1976 WHA Preliminary Round
New England Whalers defeat Cleveland Crusaders 3-0

Cleveland Crusaders
W-L: 35-40-5, .469
SRS: -0.15 (9th of 14)
Goals: 273 (9th of 14)
Goals Against: 279 (6th of 14)
New England Whalers
W-L: 33-40-7, .456
SRS: -0.46 (10th of 14)
Goals: 255 (11th of 14)
Goals Against: 290 (9th of 14)
Game 1, April 9
Cleveland Crusaders 3
New England Whalers 5  
Game 2, April 10
New England Whalers 6
Cleveland Crusaders 1  
Game 3, April 11
New England Whalers 3
Cleveland Crusaders 2  

1975-76 Regular Season Stats

Saturday, Dec 13, 1975
Cleveland Crusaders 4
New England Whalers 5  
Monday, Dec 22, 1975
New England Whalers 4
Cleveland Crusaders 1  
Sunday, Dec 28, 1975
Cleveland Crusaders 0
New England Whalers 4  
Saturday, Jan 3, 1976
Cleveland Crusaders 2
New England Whalers 3  
Friday, Jan 16, 1976
New England Whalers 3
Cleveland Crusaders 4  
Friday, Jan 23, 1976
New England Whalers 2
Cleveland Crusaders 2  
Sunday, Feb 8, 1976
Cleveland Crusaders 6
New England Whalers 1  
Sunday, Feb 15, 1976
New England Whalers 3
Cleveland Crusaders 2  
Friday, Mar 12, 1976
Cleveland Crusaders 2
New England Whalers 8  
Wednesday, Mar 31, 1976
New England Whalers 1
Cleveland Crusaders 5  
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CLC Scoring Regular Season

CLC Scoring Regular Season Table
Scoring Goals Assists Ice Time Point Shares
Rk Player Age Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1Ron Ward31C75325082142419112217218.6
2Jim Harrison28C593438724622392521615.7
3Rich LeDuc24C793622587762682628612.6
4Gerry Pinder27RW79213051-81181083220110.4
5Danny Gruen23LW802624509722150417315.0
6Paul Shmyr30D70644501610114121653.6
7Al McDonough25RW802322451191940122910.0
8Russ Walker22RW72231538-71221850216114.3
9Tom Edur21D8072835156243001514.6
10Gary Jarrett33LW69161733-4221510112812.5
11John Stewart25LW79122133-343120031667.2
12Juhani Tamminen25RW6571421-8052001016.9
13Bryan Maxwell20D7331417-131773001674.5
14Terry Ball31D2321517-21180200623.2
15Ray McKay29D6831013-8442101506.0
16Lyle Moffat27LW33471110333101577.0
17John Stewart22C422911-2152000682.9
18Paul Baxter20D673710-72012101654.6
19Randy Legge30D44189-7281000412.4
20Gary MacGregor21C35538-16614024511.1
21Wayne Connelly36RW12527-1423013912.8
22Barry Legge21D35077-8220000280.0
23Bill Evo21RW40156-15321000303.3
24Wayne Muloin34D27055-7120000160.0
25Terry Holbrook25RW15123-160010175.9
26Mike Conroy24LW40110000000
27Cam Newton25G15011000000089659:44
28Brian Bowles23D3000-2000000
29Jacques Caron35G2000000000013065:00
30Gerry Cheevers*35G2800001500000157056:04
31Bob Johnson27G180000200000104357:57
32Bob Whidden29G210000200000123058:34
Team Total80273421694-621338190721135273410.0

CLC Goalies Regular Season

CLC Goalies Regular Season Table
Goalie Stats
Rk Player Age GP GS W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN QS QS% RBS GA%- GSAA
1Gerry Cheevers*352811141953.6311570990.6
2Bob Johnson2718980563.22110438112.9
3Cam Newton2515771483.210896905.6
4Bob Whidden29217112703.4111230944.5
5Jacques Caron35210183.690130
Team Total354052773.4134869

NEW Scoring Regular Season

NEW Scoring Regular Season Table
Scoring Goals Assists Ice Time Point Shares
Rk Player Age Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1Tom Webster27RW55335083142424901119516.9
2Larry Pleau29LW7529457412115122419215.1
3Rosaire Paiement30C80284371-6892341220014.0
4Ron Climie25LW65252045-8171960311821.2
5Rick Ley27D6783038-207862001306.2
6Thommy Abrahamsson28D63142135-114793201509.3
7Ralph Backstrom38C381419336130119414.9
8Wayne Carleton29C35122133-361020010711.2
9Mike Rogers21C36181432-510171028820.5
10Garry Swain28C79101626-304661311188.5
11Al Hangsleben22D7822325-36220001181.7
12Fred O'Donnell26RW79111122-19811100310011.0
13Gordie Roberts18D7731922-1710230011152.6
14Tom Earl28RW6681119-72620626312.7
15Don Borgeson30LW319817-2481016214.5
16Doug Roberts33D7641317-35140001093.7
17Danny Arndt20LW698816-16107101899.0
18Paul Hurley29D4601414-6200000980.0
19Bob McManama24C3731013-12282100397.7
20Brad Selwood27D40210125282000553.6
21Mike Byers29RW18437-2040002516.0
22Danny Bolduc22RW142575142000277.4
23Bob Charlebois31LW28336-1030011915.8
24Nick Fotiu23LW49325-5943000446.8
25Don Blackburn37LW21235-5620001513.3
26Ron Busniuk27D110330550000180.0
27Christer Abrahamsson28G410110600000238558:10
28Marty Gateman23D12011-86000060.0
29Paul Hoganson26G4011000000022456:00
30Bruce Landon26G380110000000218157:24
31Terry Caffery26C2000-10000020.0
32John Danby27C10000000000
33Cap Raeder22G3000000000010033:20
34Steve Richardson26LW6000-10000050.0
35Jim Troy23RW14000-543000070.0
Team Total80255429684-171980197431533240810.6

NEW Goalies Regular Season

NEW Goalies Regular Season Table
Goalie Stats
Rk Player Age GP GS W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN QS QS% RBS GA%- GSAA
1Christer Abrahamsson2841181821363.4222385973.9
2Bruce Landon2638141951263.4702181101-0.7
3Paul Hoganson264120164.290224
4Cap Raeder22301084.800100
Team Total334072863.5124890