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1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders Schedule and Results

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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

Regular Season

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 6, 1973 New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights T 2 2 0 0 1 T 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1973 Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 1 0 1 W 1
3 Sun, Oct 14, 1973 Chicago Cougars W OT 3 2 2 0 1 W 2
4 Sat, Oct 20, 1973 Toronto Toros W 6 4 3 0 1 W 3
5 Sun, Oct 21, 1973 @ Houston Aeros W 2 0 4 0 1 W 4
6 Tue, Oct 23, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks L 3 4 4 1 1 L 1
7 Fri, Oct 26, 1973 Los Angeles Sharks W 3 1 5 1 1 W 1
8 Sat, Oct 27, 1973 Houston Aeros T 2 2 5 1 2 T 1
9 Wed, Oct 31, 1973 Winnipeg Jets W 6 4 6 1 2 W 1
10 Sat, Nov 3, 1973 Chicago Cougars L 4 7 6 2 2 L 1
11 Sun, Nov 4, 1973 @ New England Whalers L 5 7 6 3 2 L 2
12 Sat, Nov 10, 1973 Winnipeg Jets W 4 2 7 3 2 W 1
13 Sun, Nov 11, 1973 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints L 4 6 7 4 2 L 1
14 Tue, Nov 13, 1973 @ Chicago Cougars W 5 2 8 4 2 W 1
15 Fri, Nov 16, 1973 @ Los Angeles Sharks W OT 4 3 9 4 2 W 2
16 Sun, Nov 18, 1973 @ Vancouver Blazers L 2 8 9 5 2 L 1
17 Tue, Nov 20, 1973 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 5 9 6 2 L 2
18 Wed, Nov 21, 1973 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 6 9 7 2 L 3
19 Fri, Nov 23, 1973 Quebec Nordiques L 2 3 9 8 2 L 4
20 Sat, Nov 24, 1973 Toronto Toros W 2 1 10 8 2 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Thu, Nov 29, 1973 @ Quebec Nordiques T 4 4 10 8 3 T 1
22 Sat, Dec 1, 1973 Edmonton Oilers W 4 2 11 8 3 W 1
23 Sun, Dec 2, 1973 Edmonton Oilers W 3 0 12 8 3 W 2
24 Thu, Dec 6, 1973 @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights L 2 3 12 9 3 L 1
25 Sat, Dec 8, 1973 New England Whalers W OT 2 1 13 9 3 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 9, 1973 @ New England Whalers L 2 3 13 10 3 L 1
27 Wed, Dec 12, 1973 New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights L 2 4 13 11 3 L 2
28 Thu, Dec 13, 1973 @ Toronto Toros L 1 3 13 12 3 L 3
29 Sat, Dec 15, 1973 Toronto Toros W 4 3 14 12 3 W 1
30 Sun, Dec 16, 1973 @ Houston Aeros T 2 2 14 12 4 T 1
31 Sat, Dec 22, 1973 Minnesota Fighting Saints W 2 1 15 12 4 W 1
32 Sun, Dec 23, 1973 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints W 4 2 16 12 4 W 2
33 Wed, Dec 26, 1973 Vancouver Blazers L 3 5 16 13 4 L 1
34 Thu, Dec 27, 1973 @ Quebec Nordiques L 2 4 16 14 4 L 2
35 Sat, Dec 29, 1973 New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights W 3 0 17 14 4 W 1
36 Sun, Dec 30, 1973 @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights L 2 6 17 15 4 L 1
37 Tue, Jan 1, 1974 @ Toronto Toros L 0 3 17 16 4 L 2
38 Sat, Jan 5, 1974 New England Whalers W 1 0 18 16 4 W 1
39 Sun, Jan 6, 1974 Vancouver Blazers W 11 3 19 16 4 W 2
40 Tue, Jan 8, 1974 @ Chicago Cougars T 0 0 19 16 5 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 12, 1974 Los Angeles Sharks W 5 4 20 16 5 W 1
42 Sun, Jan 13, 1974 Minnesota Fighting Saints W 4 2 21 16 5 W 2
43 Fri, Jan 18, 1974 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 7 21 17 5 L 1
44 Sun, Jan 20, 1974 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 5 21 18 5 L 2
45 Wed, Jan 23, 1974 @ Vancouver Blazers L 3 6 21 19 5 L 3
46 Thu, Jan 24, 1974 @ Toronto Toros W 5 3 22 19 5 W 1
47 Sat, Jan 26, 1974 @ New England Whalers L 0 4 22 20 5 L 1
48 Sun, Jan 27, 1974 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 4 22 21 5 L 2
49 Wed, Jan 30, 1974 Houston Aeros W 5 1 23 21 5 W 1
50 Sat, Feb 2, 1974 Minnesota Fighting Saints L 2 4 23 22 5 L 1
51 Sun, Feb 3, 1974 New England Whalers W 3 1 24 22 5 W 1
52 Tue, Feb 5, 1974 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints L 1 4 24 23 5 L 1
53 Fri, Feb 8, 1974 New England Whalers L 2 4 24 24 5 L 2
54 Sat, Feb 9, 1974 Toronto Toros W 4 3 25 24 5 W 1
55 Fri, Feb 15, 1974 @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights L 2 6 25 25 5 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 16, 1974 Quebec Nordiques W 5 2 26 25 5 W 1
57 Sun, Feb 17, 1974 Chicago Cougars W 6 5 27 25 5 W 2
58 Tue, Feb 19, 1974 @ Quebec Nordiques L OT 5 6 27 26 5 L 1
59 Sat, Feb 23, 1974 Vancouver Blazers W 7 3 28 26 5 W 1
60 Sun, Feb 24, 1974 Minnesota Fighting Saints L 1 2 28 27 5 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Thu, Feb 28, 1974 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints T 6 6 28 27 6 T 1
62 Fri, Mar 1, 1974 @ Chicago Cougars L 4 7 28 28 6 L 1
63 Sun, Mar 3, 1974 @ Edmonton Oilers T 3 3 28 28 7 T 1
64 Tue, Mar 5, 1974 @ Los Angeles Sharks W 6 3 29 28 7 W 1
65 Thu, Mar 7, 1974 @ Vancouver Blazers W 4 2 30 28 7 W 2
66 Fri, Mar 8, 1974 @ Winnipeg Jets W 4 1 31 28 7 W 3
67 Sun, Mar 10, 1974 @ Toronto Toros L 3 8 31 29 7 L 1
68 Wed, Mar 13, 1974 Winnipeg Jets W 4 3 32 29 7 W 1
69 Sat, Mar 16, 1974 New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights T 4 4 32 29 8 T 1
70 Sun, Mar 17, 1974 @ Houston Aeros L 3 4 32 30 8 L 1
71 Tue, Mar 19, 1974 @ Chicago Cougars W 7 4 33 30 8 W 1
72 Wed, Mar 20, 1974 Houston Aeros L 4 5 33 31 8 L 1
73 Sat, Mar 23, 1974 Edmonton Oilers W 3 1 34 31 8 W 1
74 Sun, Mar 24, 1974 Chicago Cougars T 3 3 34 31 9 T 1
75 Wed, Mar 27, 1974 Quebec Nordiques W OT 5 4 35 31 9 W 1
76 Thu, Mar 28, 1974 @ New England Whalers L 2 3 35 32 9 L 1
77 Sat, Mar 30, 1974 Los Angeles Sharks W OT 5 4 36 32 9 W 1
78 Sun, Mar 31, 1974 @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights W 4 2 37 32 9 W 2

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sun, Apr 7, 1974 @ Toronto Toros L 0 4 0 1 0 L 1
2 Tue, Apr 9, 1974 @ Toronto Toros L 3 4 0 2 0 L 2
3 Fri, Apr 12, 1974 Toronto Toros L 2 4 0 3 0 L 3
4 Sat, Apr 13, 1974 Toronto Toros W OT 3 2 1 3 0 W 1
5 Mon, Apr 15, 1974 @ Toronto Toros L 1 4 1 4 0 L 1