1929–30 Detroit Cougars season

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
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Herbie Lewis (20)
Assists	Carson Cooper (18)
Points	Carson Cooper (36)
Penalty minutes	Harvey Rockburn (97)
Wins	Bill Beveridge (14)
Goals against average	Bill Beveridge (2.71)

The 1929–30 Detroit Cougars season was the fourth season of the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Cougars finished 4th in the American Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

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

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 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 did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
8	Cooper, CarsonCarson Cooper	RW	44	18	18	36	14
10	Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	44	17	17	34	54
4	Hay, GeorgeGeorge Hay	LW	44	18	15	33	8
7	Lewis, HerbieHerbie Lewis	LW	44	20	11	31	36
6	Aurie, LarryLarry Aurie	RW	43	14	5	19	28
12	McCabe, StanStan McCabe	LW	25	7	3	10	23
3	Noble, RegReg Noble	C/D	43	6	4	10	72
5	Connors, BobBob Connors	LW/D	31	3	7	10	42
15	Bellefeuille, PetePete Bellefeuille	RW	24	5	2	7	10
9	Hicks, HenryHenry Hicks	D	30	3	2	5	35
2	Rockburn, HarveyHarvey Rockburn	D	36	4	0	4	97
11	Herberts, JimmyJimmy Herberts	C/RW	23	1	3	4	4
11	Brophy, BernieBernie Brophy	LW	15	2	0	2	2
9	Matte, JoeJoe Matte	D	12	0	1	1	0
14	Hughes, JamesJames Hughes	D	40	0	1	1	48
1	Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	G	5	0	0	0	0
1	Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	G	39	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	2410	39	14	20	5	109	2.71	2
Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	320	5	0	4	1	24	4.50	0
Team:	2730	44	14	24	6	133	2.92	2

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.

Trivia

• Cougars who recorded a hat trick this season include:
  • Carson Cooper during the 7-6 win over the Montreal Maroons on November 28, 1929.
  • Herbie Lewis had a four goal game during the 8-1 win over Pittsburgh Pirates on February 9, 1930.

Game Ads

See Also

• 1929–30 NHL season

References

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