1972-73 Cleveland Crusaders Roster and Statistics

Next Season

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

Coach: Bill Needham (43-32-3)

Captain:

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

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 11, CLC vs. QBN
2. Oct 14, CLC vs. ALO
3. Oct 15, CLC at OTN
4. Oct 17, CLC vs. NYW
5. Oct 19, CLC at NYW
6. Oct 21, CLC vs. OTN
7. Oct 24, CLC vs. NEW
8. Oct 25, CLC at PHB
9. Oct 27, CLC vs. ALO
10. Oct 29, CLC at QBN

11. Nov 1, CLC vs. PHB
12. Nov 4, CLC vs. QBN
13. Nov 11, CLC at CHC
14. Nov 12, CLC at ALO
15. Nov 14, CLC at MFS
16. Nov 16, CLC vs. OTN
17. Nov 17, CLC vs. NEW
18. Nov 19, CLC at HSA
19. Nov 21, CLC at LAS
20. Nov 24, CLC vs. LAS
21. Nov 25, CLC vs. HSA
22. Nov 27, CLC at NEW
23. Nov 28, CLC vs. HSA
24. Nov 30, CLC at OTN

25. Dec 2, CLC vs. PHB
26. Dec 3, CLC at NYW
27. Dec 5, CLC at PHB
28. Dec 7, CLC at QBN
29. Dec 9, CLC vs. WNJ
30. Dec 10, CLC at MFS
31. Dec 15, CLC vs. QBN
32. Dec 17, CLC at QBN
33. Dec 19, CLC at CHC
34. Dec 21, CLC vs. NYW
35. Dec 23, CLC vs. MFS
36. Dec 25, CLC vs. PHB
37. Dec 29, CLC vs. QBN
38. Dec 30, CLC vs. HSA

39. Jan 11, CLC at MFS
40. Jan 12, CLC at WNJ
41. Jan 14, CLC at WNJ
42. Jan 16, CLC at PHB
43. Jan 17, CLC at HSA
44. Jan 19, CLC at LAS
45. Jan 21, CLC at LAS
46. Jan 23, CLC vs. WNJ
47. Jan 25, CLC vs. PHB
48. Jan 27, CLC at CHC
49. Jan 29, CLC vs. NEW
50. Jan 31, CLC at NEW

51. Feb 1, CLC vs. OTN
52. Feb 2, CLC vs. PHB
53. Feb 4, CLC at OTN
54. Feb 5, CLC vs. CHC
55. Feb 10, CLC vs. NYW
56. Feb 11, CLC at PHB
57. Feb 12, CLC vs. NYW
58. Feb 14, CLC at PHB
59. Feb 17, CLC vs. MFS
60. Feb 20, CLC vs. ALO
61. Feb 24, CLC vs. CHC
62. Feb 25, CLC at NYW
63. Feb 27, CLC at OTN

64. Mar 3, CLC at NYW
65. Mar 7, CLC at NEW
66. Mar 9, CLC at NEW
67. Mar 11, CLC at WNJ
68. Mar 13, CLC at ALO
69. Mar 14, CLC at ALO
70. Mar 17, CLC vs. LAS
71. Mar 19, CLC vs. LAS
72. Mar 20, CLC at QBN
73. Mar 24, CLC vs. MFS
74. Mar 25, CLC at HSA
75. Mar 26, CLC vs. NEW
76. Mar 30, CLC vs. WNJ
77. Mar 31, CLC vs. OTN

78. Apr 1, CLC vs. CHC

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
Paul Andrea	ca	RW	31	5-10	174	L/-	R	July 31, 1941
Blake Ball	ca	D	34	6-3	210	L/-	R	February 25, 1938
Doug Brindley	ca	C	23	6-1	175	L/-	R	June 8, 1949
Ron Buchanan	ca	C	28	6-3	170	L/-	R	November 15, 1944
Gerry Cheevers	ca	G	32	5-11	185	-/L	R	December 7, 1940
Ray Clearwater	ca	D	30	5-11	175	L/-	R	November 10, 1942
Bob Dillabough	ca	C	31	5-10	180	L/-	R	April 27, 1941
Grant Erickson	ca	LW	25	5-9	165	-/-	R	April 28, 1947
John Hanna	ca	D	37	5-11	175	R/-	R	April 5, 1935
Joe Hardy	ca	C	27	6-0	185	L/-	R	December 5, 1945
Ted Hodgson	ca	RW	27	5-11	185	R/-	R	June 30, 1945
Ralph Hopiavouri	ca	D	21	6-1	185	R/-	R	July 15, 1951
Bill Horton	ca	D	26	6-0	180	L/-	R	September 5, 1946
Gary Jarrett	ca	LW	30	5-8	170	L/-	R	September 3, 1942
Skip Krake	ca	C	29	5-11	170	R/-	R	October 14, 1943
Jim McMasters	ca	D	20	5-10	195	L/-	R	September 20, 1952
Wayne Muloin	ca	D	31	5-8	175	L/-	R	December 24, 1941
Gerry Pinder	ca	LW	24	5-8	165	R/-	R	September 15, 1948
Rich Pumple	ca	C	24	6-3	200	L/-	R	February 11, 1948
Al Rycroft	ca	RW	23	5-9	170	R/-	R	January 9, 1950
Paul Shmyr	ca	D	27	5-11	170	L/-	R	January 28, 1946
Bob Whidden	ca	G	26	5-10	165	-/R	R	July 27, 1946
Jim Wiste	ca	C	26	5-10	185	L/-	R	February 18, 1946

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

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
1	Ron Buchanan	28	C	75	37	44	81		20	31	6	0	5
2	Gary Jarrett	30	LW	77	40	39	79		79	32	8	0	7
3	Jim Wiste	26	C	70	28	43	71		24	24	4	0	3
4	Gerry Pinder	24	LW	78	30	36	66		121	20	7	3	3
5	Paul Andrea	31	RW	66	21	30	51		12	14	7	0
6	Joe Hardy	27	C	72	17	33	50		80	16	1	0
7	Paul Shmyr	27	D	73	5	43	48		169	4	0	1
8	Ray Clearwater	30	D	78	11	36	47		41	10	1	0
9	Grant Erickson	25	LW	77	15	29	44		23	12	2	1
10	Rich Pumple	24	C	77	21	20	41		45	16	5	0
11	Ted Hodgson	27	RW	74	15	23	38		93	13	2	0
12	Doug Brindley	23	C	73	15	11	26		6	13	2	0
13	John Hanna	37	D	66	6	20	26		68	3	3	0
14	Skip Krake	29	C	26	9	10	19		61	7	2	0
15	Bill Horton	26	D	74	2	17	19		55	2	0	0
16	Bob Dillabough	31	C	72	8	8	16		8	1	1	6
17	Wayne Muloin	31	D	67	2	13	15		62	2	0	0
18	Ralph Hopiavouri	21	D	29	4	5	9		44	4	0	0
19	Jim McMasters	20	D	74	1	7	8		37	1	0	0
20	Al Rycroft	23	RW	7	0	2	2		0	0	0	0
21	Gerry Cheevers*	32	G	52	0	1	1		30	0	0	0							3144	60:28
22	Bob Whidden	26	G	26	0	0	0		5	0	0	0							1609	61:53
	Team Total			78	287	470	757		1083	225	51	11	18

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

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	GAA	GPS
1	Gerry Cheevers*	32	52		32	20	0	149				2.84	5	3144				80	36.98
2	Bob Whidden	26	26		11	12	3	88				3.28	0	1609				91	9.22
	Team Total				43	32	3	237				2.99	5	4753				86

Scoring Playoffs

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