1972–73 Chicago Cougars season

1972–73 Chicago Cougars
Division	6th West
1972–73 record	26–50–2
Home record	17-22-0
Road record	9-28-2
Goals for	245
Goals against	295
Team information
General manager	Edwin G. Short
Coach	Marcel Pronovost
Captain	Larry Cahan
Alternate captains	Reg Fleming Rosaire Paiement Bob Sicinski
Arena	International Amphitheatre
Average attendance	4,589 (51.0%)
Team leaders
Goals	Rosaire Paiement (33)
Assists	Bob Sicinski (63)
Points	Bob Sicinski (88)
Penalty minutes	Rosaire Paiement (135)
Wins	Jim McLeod (22)
Goals against average	Jim McLeod (3.32)
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Regular season

Final standings

Western Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Winnipeg Jets	78	43	31	4	285	249	757	90
Houston Aeros	78	39	35	4	284	269	1363	82
Los Angeles Sharks	78	37	35	6	259	250	1477	80
Minnesota Fighting Saints	78	38	37	3	250	269	843	79
Alberta Oilers	78	38	37	3	269	256	1134	79
Chicago Cougars	78	26	50	2	245	295	811	54

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 12, 1972	2–3	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	0–1–0
2	L	October 15, 1972	2–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	0–2–0
3	L	October 16, 1972	1–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	0–3–0
4	L	October 19, 1972	2–6	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	0–4–0
5	W	October 22, 1972	4–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	1–4–0
6	T	October 24, 1972	3–3	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	1–4–1
7	L	October 27, 1972	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	1–5–1
8	W	October 31, 1972	3–1	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	2–5–1
9	L	November 1, 1972	2–4	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	2–6–1
10	L	November 4, 1972	2–3 OT	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	2–7–1
11	L	November 5, 1972	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	2–8–1
12	L	November 7, 1972	2–3	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	2–9–1
13	L	November 11, 1972	1–4	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	2–10–1
14	L	November 14, 1972	3–4	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	2–11–1
15	L	November 17, 1972	1–3	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	2–12–1
16	W	November 19, 1972	4–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	3–12–1
17	W	November 23, 1972	8–1	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	4–12–1
18	W	November 25, 1972	4–3	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	5–12–1
19	L	November 28, 1972	2–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	5–13–1
20	L	December 1, 1972	3–5	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	5–14–1
21	L	December 2, 1972	2–4	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	5–15–1
22	W	December 5, 1972	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	6–15–1
23	L	December 6, 1972	1–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	6–16–1
24	W	December 8, 1972	4–3 OT	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	7–16–1
25	L	December 9, 1972	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	7–17–1
26	L	December 11, 1972	3–8	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	7–18–1
27	W	December 13, 1972	6–3	New England Whalers (1972–73)	8–18–1
28	L	December 14, 1972	3–6	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	8–19–1
29	L	December 17, 1972	2–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	8–20–1
30	W	December 19, 1972	6–1	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	9–20–1
31	L	December 20, 1972	5–8	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	9–21–1
32	W	December 22, 1972	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	10–21–1
33	W	December 23, 1972	3–2	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	11–21–1
34	W	December 25, 1972	3–2	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	12–21–1
35	L	December 26, 1972	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	12–22–1
36	W	December 28, 1972	6–3	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	13–22–1
37	L	December 30, 1972	2–4	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	13–23–1
38	L	January 10, 1973	5–8	Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	13–24–1
39	L	January 11, 1973	0–5	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	13–25–1
40	L	January 13, 1973	2–6	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	13–26–1
41	L	January 15, 1973	4–5	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	13–27–1
42	L	January 17, 1973	2–4	New England Whalers (1972–73)	13–28–1
43	L	January 18, 1973	3–8	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	13–29–1
44	W	January 20, 1973	6–4	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	14–29–1
45	L	January 22, 1973	1–6	@ Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	14–30–1
46	W	January 23, 1973	7–1	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	15–30–1
47	W	January 25, 1973	9–2	New York Raiders (1972–73)	16–30–1
48	L	January 27, 1973	1–2	Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	16–31–1
49	L	January 28, 1973	3–4	@ Houston Aeros (1972–73)	16–32–1
50	W	January 30, 1973	4–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	17–32–1
51	W	February 2, 1973	4–1	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	18–32–1
52	W	February 3, 1973	4–2	New York Raiders (1972–73)	19–32–1
53	L	February 5, 1973	5–7	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	19–33–1
54	W	February 8, 1973	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	20–33–1
55	W	February 10, 1973	3–0	Houston Aeros (1972–73)	21–33–1
56	W	February 13, 1973	6–1	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	22–33–1
57	L	February 15, 1973	2–7	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	22–34–1
58	L	February 17, 1973	1–3	Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	22–35–1
59	L	February 18, 1973	5–7	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	22–36–1
60	W	February 20, 1973	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1972–73)	23–36–1
61	W	February 24, 1973	5–2	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	24–36–1
62	L	February 27, 1973	1–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	24–37–1
63	L	March 4, 1973	4–6	@ Ottawa Nationals (1972–73)	24–38–1
64	T	March 5, 1973	4–4	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	24–38–2
65	W	March 6, 1973	2–1 OT	Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	25–38–2
66	L	March 8, 1973	2–3 OT	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	25–39–2
67	L	March 10, 1973	4–5 OT	Alberta Oilers (1972–73)	25–40–2
68	L	March 12, 1973	7–8	@ New York Raiders (1972–73)	25–41–2
69	L	March 13, 1973	3–4 OT	New England Whalers (1972–73)	25–42–2
70	L	March 15, 1973	4–7	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	25–43–2
71	W	March 17, 1973	6–3	New York Raiders (1972–73)	26–43–2
72	L	March 22, 1973	1–2 OT	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1972–73)	26–44–2
73	L	March 23, 1973	1–3	@ New England Whalers (1972–73)	26–45–2
74	L	March 25, 1973	0–1	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	26–46–2
75	L	March 27, 1973	1–4	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1972–73)	26–47–2
76	L	March 28, 1973	3–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1972–73)	26–48–2
77	L	March 31, 1973	1–5	@ Philadelphia Blazers (1972–73)	26–49–2
78	L	April 1, 1973	1–5	@ Cleveland Crusaders (1972–73)	26–50–2

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Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Bob Sicinski C 77 25 63 88 18 0 7 1 2 Rosaire Paiement C 78 33 36 69 135 0 5 0 4 Reggie Fleming D/LW 75 23 45 68 93 0 7 1 2 Jan Popiel LW 76 31 34 65 77 0 6 0 4 Bob Whitlock C 75 23 28 51 53 0 3 2 0 Larry Mavety D 67 9 40 49 73 0 2 1 0 Rick Morris LW 76 31 17 48 84 0 4 0 0 Dan Lodboa LW 58 15 18 33 16 0 4 0 0 Bob Liddington LW 78 20 11 31 24 0 1 0 0 Ron F. Anderson D 74 3 26 29 34 0 0 1 0 Bob Barber D 75 4 19 23 39 0 0 0 0 Jim Benzelock RW 43 9 12 21 23 0 3 0 0 Dick Proceviat D 53 4 14 18 33 0 1 0 0 Rod Zaine C 74 3 14 17 25 0 0 0 0 Darrel Knibbs RW 41 3 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Sarrazin RW 33 3 8 11 2 0 2 0 0 Larry Cahan D 75 1 10 11 44 0 0 0 0 Brian Glenwright LW 50 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 Bernie Blanchette RW 24 2 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 Ed Hatoum RW 15 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Jim McLeod G 54 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Andre Gill G 33 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Dick McGlynn D 30 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 Paul Menard G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jerry Trooien LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pierre Viau D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Jim McLeod 2996 54 22 25 2 166 3.32 1 Andre Gill 1709 33 4 24 0 118 4.14 0 Paul Menard 45 1 0 1 0 5 6.67 0 Team: 4750 78 26 50 2 289 3.65 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;

See also

• 1972–73 WHA season

References

1. World Hockey Association (1972). WHA 1972-73 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.
2. World Hockey Association (1973). WHA 1973-74 Media Guide. World Hockey Association.
3. "1972–73 Chicago Cougars Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
4. "1972-73 Chicago Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.