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1972-73 Cleveland Crusaders Roster and Statistics

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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)

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) to New England Whalers
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-0) over 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
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
	Paul Andrea	ca CA	RW	31	5-10	174	L/-	R	July 31, 1941
	Blake Ball	ca CA	D	34	6-3	210	L/-	R	February 25, 1938
	Doug Brindley	ca CA	C	23	6-1	175	L/-	R	June 8, 1949
	Ron Buchanan	ca CA	C	28	6-3	170	L/-	R	November 15, 1944
	Gerry Cheevers	ca CA	G	32	5-11	185	-/L	R	December 7, 1940
	Ray Clearwater	ca CA	D	30	5-11	175	L/-	R	November 10, 1942
	Bob Dillabough	ca CA	C	31	5-10	180	L/-	R	April 27, 1941
	Grant Erickson	ca CA	LW	25	5-9	165	-/-	R	April 28, 1947
	John Hanna	ca CA	D	37	5-11	175	R/-	R	April 5, 1935
	Joe Hardy	ca CA	C	27	6-0	185	L/-	R	December 5, 1945
	Ted Hodgson	ca CA	RW	27	5-11	185	R/-	R	June 30, 1945
	Ralph Hopiavouri	ca CA	D	21	6-1	185	R/-	R	July 15, 1951
	Bill Horton	ca CA	D	26	6-0	180	L/-	R	September 5, 1946
	Gary Jarrett	ca CA	LW	30	5-8	170	L/-	R	September 3, 1942
	Skip Krake	ca CA	C	29	5-11	170	R/-	R	October 14, 1943
	Jim McMasters	ca CA	D	20	5-10	195	L/-	R	September 20, 1952
	Wayne Muloin	ca CA	D	31	5-8	175	L/-	R	December 24, 1941
	Gerry Pinder	ca CA	LW	24	5-8	165	R/-	R	September 15, 1948
	Rich Pumple	ca CA	C	24	6-3	200	L/-	R	February 11, 1948
	Al Rycroft	ca CA	RW	23	5-9	170	R/-	R	January 9, 1950
	Paul Shmyr	ca CA	D	27	5-11	170	L/-	R	January 28, 1946
	Bob Whidden	ca CA	G	26	5-10	165	-/R	R	July 27, 1946
	Jim Wiste	ca CA	C	26	5-10	185	L/-	R	February 18, 1946

Standard Stats

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring				Goals				Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	TOI	ATOI	Awards
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	Bill Horton	26	D	74	2	17	19	55	2	0	0
15	Skip Krake	29	C	26	9	10	19	61	7	2	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		3144:00		Hatskin-1
22	Bob Whidden	26	G	26	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		1609:00
	Team Totals			78	287	470	757	1083	225	51	11	18	4753:00

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring				Goals
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	Awards
1	Jim Wiste	26	C	9	3	8	11	13	2	1	0	1
2	Gerry Pinder	24	LW	9	2	9	11	30	1	1	0	0
3	Gary Jarrett	30	LW	9	8	3	11	19	5	3	0	1
4	Ron Buchanan	28	C	9	7	3	10	0	6	1	0	1
5	Paul Andrea	31	RW	9	2	8	10	2	1	1	0	0
6	Rich Pumple	24	C	9	3	5	8	11	2	1	0	0
7	Paul Shmyr	27	D	8	1	3	4	19	1	0	0	0
8	Ted Hodgson	27	RW	9	1	3	4	13	0	1	0	0
9	Wayne Muloin	31	D	9	1	3	4	14	1	0	0	0
10	Ray Clearwater	30	D	9	1	2	3	8	1	0	0	0
11	Grant Erickson	25	LW	9	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	1
12	Skip Krake	29	C	9	1	2	3	27	1	0	0	1
13	Joe Hardy	27	C	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	Ralph Hopiavouri	21	D	8	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
15	Jim McMasters	20	D	9	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
16	Bill Horton	26	D	9	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
17	Bob Dillabough	31	C	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18	Gerry Cheevers	32	G	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
19	Doug Brindley	23	C	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
20	Blake Ball	34	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			9	33	55	88	190	23	9	1	5

Goalie Stats

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats									Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	SV	GAA	SO	MIN	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Gerry Cheevers	32	52	32	20	0	149	1546	2.84	5	3144:00	0	1	1	30	Hatskin-1
2	Bob Whidden	26	26	11	12	3	88	798	3.28	0	1609:00	0	0	0	5
	Team Totals		78	43	32	3	237	2344	2.99	5	4753:00	0	1	1	35

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats								Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	SO	MIN	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Gerry Cheevers	32	9	22	278	256	.921	0		6.9	0	0	0	4
	Team Totals		9	22	278	256	.921	0		6.9	0	0	0	4

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* - postseason

Miscellaneous Stats

Miscellaneous Stats Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	Awards
1	Ron Buchanan	28	C	75
2	Gary Jarrett	30	LW	77
3	Jim Wiste	26	C	70
4	Gerry Pinder	24	LW	78
5	Paul Andrea	31	RW	66
6	Joe Hardy	27	C	72
7	Paul Shmyr	27	D	73
8	Ray Clearwater	30	D	78
9	Grant Erickson	25	LW	77
10	Rich Pumple	24	C	77
11	Ted Hodgson	27	RW	74
12	Doug Brindley	23	C	73
13	John Hanna	37	D	66
14	Skip Krake	29	C	26
15	Bill Horton	26	D	74
16	Bob Dillabough	31	C	72
17	Wayne Muloin	31	D	67
18	Ralph Hopiavouri	21	D	29
19	Jim McMasters	20	D	74
20	Al Rycroft	23	RW	7
	Team Totals			78

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