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1972-73 Cleveland Crusaders Schedule and Results

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Record: 43-32-3 (89 points), Finished 2nd in WHA East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Needham (43-32-3)

Goals For: 287 (4th of 12), Goals Against: 239 (1st of 12)
SRS: 0.55 (2nd of 12), SOS: -0.06 (11th of 12)

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

Regular Season

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 11, 1972 Quebec Nordiques W 2 0 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 14, 1972 Alberta Oilers W 3 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 15, 1972 @ Ottawa Nationals W 7 5 3 0 0 W 3
4 Tue, Oct 17, 1972 New York Raiders W OT 4 3 4 0 0 W 4
5 Thu, Oct 19, 1972 @ New York Raiders W 3 1 5 0 0 W 5
6 Sat, Oct 21, 1972 Ottawa Nationals L 3 5 5 1 0 L 1
7 Tue, Oct 24, 1972 New England Whalers L OT 2 3 5 2 0 L 2
8 Wed, Oct 25, 1972 @ Philadelphia Blazers W 8 2 6 2 0 W 1
9 Fri, Oct 27, 1972 Alberta Oilers W 6 0 7 2 0 W 2
10 Sun, Oct 29, 1972 @ Quebec Nordiques T 2 2 7 2 1 T 1
11 Wed, Nov 1, 1972 Philadelphia Blazers L 5 7 7 3 1 L 1
12 Sat, Nov 4, 1972 Quebec Nordiques W 5 3 8 3 1 W 1
13 Sat, Nov 11, 1972 @ Chicago Cougars W 4 1 9 3 1 W 2
14 Sun, Nov 12, 1972 @ Alberta Oilers W 3 1 10 3 1 W 3
15 Tue, Nov 14, 1972 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints L 3 5 10 4 1 L 1
16 Thu, Nov 16, 1972 Ottawa Nationals W 6 3 11 4 1 W 1
17 Fri, Nov 17, 1972 New England Whalers W 3 0 12 4 1 W 2
18 Sun, Nov 19, 1972 @ Houston Aeros L 2 4 12 5 1 L 1
19 Tue, Nov 21, 1972 @ Los Angeles Sharks W 5 2 13 5 1 W 1
20 Fri, Nov 24, 1972 Los Angeles Sharks W OT 3 2 14 5 1 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 25, 1972 Houston Aeros L 1 3 14 6 1 L 1
22 Mon, Nov 27, 1972 @ New England Whalers L 0 3 14 7 1 L 2
23 Tue, Nov 28, 1972 Houston Aeros L 1 3 14 8 1 L 3
24 Thu, Nov 30, 1972 @ Ottawa Nationals L 2 3 14 9 1 L 4
25 Sat, Dec 2, 1972 Philadelphia Blazers W 8 2 15 9 1 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 3, 1972 @ New York Raiders L 2 5 15 10 1 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 5, 1972 @ Philadelphia Blazers W OT 4 3 16 10 1 W 1
28 Thu, Dec 7, 1972 @ Quebec Nordiques W 3 1 17 10 1 W 2
29 Sat, Dec 9, 1972 Winnipeg Jets L OT 2 3 17 11 1 L 1
30 Sun, Dec 10, 1972 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints L OT 3 4 17 12 1 L 2
31 Fri, Dec 15, 1972 Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 18 12 1 W 1
32 Sun, Dec 17, 1972 @ Quebec Nordiques L 2 3 18 13 1 L 1
33 Tue, Dec 19, 1972 @ Chicago Cougars L 1 6 18 14 1 L 2
34 Thu, Dec 21, 1972 New York Raiders W 6 2 19 14 1 W 1
35 Sat, Dec 23, 1972 Minnesota Fighting Saints W 3 1 20 14 1 W 2
36 Mon, Dec 25, 1972 Philadelphia Blazers W 8 0 21 14 1 W 3
37 Fri, Dec 29, 1972 Quebec Nordiques W 5 3 22 14 1 W 4
38 Sat, Dec 30, 1972 Houston Aeros W OT 4 3 23 14 1 W 5
39 Thu, Jan 11, 1973 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints W 4 3 24 14 1 W 6
40 Fri, Jan 12, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 5 24 15 1 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 14, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets L 1 3 24 16 1 L 2
42 Tue, Jan 16, 1973 @ Philadelphia Blazers W 4 3 25 16 1 W 1
43 Wed, Jan 17, 1973 @ Houston Aeros W 5 0 26 16 1 W 2
44 Fri, Jan 19, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks W 4 1 27 16 1 W 3
45 Sun, Jan 21, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks L 2 3 27 17 1 L 1
46 Tue, Jan 23, 1973 Winnipeg Jets W OT 5 4 28 17 1 W 1
47 Thu, Jan 25, 1973 Philadelphia Blazers L 4 7 28 18 1 L 1
48 Sat, Jan 27, 1973 @ Chicago Cougars W 2 1 29 18 1 W 1
49 Mon, Jan 29, 1973 New England Whalers W 3 2 30 18 1 W 2
50 Wed, Jan 31, 1973 @ New England Whalers L 1 4 30 19 1 L 1
51 Thu, Feb 1, 1973 Ottawa Nationals T 2 2 30 19 2 T 1
52 Fri, Feb 2, 1973 Philadelphia Blazers W 5 3 31 19 2 W 1
53 Sun, Feb 4, 1973 @ Ottawa Nationals W 3 2 32 19 2 W 2
54 Mon, Feb 5, 1973 Chicago Cougars W 7 5 33 19 2 W 3
55 Sat, Feb 10, 1973 New York Raiders W 8 4 34 19 2 W 4
56 Sun, Feb 11, 1973 @ Philadelphia Blazers L 1 6 34 20 2 L 1
57 Mon, Feb 12, 1973 New York Raiders W 8 2 35 20 2 W 1
58 Wed, Feb 14, 1973 @ Philadelphia Blazers L 5 6 35 21 2 L 1
59 Sat, Feb 17, 1973 Minnesota Fighting Saints L 3 7 35 22 2 L 2
60 Tue, Feb 20, 1973 Alberta Oilers W 5 4 36 22 2 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 24, 1973 Chicago Cougars L 2 5 36 23 2 L 1
62 Sun, Feb 25, 1973 @ New York Raiders L 5 9 36 24 2 L 2
63 Tue, Feb 27, 1973 @ Ottawa Nationals L 1 2 36 25 2 L 3
64 Sat, Mar 3, 1973 @ New York Raiders W 4 3 37 25 2 W 1
65 Wed, Mar 7, 1973 @ New England Whalers L OT 0 1 37 26 2 L 1
66 Fri, Mar 9, 1973 @ New England Whalers L 4 5 37 27 2 L 2
67 Sun, Mar 11, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets W 11 2 38 27 2 W 1
68 Tue, Mar 13, 1973 @ Alberta Oilers L 2 4 38 28 2 L 1
69 Wed, Mar 14, 1973 @ Alberta Oilers L 2 4 38 29 2 L 2
70 Sat, Mar 17, 1973 Los Angeles Sharks L 0 2 38 30 2 L 3
71 Mon, Mar 19, 1973 Los Angeles Sharks T 5 5 38 30 3 T 1
72 Tue, Mar 20, 1973 @ Quebec Nordiques L 1 4 38 31 3 L 1
73 Sat, Mar 24, 1973 Minnesota Fighting Saints L OT 1 2 38 32 3 L 2
74 Sun, Mar 25, 1973 @ Houston Aeros W 4 2 39 32 3 W 1
75 Mon, Mar 26, 1973 New England Whalers W 7 5 40 32 3 W 2
76 Fri, Mar 30, 1973 Winnipeg Jets W 4 2 41 32 3 W 3
77 Sat, Mar 31, 1973 Ottawa Nationals W 4 2 42 32 3 W 4
78 Sun, Apr 1, 1973 Chicago Cougars W 5 1 43 32 3 W 5

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 4, 1973 Philadelphia Blazers W OT 3 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 7, 1973 Philadelphia Blazers W 7 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Apr 8, 1973 @ Philadelphia Blazers W 3 1 3 0 0 W 3
4 Wed, Apr 11, 1973 @ Philadelphia Blazers W 6 2 4 0 0 W 4
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
5 Wed, Apr 18, 1973 @ New England Whalers L 2 3 4 1 0 L 1
6 Thu, Apr 19, 1973 @ New England Whalers L 2 3 4 2 0 L 2
7 Sat, Apr 21, 1973 New England Whalers L 4 5 4 3 0 L 3
8 Sun, Apr 22, 1973 New England Whalers W 5 2 5 3 0 W 1
9 Thu, Apr 26, 1973 @ New England Whalers L 1 3 5 4 0 L 1