1929–30 Detroit Cougars season

1929–30 Detroit Cougars
1929–30 Detroit Cougars
Division	4th American
1929–30 record	14–24–6
Goals for	117
Goals against	133
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Reg Noble
Team leaders
Goals	Herbie Lewis (20)
Assists	Carson Cooper (18)
Points	Carson Cooper (36)
	← 1928–29 1930–31 →

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

Vs. American Division

1929–30 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
Boston	—	3–3	6–0	5–0–1	6–0	20–3–1
Chicago	3–3	—	2–3–1	1–3–2	6–0	12–9–3
Detroit	0–6	3–2–1	—	2–1–3	4–2	9–11–4
N.Y. Rangers	0–5–1	3–1–2	1–2–3	—	6–0	10–8–6
Pittsburgh	0–6	0–6	2–4	0–6	—	2–22–0

Vs. Canadian Division

1929–30 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	4–0	3–1	3–1	4–0	4–0	18–2–0
Chicago	0–3–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–2–1	9–9–2
Detroit	1–3	1–2–1	1–3	0–3–1	2–2	5–13–2
N.Y. Rangers	1–2–1	2–2	2–2	2–0–2	0–3–1	7–9–4
Pittsburgh	0–2–2	0–4	1–2–1	1–3	1–3	3–14–3

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

References

^ 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.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1929-30 Detroit Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

External links

[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.

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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

Vs. Canadian Division

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

External links