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1972-73 Cleveland Crusaders

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43-32-3 (89 points), Finished 2nd in WHA East Division (Game Results)
WHA Season Summary

Scored 287 goals, Allowed 239 goals, SRS: 0.55 (2nd of 12)
Coached by Bill Needham (43-32-3)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-1) to New England Whalers
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-0) over Philadelphia Blazers

1972-73 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Cleveland Crusaders 78 43 32 3 89 .571 287 239 0.55 6.74 51 272 18.75 59 338 82.54 11 5
League Average 78 37 37 3 78 .500 279 279 0.00 7.14 55 276 20.00 55 279 80.24 9 9

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Ron Buchanan C 6-3 170 28 75 37 44 81 1.08 32 0.43 20 31 6 0
2 Gary Jarrett LW 5-8 170 30 77 40 39 79 1.03 32 0.41 79 32 8 0
3 Jim Wiste C 5-10 185 26 70 28 43 71 1.01 27 0.39 24 24 4 0
4 Gerry Pinder LW 5-8 165 24 78 30 36 66 0.85 26 0.33 121 20 7 3
5 Paul Andrea RW 5-10 174 31 66 21 30 51 0.77 20 0.30 12 14 7 0
6 Joe Hardy C 6-0 185 27 72 17 33 50 0.69 19 0.26 80 16 1 0
7 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 27 73 5 43 48 0.66 16 0.21 169 4 0 1
8 Ray Clearwater D 5-11 175 30 78 11 36 47 0.60 16 0.21 41 10 1 0
9 Grant Erickson LW 5-9 165 25 77 15 29 44 0.57 16 0.21 23 12 2 1
10 Rich Pumple LW 6-3 200 24 77 21 20 41 0.53 17 0.22 45 16 5 0
11 Ted Hodgson RW 5-11 185 27 74 15 23 38 0.51 15 0.20 93 13 2 0
12 John Hanna D 5-11 175 37 66 6 20 26 0.39 9 0.14 68 3 3 0
13 Doug Brindley LW/C 6-1 175 23 73 15 11 26 0.36 11 0.15 6 13 2 0
14 Bill Horton D 6-0 180 26 74 2 17 19 0.26 6 0.08 55 2 0 0
15 Skip Krake C 5-11 170 29 26 9 10 19 0.73 8 0.29 61 7 2 0
16 Bob Dillabough C 5-10 180 31 72 8 8 16 0.22 6 0.09 8 1 1 6
17 Wayne Muloin D 5-8 175 31 67 2 13 15 0.22 5 0.07 62 2 0 0
18 Ralph Hopiavouri D 6-1 185 21 29 4 5 9 0.31 4 0.12 44 4 0 0
19 Jim McMasters D 5-10 195 20 74 1 7 8 0.11 3 0.04 37 1 0 0
20 Al Rycroft RW 5-9 170 23 7 0 2 2 0.29 1 0.09 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 287 470 757 9.71 287 3.68 287 51 239 59 56 1083 225 51 11

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 32 52 3144 32 20 0 64 .615 5 149 2.84 1695 1546 .912 0 1 1 30
2 Bob Whidden G 5-10 165 26 26 1609 11 12 3 25 .481 0 88 3.28 886 798 .901 0 0 0 5
Team Total 78 4753 43 32 3 5 237 2.99 2581 2344 .908

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Jim Wiste C 5-10 185 26 9 3 8 11 1.22 13 1
2 Gerry Pinder LW 5-8 165 24 9 2 9 11 1.22 30 0
3 Gary Jarrett LW 5-8 170 30 9 8 3 11 1.22 19 1
4 Ron Buchanan C 6-3 170 28 9 7 3 10 1.11 0 1
5 Paul Andrea RW 5-10 174 31 9 2 8 10 1.11 2 0
6 Rich Pumple LW 6-3 200 24 9 3 5 8 0.89 11 0
7 Paul Shmyr D 5-11 170 27 8 1 3 4 0.50 19 0
8 Wayne Muloin D 5-8 175 31 9 1 3 4 0.44 14 0
9 Ted Hodgson RW 5-11 185 27 9 1 3 4 0.44 13 0
10 Grant Erickson LW 5-9 165 25 9 2 1 3 0.33 2 1
11 Skip Krake C 5-11 170 29 9 1 2 3 0.33 27 1
12 Ray Clearwater D 5-11 175 30 9 1 2 3 0.33 8 0
13 Joe Hardy C 6-0 185 27 7 0 2 2 0.29 0 0
14 Jim McMasters D 5-10 195 20 9 0 1 1 0.11 6 0
15 Bob Dillabough C 5-10 180 31 9 1 0 1 0.11 0 0
16 Bill Horton D 6-0 180 26 9 0 1 1 0.11 10 0
17 Ralph Hopiavouri D 6-1 185 21 8 0 1 1 0.13 6 0
18 Blake Ball D 6-3 210 34 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
19 Doug Brindley LW/C 6-1 175 23 9 0 0 0 0.00 6 0
Team Total 9 33 55 88 9.78 190 5

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Gerry Cheevers G 5-11 185 32 9 548 5 4 10 .556 0 22 2.41 0 0 0 4
Team Total 78 548 5 4 0 22 2.41