1928–29 Detroit Cougars season

1928–29 Detroit Cougars
Division	3rd American
1928–29 record	19–16–9
Goals for	72
Goals against	63
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Reg Noble
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Carson Cooper (18)
Assists	Carson Cooper (9)
Points	Carson Cooper (27)
Penalty minutes	Bobby Connors (68)
Wins	Clarence Dolson (19)
Goals against average	Clarence Dolson (1.37)

The 1928–29 Detroit Cougars season was the third season for the Detroit National Hockey League franchise. The Cougars finished 3rd in the American Division to advance to the playoffs for the first time. The Cougars lost in the Quarter-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 7 goals to 2.

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	22

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.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 15, 1928	0–2	New York Rangers (1928–29)	0–1–0
2	W	November 18, 1928	3–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	1–1–0
3	W	November 22, 1928	2–0	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	2–1–0
4	T	November 24, 1928	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	2–1–1
5	T	November 29, 1928	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	2–1–2
6	W	December 2, 1928	2–1	New York Americans (1928–29)	3–1–2
7	W	December 8, 1928	3–0	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	4–1–2
8	T	December 9, 1928	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–1–3
9	L	December 11, 1928	1–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–2–3
10	T	December 13, 1928	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	4–2–4
11	L	December 16, 1928	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–3–4
12	L	December 18, 1928	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	4–4–4
13	W	December 20, 1928	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	5–4–4
14	W	December 23, 1928	2–0	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	6–4–4
15	L	December 27, 1928	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	6–5–4
16	L	December 29, 1928	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	6–6–4
17	W	December 30, 1928	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	7–6–4
18	W	January 1, 1929	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	8–6–4
19	W	January 6, 1929	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	9–6–4
20	W	January 10, 1929	4–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	10–6–4
21	L	January 12, 1929	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	10–7–4
22	L	January 13, 1929	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	10–8–4
23	T	January 17, 1929	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	10–8–5
24	L	January 19, 1929	0–3	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	10–9–5
25	W	January 20, 1929	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	11–9–5
26	W	January 22, 1929	1–0 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	12–9–5
27	L	January 27, 1929	1–2	New York Americans (1928–29)	12–10–5
28	L	February 5, 1929	0–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	12–11–5
29	T	February 7, 1929	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	12–11–6
30	W	February 9, 1929	2–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	13–11–6
31	W	February 10, 1929	3–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	14–11–6
32	L	February 12, 1929	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	14–12–6
33	T	February 14, 1929	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	14–12–7
34	W	February 17, 1929	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	15–12–7
35	L	February 19, 1929	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	15–13–7
36	W	February 21, 1929	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	16–13–7
37	T	February 24, 1929	0–0 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	16–13–8
38	W	February 26, 1929	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	17–13–8
39	W	March 2, 1929	4–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29)	18–13–8
40	L	March 3, 1929	2–3	New York Rangers (1928–29)	18–14–8
41	W	March 5, 1929	3–1	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	19–14–8
42	L	March 9, 1929	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	19–15–8
43	T	March 10, 1929	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	19–15–9
44	L	March 14, 1929	1–5	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	19–16–9

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cooper, CarsonCarson Cooper	RW	43	18	9	27	14
Hay, GeorgeGeorge Hay	LW	39	11	8	19	14
Connors, BobBob Connors	LW/D	41	13	3	16	68
Herberts, JimmyJimmy Herberts	C/RW	40	9	5	14	34
Lewis, HerbieHerbie Lewis	LW	36	9	5	14	33
Noble, RegReg Noble	C/D	43	6	4	10	52
Brophy, BernieBernie Brophy	LW	37	2	4	6	23
Brydge, BillBill Brydge	D	31	2	2	4	59
Aurie, LarryLarry Aurie	RW	35	1	1	2	26
Bellefeuille, PetePete Bellefeuille	RW	1	1	0	1	0
Gillie, FarrandFarrand Gillie	LW/D	1	0	0	0	0
Green, RedRed Green	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Daley, FrankFrank Daley	LW/C	5	0	0	0	0
Fraser, GordGord Fraser	D	14	0	0	0	12
Traub, PercyPercy Traub	D	44	0	0	0	46
Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	G	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	2750	44	19	16	9	63	1.37	10
Team:	2750	44	19	16	9	63	1.37	10

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Aurie, LarryLarry Aurie	RW	2	1	0	1	2
Hay, GeorgeGeorge Hay	LW	2	1	0	1	0
Herberts, JimmyJimmy Herberts	C/RW	1	0	0	0	2
Brophy, BernieBernie Brophy	LW	2	0	0	0	2
Brydge, BillBill Brydge	D	2	0	0	0	4
Connors, BobBob Connors	LW/D	2	0	0	0	10
Cooper, CarsonCarson Cooper	RW	2	0	0	0	2
Daley, FrankFrank Daley	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0
Noble, RegReg Noble	C/D	2	0	0	0	2
Traub, PercyPercy Traub	D	2	0	0	0	0
Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	120	2	0	2	7	3.50	0
Team:	120	2	0	2	7	3.50	0

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

• The Cougars did not receive any awards this season.

Game Ads

See Also

• 1928–29 NHL season

References

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