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1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders Roster and Statistics

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Record: 37-32-9 (83 points), Finished 3rd in WHA East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bill Needham (37-32-9)

Goals For: 266 (10th of 12), Goals Against: 264 (3rd of 12)
SRS: 0.05 (6th of 12), SOS: 0.03 (4th of 12)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (4-1) versus Toronto Toros

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Cleveland Crusaders 78 37 32 9 83 .532 266 264 0.05 0.03 6.79 56 245 22.86 59 237 75.11 6 12
League Average 78 37 37 4 78 .500 284 284 0.00 0.00 7.28 52 249 20.79 52 249 79.21 8 8

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
Ray Adduono 27 5-9 160 L/- R January 21, 1947 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Paul Andrea 32 5-10 174 L/- 1 July 31, 1941 15 G, 18 A, 33 P
Doug Brindley 24 6-1 175 L/- 1 June 8, 1949 13 G, 9 A, 22 P
Ron Buchanan 29 6-3 170 L/- 1 November 15, 1944 18 G, 27 A, 45 P
Brad Buetow 23 6-3 195 L/- R October 28, 1950 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Gerry Cheevers 33 5-11 185 -/L 1 December 7, 1940 , 3.03 GAA
Ray Clearwater 31 5-11 175 L/- 1 November 10, 1942 12 G, 23 A, 35 P
Norm Cournoyer 22 5-10 170 L/- R March 17, 1951 3 G, 5 A, 8 P
Tom Edur 19 6-1 185 R/- R November 18, 1954 7 G, 31 A, 38 P
Grant Erickson 26 5-9 165 -/- 1 April 28, 1947 23 G, 27 A, 50 P
Bill Heindl 27 5-10 175 L/- R May 13, 1946 4 G, 14 A, 18 P
Larry Hillman 36 6-0 185 L/- R February 5, 1937 5 G, 21 A, 26 P
Wayne Hillman 35 6-1 205 R/- R November 13, 1938 1 G, 7 A, 8 P
Ted Hodgson 28 5-11 185 R/- 1 June 30, 1945 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Ralph Hopiavouri 22 6-1 185 R/- 1 July 15, 1951 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Gary Jarrett 31 5-8 170 L/- 1 September 3, 1942 31 G, 39 A, 70 P
Skip Krake 30 5-11 170 R/- 1 October 14, 1943 20 G, 36 A, 56 P
Jim McMasters 21 5-10 195 L/- 1 September 20, 1952 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Ron Morgan 22 5-11 190 L/- R May 25, 1951 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
Wayne Muloin 32 5-8 175 L/- 1 December 24, 1941 3 G, 7 A, 10 P
Robbie Neale 20 6-0 185 L/- R April 17, 1953 8 G, 9 A, 17 P
Gerry Pinder 25 5-8 165 R/- 1 September 15, 1948 23 G, 33 A, 56 P
Rich Pumple 25 6-3 200 L/- 1 February 11, 1948 2 G, 2 A, 4 P
Glen Shirton 26 5-10 175 R/- R July 15, 1947 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Paul Shmyr 28 5-11 170 L/- 1 January 28, 1946 13 G, 31 A, 44 P
Russ Walker 20 6-2 185 R/- R May 24, 1953 15 G, 14 A, 29 P
Ron Ward 29 5-11 175 R/- 1 September 12, 1944 19 G, 7 A, 26 P
Bob Whidden 27 5-10 165 -/R 1 July 27, 1946 , 3.90 GAA
Jim Wiste 27 5-10 185 L/- 1 February 18, 1946 23 G, 35 A, 58 P
Bill Young 26 6-1 195 L/- 1 July 5, 1947 8 G, 9 A, 17 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Gary Jarrett 31 75 31 39 70 29 68 20 11 0 4
2 Jim Wiste 27 76 23 35 58 23 26 19 4 0 7
3 Gerry Pinder 25 73 23 33 56 22 90 19 3 1 3
4 Skip Krake 30 69 20 36 56 21 94 15 5 0 3
5 Grant Erickson 26 78 23 27 50 21 26 18 3 2 5
6 Ron Buchanan 29 49 18 27 45 18 2 12 6 0 3
7 Paul Shmyr 28 78 13 31 44 16 165 10 3 0 0
8 Tom Edur 19 76 7 31 38 13 26 6 1 0 0
9 Ray Clearwater 31 68 12 23 35 13 47 9 3 0 1
10 Paul Andrea 32 69 15 18 33 14 14 6 6 3 2
11 Russ Walker 20 76 15 14 29 12 117 14 1 0 2
12 Ron Ward 29 23 19 7 26 13 7 15 4 0 4
13 Larry Hillman 36 44 5 21 26 9 37 4 1 0 0
14 Doug Brindley 24 30 13 9 22 10 13 12 1 0 1
15 Bill Heindl 27 67 4 14 18 6 4 3 1 0 1
16 Robbie Neale 20 43 8 9 17 7 30 7 1 0 1
17 Bill Young 26 53 8 9 17 7 70 8 0 0 0
18 Wayne Muloin 32 76 3 7 10 4 39 2 1 0 0
19 Norm Cournoyer 22 13 3 5 8 3 6 2 1 0 0
20 Wayne Hillman 35 66 1 7 8 3 51 1 0 0 0
21 Rich Pumple 25 17 2 2 4 2 16 2 0 0 0
22 Ted Hodgson 28 10 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0
23 Ralph Hopiavouri 22 13 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0
24 Ron Morgan 22 4 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0
25 Bob Whidden 27 22 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
26 Ray Adduono 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Brad Buetow 23 25 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
28 Gerry Cheevers 33 59 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
29 Jim McMasters 21 9 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
30 Glen Shirton 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 266 410 676 1007 204 56 6 37

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Gerry Cheevers 33 59 180 1911 1731 .906 3.03 4 3562
2 Bob Whidden 27 22 80 680 600 .882 3.90 1 1232
Team Total 260 2591 2331 .900 3.25 5 4794

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Paul Shmyr 28 5 0 4 4 31 0
2 Ron Ward 29 5 3 0 3 2 0
3 Tom Edur 19 5 1 2 3 0 0
4 Gary Jarrett 31 5 1 1 2 13 0
5 Grant Erickson 26 5 0 2 2 0 0
6 Paul Andrea 32 5 1 0 1 0 0
7 Ron Morgan 22 2 1 0 1 0 0
8 Wayne Muloin 32 5 1 0 1 0 1
9 Russ Walker 20 5 1 0 1 11 0
10 Doug Brindley 24 5 0 1 1 2 0
11 Bill Heindl 27 5 0 1 1 2 0
12 Ralph Hopiavouri 22 4 0 1 1 0 0
13 Skip Krake 30 5 0 1 1 39 0
14 Jim Wiste 27 5 0 1 1 0 0
15 Ron Buchanan 29 5 0 0 0 2 0
16 Gerry Cheevers 33 5 0 0 0 6 0
17 Ray Clearwater 31 5 0 0 0 2 0
18 Wayne Hillman 35 5 0 0 0 16 0
19 Robbie Neale 20 5 0 0 0 4 0
20 Gerry Pinder 25 1 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 9 14 23 130 1

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Gerry Cheevers 33 5 18 196 178 .908 3.56 0 303
Team Total 18 196 178 .908 3.56 0 303