1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders season

1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders

Division

3rd Eastern

1973–74 record

37–32–9

Goals for

266

Goals against

264

Team information

Coach

Arena

Team leaders

The 1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders season was the Cleveland Crusaders' second season of operation in the World Hockey Association. The Crusaders placed second in the Eastern Division, qualifying for the playoffs. The Crusaders lost in the first round to the Toronto Toros.

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
New England Whalers	78	43	31	4	291	260	875	90
Toronto Toros	78	41	33	4	304	272	871	86
Cleveland Crusaders	78	37	32	9	266	264	1007	83
Chicago Cougars	78	38	35	5	271	273	1041	81
Quebec Nordiques	78	38	36	4	306	280	909	80
NY Golden Blades / NJ Knights	78	32	42	4	268	313	933	68

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 6, 1973	2–2	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	0–0–1
2	W	October 13, 1973	6–3	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	1–0–1
3	W	October 14, 1973	3–2 OT	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	2–0–1
4	W	October 20, 1973	6–4	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	3–0–1
5	W	October 21, 1973	2–0	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	4–0–1
6	L	October 23, 1973	3–4	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	4–1–1
7	W	October 26, 1973	3–1	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	5–1–1
8	T	October 27, 1973	2–2	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	5–1–2
9	W	October 31, 1973	6–4	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	6–1–2
10	L	November 3, 1973	4–7	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	6–2–2
11	L	November 4, 1973	5–7	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	6–3–2
12	W	November 10, 1973	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	7–3–2
13	L	November 11, 1973	4–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	7–4–2
14	W	November 13, 1973	5–2	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	8–4–2
15	W	November 16, 1973	4–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	9–4–2
16	L	November 18, 1973	2–8	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	9–5–2
17	L	November 20, 1973	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	9–6–2
18	L	November 21, 1973	2–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	9–7–2
19	L	November 23, 1973	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	9–8–2
20	W	November 24, 1973	2–1	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	10–8–2
21	T	November 29, 1973	4–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	10–8–3
22	W	December 1, 1973	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	11–8–3
23	W	December 2, 1973	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	12–8–3
24	L	December 6, 1973	2–3	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	12–9–3
25	W	December 8, 1973	2–1 OT	New England Whalers (1973–74)	13–9–3
26	L	December 9, 1973	2–3	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	13–10–3
27	L	December 12, 1973	2–4	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	13–11–3
28	L	December 13, 1973	1–3	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	13–12–3
29	W	December 15, 1973	4–3	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	14–12–3
30	T	December 16, 1973	2–2	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	14–12–4
31	W	December 22, 1973	2–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	15–12–4
32	W	December 23, 1973	4–2	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	16–12–4
33	L	December 26, 1973	3–5	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	16–13–4
34	L	December 27, 1973	2–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	16–14–4
35	W	December 29, 1973	3–0	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	17–14–4
36	L	December 30, 1973	2–6	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	17–15–4
37	L	January 1, 1974	0–3	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	17–16–4
38	W	January 5, 1974	1–0	New England Whalers (1973–74)	18–16–4
39	W	January 6, 1974	11–3	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	19–16–4
40	T	January 8, 1974	0–0	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	19–16–5
41	W	January 12, 1974	5–4	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	20–16–5
42	W	January 13, 1974	4–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	21–16–5
43	L	January 18, 1974	3–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	21–17–5
44	L	January 20, 1974	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	21–18–5
45	L	January 23, 1974	3–6	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	21–19–5
46	W	January 24, 1974	5–3	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	22–19–5
47	L	January 26, 1974	0–4	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	22–20–5
48	L	January 27, 1974	3–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	22–21–5
49	W	January 30, 1974	5–1	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	23–21–5
50	L	February 2, 1974	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	23–22–5
51	W	February 3, 1974	3–1	New England Whalers (1973–74)	24–22–5
52	L	February 5, 1974	1–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	24–23–5
53	L	February 8, 1974	2–4	New England Whalers (1973–74)	24–24–5
54	W	February 9, 1974	4–3	Toronto Toros (1973–74)	25–24–5
55	L	February 15, 1974	2–6	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	25–25–5
56	W	February 16, 1974	5–2	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	26–25–5
57	W	February 17, 1974	6–5	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	27–25–5
58	L	February 19, 1974	5–6 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	27–26–5
59	W	February 23, 1974	7–3	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	28–26–5
60	L	February 24, 1974	1–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	28–27–5
61	T	February 28, 1974	6–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74)	28–27–6
62	L	March 1, 1974	4–7	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	28–28–6
63	T	March 3, 1974	3–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	28–28–7
64	W	March 5, 1974	6–3	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	29–28–7
65	W	March 7, 1974	4–2	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74)	30–28–7
66	W	March 8, 1974	4–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	31–28–7
67	L	March 10, 1974	3–8	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74)	31–29–7
68	W	March 13, 1974	4–3	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74)	32–29–7
69	T	March 16, 1974	4–4	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	32–29–8
70	L	March 17, 1974	3–4	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74)	32–30–8
71	W	March 19, 1974	7–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	33–30–8
72	L	March 20, 1974	4–5	Houston Aeros (1973–74)	33–31–8
73	W	March 23, 1974	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74)	34–31–8
74	T	March 24, 1974	3–3	Chicago Cougars (1973–74)	34–31–9
75	W	March 27, 1974	5–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74)	35–31–9
76	L	March 28, 1974	2–3	@ New England Whalers (1973–74)	35–32–9
77	W	March 30, 1974	5–4 OT	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74)	36–32–9
78	W	March 31, 1974	4–2	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	37–32–9

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Playoffs

Toronto Toros 4, Cleveland Crusaders 1 - Division Semifinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 7	Cleveland Crusaders	0–4	Toronto Toros	0–1
2	April 9	Cleveland Crusaders	3–4	Toronto Toros	0–2
3	April 12	Toronto Toros	4–2	Cleveland Crusaders	0–3
4	April 13	Toronto Toros	2–3 OT	Cleveland Crusaders	1–3
5	April 15	Cleveland Crusaders	1–4	Toronto Toros	1–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jarrett, GaryGary Jarrett	LW	75	31	39	70	68	11	0	4
Wiste, JimJim Wiste	C	76	23	35	58	26	4	0	7
Pinder, GerryGerry Pinder	LW	73	23	33	56	90	3	1	3
Krake, SkipSkip Krake	C	69	20	36	56	94	5	0	3
Erickson, GrantGrant Erickson	LW	78	23	27	50	26	3	2	5
Buchanan, RonRon Buchanan	C	49	18	27	45	2	6	0	3
Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr	D	78	13	31	44	165	3	0	0
Edur, TomTom Edur	D	76	7	31	38	26	1	0	0
Clearwater, RayRay Clearwater	D	68	12	23	35	47	3	0	1
Andrea, PaulPaul Andrea	RW	69	15	18	33	14	6	3	2
Walker, RussRuss Walker	RW	76	15	14	29	117	1	0	2
Ward, RonRon Ward	C	23	19	7	26	7	4	0	4
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman	D	44	5	21	26	37	1	0	0
Brindley, DougDoug Brindley	LW/C	30	13	9	22	13	1	0	1
Heindl, BillBill Heindl	LW	67	4	14	18	4	1	0	1
Neale, RobbieRobbie Neale	C	43	8	9	17	30	1	0	1
Young, BillBill Young	LW	53	8	9	17	70	0	0	0
Muloin, WayneWayne Muloin	D	76	3	7	10	39	1	0	0
Cournoyer, NormNorm Cournoyer	C	13	3	5	8	6	1	0	0
Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	D	66	1	7	8	51	0	0	0
Pumple, RichRich Pumple	LW	17	2	2	4	16	0	0	0
Hodgson, TedTed Hodgson	RW	10	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Hopiavuori, RalphRalph Hopiavuori	D	13	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Morgan, RonRon Morgan	LW	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
Whidden, BobBob Whidden	G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Adduono, RayRay Adduono	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buetow, BradBrad Buetow	D	25	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	59	0	0	0	30	0	0	0
McMasters, JimJim McMasters	D	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Shirton, GlenGlen Shirton	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	3562	59	30	20	6	180	3.03	4
Whidden, BobBob Whidden	1232	22	7	12	3	80	3.90	1
Team:	4794	78	37	32	9	260	3.25	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr	D	5	0	4	4	31	0
Ward, RonRon Ward	C	5	3	0	3	2	0
Edur, TomTom Edur	D	5	1	2	3	0	0
Jarrett, GaryGary Jarrett	LW	5	1	1	2	13	0
Erickson, GrantGrant Erickson	LW	5	0	2	2	0	0
Andrea, PaulPaul Andrea	RW	5	1	0	1	0	0
Morgan, RonRon Morgan	LW	2	1	0	1	0	0
Muloin, WayneWayne Muloin	D	5	1	0	1	0	1
Walker, RussRuss Walker	RW	5	1	0	1	11	0
Brindley, DougDoug Brindley	LW/C	5	0	1	1	2	0
Heindl, BillBill Heindl	LW	5	0	1	1	2	0
Hopiavuori, RalphRalph Hopiavuori	D	4	0	1	1	0	0
Krake, SkipSkip Krake	C	5	0	1	1	39	0
Wiste, JimJim Wiste	C	5	0	1	1	0	0
Buchanan, RonRon Buchanan	C	5	0	0	0	2	0
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	G	5	0	0	0	6	0
Clearwater, RayRay Clearwater	D	5	0	0	0	2	0
Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman	D	5	0	0	0	16	0
Neale, RobbieRobbie Neale	C	5	0	0	0	4	0
Pinder, GerryGerry Pinder	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers	303	5	1	4	18	3.56	0
Team:	303	5	1	4	18	3.56	0

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; 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

↑ "1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
↑ "1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

External links

1973–74 WHA season

Eastern:	Chicago Cleveland New England NY Golden Blades / NJ Knights Quebec Toronto

Western:	Edmonton Houston Los Angeles Minnesota Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Draft

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1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

Toronto Toros 4, Cleveland Crusaders 1 - Division Semifinals

Player stats

See also

References

External links