GRADED AND SEALED, 1974 O PEE CHEE, W.H.A. RALPH BACKSTROM CHICAGO COUGARS CARD!

GRADED AND SEALED, 1974 O PEE CHEE, W.H.A. RALPH BACKSTROM CHICAGO COUGARS HOCKEY CARD!!! 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. Just prior to their third season, the team was sold to Cougars players Ralph Backstrom, Dave Dryden and player coach Pat Stapleton after the original owners, Walter and Jordon Kaiser, were unable to secure funds to build a new arena. The Cougars were the first North American major professional hockey team to feature player numbers on the front of their jersey in the upper right corner. The next professional team to adopt this feature was the NHL's Buffalo Sabres in 2006. Ralph Gerald Backstrom was born September 18th. 1937. He was a Canadian Professional Hockey Player and later a coach, entrepreneur and hockey executive. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, and Chicago Black Hawks between 1956 and 1973.