Division Semi-Finals
Chicago Cougars defeat New England Whalers 4-3
W-L: 38-35-5, .519
SRS: -0.02 (7th of 12)
Goals: 271 (7th of 12)
Goals Against: 273 (6th of 12)
W-L: 43-31-4, .577
SRS: 0.36 (4th of 12)
Goals: 291 (5th of 12)
Goals Against: 260 (2nd of 12)
| Game 1, April 6 | ||
| Chicago Cougars | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Game 2, April 7 | ||
| Chicago Cougars | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | OT |
| Game 3, April 9 | ||
| New England Whalers | 6 | Final |
| Chicago Cougars | 8 | |
| Game 4, April 10 | ||
| New England Whalers | 1 | Final |
| Chicago Cougars | 2 | OT |
| Game 5, April 12 | ||
| Chicago Cougars | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Game 6, April 14 | ||
| New England Whalers | 2 | Final |
| Chicago Cougars | 0 | |
| Game 7, April 16 | ||
| Chicago Cougars | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
1973-74 Regular Season Stats
| Saturday, Oct 13, 1973 | ||
| Chicago Cougars | 4 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 6 | |
| Sunday, Dec 2, 1973 | ||
| Chicago Cougars | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 4 | |
| Sunday, Dec 16, 1973 | ||
| Chicago Cougars | 3 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Thursday, Jan 17, 1974 | ||
| Chicago Cougars | 5 | Final |
| New England Whalers | 2 | |
| Tuesday, Jan 22, 1974 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Chicago Cougars | 5 | |
| Saturday, Feb 23, 1974 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Chicago Cougars | 0 | |
| Tuesday, Mar 5, 1974 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Chicago Cougars | 2 | |
| Tuesday, Mar 12, 1974 | ||
| New England Whalers | 3 | Final |
| Chicago Cougars | 5 | |
CHC Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Ralph Backstrom | 36 | C | 78 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Rosaire Paiement | 28 | RW | 78 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 87 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Joe Hardy | 28 | C | 77 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 55 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Pat Stapleton | 33 | D | 78 | 6 | 52 | 58 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Larry Mavety | 31 | D | 77 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 157 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Bob Liddington | 25 | LW | 73 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Bob Sicinski | 27 | C | 69 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Jan Popiel | 26 | LW | 63 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Bob Whitlock | 24 | C | 52 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Rick Morris | 27 | LW | 76 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 140 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Duke Harris | 31 | RW | 64 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Darryl Maggs | 24 | D | 78 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 148 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Frank Rochon | 20 | LW | 69 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Dick Proceviat | 27 | D | 77 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Rod Zaine | 27 | C | 77 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Reggie Fleming | 37 | RW | 45 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Brian Coates | 21 | C | 50 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Jim Benzelock | 26 | RW | 53 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Don Gordon | 25 | RW | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Eric Nesterenko | 40 | RW | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Brian Glenwright | 24 | LW | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Jim Watson | 30 | D | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 23 | John Shmyr | 29 | D | 43 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Lorne Rombough | 25 | LW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Curt Brackenbury | 22 | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Gary Connelly | 23 | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Cam Newton | 23 | G | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2732 | 60:43 | |||||||||
| 28 | Dave Walter | 21 | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 29 | Ron F. Anderson | 25 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 30 | Larry Cahan | 40 | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 31 | Rich Coutu | 22 | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1207 | 60:21 | |||||||||
| 32 | Connie Forey | 23 | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 33 | Andre Gill | 32 | G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 803 | 61:46 | |||||||||
| 34 | Jim Jones | 24 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Al MacKenzie | 21 | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 271 | 447 | 718 | 1015 | 213 | 51 | 7 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
CHC Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Cam Newton | 23 | 45 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 143 | 3.14 | 1 | 2732 | 97 | 5.0 | |||||||
| 2 | Rich Coutu | 22 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 75 | 3.73 | 0 | 1207 | 109 | -6.2 | |||||||
| 3 | Andre Gill | 32 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 3.44 | 0 | 803 | 101 | -0.2 | |||||||
| Team Total | 38 | 35 | 5 | 264 | 3.34 | 1 | 4742 | ||||||||||||
NEW Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | John French | 23 | LW | 77 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Tom Webster | 25 | RW | 64 | 43 | 27 | 70 | 28 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Larry Pleau | 27 | LW | 77 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Al Karlander | 27 | C | 77 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Don Blackburn | 35 | LW | 75 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Tim Sheehy | 25 | RW | 77 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Tommy Williams | 33 | C | 70 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Hugh Harris | 25 | LW | 75 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 78 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Mike Byers | 27 | RW | 78 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Jim Dorey | 26 | D | 77 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 134 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Rick Ley | 25 | D | 72 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 148 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Brad Selwood | 25 | D | 76 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 91 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 13 | Ted Green | 33 | D | 75 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Tom Earl | 26 | RW | 78 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Paul Hurley | 27 | D | 52 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 16 | John Cunniff | 30 | LW | 30 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Bob Charlebois | 29 | LW | 74 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Guy Smith | 24 | RW | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 19 | John Danby | 25 | C | 72 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Ric Jordan | 23 | D | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Al Smith | 28 | G | 55 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3194 | 58:04 | |||||||||
| 22 | Bill Berglund | 25 | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 60:00 | |||||||||
| 23 | Mike Keeler | 23 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Bruce Landon | 24 | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1386 | 57:45 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 291 | 488 | 779 | 857 | 241 | 47 | 3 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
NEW Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Al Smith | 28 | 55 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 164 | 3.08 | 2 | 3194 | 95 | 7.8 | |||||||
| 2 | Bruce Landon | 24 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82 | 3.55 | 0 | 1386 | 108 | -6.2 | |||||||
| 3 | Bill Berglund | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3.33 | 0 | 180 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 43 | 31 | 4 | 256 | 3.23 | 2 | 4760 | ||||||||||||
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