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The Chicago Cougars were a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They were members of the Western Division of the World Hockey Association (WHA). The club was founded in 1972 as one of the league's twelve original franchises. The Cougars played their home games in the International Amphitheatre. Fifty-seven players played at ...
The Chicago Cougars were a franchise in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1975. The Cougars played their home games in the International Amphitheatre . During the 1974 Avco Cup Finals against Gordie Howe and the Houston Aeros , the team's two home games were played at the Randhurst Twin Ice Arena in suburban Mount Prospect .
The World Hockey Association (French: Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926. Although the WHA was not the first league since ...
James Bradley McLeod (April 8, 1937 – May 18, 2019) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender.He played 16 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues during the 1971–72 season, and 97 games in the World Hockey Association with the Chicago Cougars, New York Golden Blades/Jersey Knights, Los Angeles Sharks, and Michigan Stags from 1972 to 1975.
MacGregor was drafted by both the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association in 1974 and chose the WHA. He had a superb rookie season in 1974–75 with the Chicago Cougars, averaging nearly one point per game. But his productivity dropped sharply for the remainder of his pro career.
Robert Allen Liddington (born September 15, 1948) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 11 games in the National Hockey League and 348 games in the World Hockey Association between 1970 and 1977. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Cougars, Houston Aeros, Denver Spurs, Ottawa Civics, and Phoenix Roadrunners. [1]
Player Nationality WHA team College/junior/club team 1 Bob Neely Canada Chicago Cougars: Peterborough Petes () : 2 Glenn Goldup Canada New England Whalers (from New York) ...
The Chicago Cougars of the newly founded World Hockey Association (WHA) announced Pronovost had signed a two-year contract to become the franchise's first head coach on July 6, 1972. [45] He lasted only one season in Chicago before being fired as the Cougars posted a 26–50–2 record in 1972–73 .