1929–30 Detroit Cougars season

1929–30 Detroit Cougars
Division4th American
1929–30 record14–24–6
Goals for117
Goals against133
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJack Adams
CaptainReg Noble
Team leaders
GoalsHerbie Lewis (20)
AssistsCarson Cooper (18)
PointsCarson 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.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Boston Bruins 44 38 5 1 179 98 77
Chicago Black Hawks 44 21 18 5 117 111 47
New York Rangers 44 17 17 10 136 143 44
Detroit Cougars 44 14 24 6 117 133 34
Pittsburgh Pirates 44 5 36 3 102 185 13

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

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
Carson Cooper RW 44 18 18 36 14
Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 44 17 17 34 54
George Hay LW 44 18 15 33 8
Herbie Lewis LW 44 20 11 31 36
Larry Aurie RW 43 14 5 19 28
Stan McCabe LW 25 7 3 10 23
Reg Noble C/D 43 6 4 10 72
Bob Connors LW/D 31 3 7 10 42
Pete Bellefeuille RW 24 5 2 7 10
Henry Hicks D 30 3 2 5 35
Harvey Rockburn D 36 4 0 4 97
Jimmy Herbert C/RW 23 1 3 4 4
Bernie Brophy LW 15 2 0 2 2
James Hughes D 40 0 1 1 48
Joe Matte D 12 0 1 1 0
Bill Beveridge G 39 0 0 0 0
Dolly Dolson G 5 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Bill Beveridge 2410 39 14 20 5 109 2.71 2
Dolly Dolson 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;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1929-30 Detroit Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.