1928–29 Detroit Cougars season

The 1928–29 Detroit Cougars season was the third season of play for the Detroit National Hockey League franchise. The Cougars placed third in the American Division to advance to the playoffs for the first time. The Cougars lost in the first round to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Offseason

After the 1927–28 season, the Cougars traded the rights to Jack Arbour and $12,500 to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Jimmy "Sailor" Herbert.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	472	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	384	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	381	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	324	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	363	22

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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.

Schedule and 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

Playoffs

(C3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (A3) Detroit Cougars

**Detroit Cougars vs Toronto Maple Leafs**
Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 19	Toronto	3	Detroit	1
Mar 21	Detroit	1	Toronto	4

Toronto wins a total goal series 7 goals to 2.^[2]

Player statistics

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
Herbert, JimmyJimmy Herbert	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
Daley, FrankFrank Daley	LW/C	5	0	0	0	0
Dolson, DollyDolly Dolson	G	44	0	0	0	0
Fraser, GordGord Fraser	D	14	0	0	0	12
Gillie, FarrandFarrand Gillie	LW/D	1	0	0	0	0
Green, RedRed Green	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Traub, PercyPercy Traub	D	44	0	0	0	46

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

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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;

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.
↑ Diamond 2000, p. 35.
↑ "1928-29 Detroit Cougars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

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1928–29 Detroit Cougars season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

(C3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (A3) Detroit Cougars

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References

External links