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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.
In 1973, Stapleton jumped from the NHL and signed a five-year deal with the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association (WHA) where he became player-coach, replacing Marcel Pronovost as coach. He was a WHA first-team all-star in 1974 and won the Dennis A. Murphy Trophy as the league's top defenceman in the 1973–74 season.
The 1973 WHA amateur draft was the first draft for the World Hockey Association. ... WHA team College/junior/club team 14 ... Chicago Cougars:
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.
Darryl John Maggs (born April 6, 1949) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 135 games in the National Hockey League and 402 games in the World Hockey Association between 1971 and 1980.