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

Recent Game Results

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

Roster Table
Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
Paul Andrea	ca	RW	31	5-10	174	L/-	R	July 31, 1941	21 G, 30 A, 51 P
Blake Ball	ca	D	34	6-3	210	L/-	R	February 25, 1938	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
Doug Brindley	ca	C	23	6-1	175	L/-	R	June 8, 1949	15 G, 11 A, 26 P
Ron Buchanan	ca	C	28	6-3	170	L/-	R	November 15, 1944	37 G, 44 A, 81 P
Gerry Cheevers	ca	G	32	5-11	185	-/L	R	December 7, 1940	32-20-0, 2.84 GAA
Ray Clearwater	ca	D	30	5-11	175	L/-	R	November 10, 1942	11 G, 36 A, 47 P
Bob Dillabough	ca	C	31	5-10	180	L/-	R	April 27, 1941	8 G, 8 A, 16 P
Grant Erickson	ca	LW	25	5-9	165	-/-	R	April 28, 1947	15 G, 29 A, 44 P
John Hanna	ca	D	37	5-11	175	R/-	R	April 5, 1935	6 G, 20 A, 26 P
Joe Hardy	ca	C	27	6-0	185	L/-	R	December 5, 1945	17 G, 33 A, 50 P
Ted Hodgson	ca	RW	27	5-11	185	R/-	R	June 30, 1945	15 G, 23 A, 38 P
Ralph Hopiavouri	ca	D	21	6-1	185	R/-	R	July 15, 1951	4 G, 5 A, 9 P
Bill Horton	ca	D	26	6-0	180	L/-	R	September 5, 1946	2 G, 17 A, 19 P
Gary Jarrett	ca	LW	30	5-8	170	L/-	R	September 3, 1942	40 G, 39 A, 79 P
Skip Krake	ca	C	29	5-11	170	R/-	R	October 14, 1943	9 G, 10 A, 19 P
Jim McMasters	ca	D	20	5-10	195	L/-	R	September 20, 1952	1 G, 7 A, 8 P
Wayne Muloin	ca	D	31	5-8	175	L/-	R	December 24, 1941	2 G, 13 A, 15 P
Gerry Pinder	ca	LW	24	5-8	165	R/-	R	September 15, 1948	30 G, 36 A, 66 P
Rich Pumple	ca	C	24	6-3	200	L/-	R	February 11, 1948	21 G, 20 A, 41 P
Al Rycroft	ca	RW	23	5-9	170	R/-	R	January 9, 1950	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
Paul Shmyr	ca	D	27	5-11	170	L/-	R	January 28, 1946	5 G, 43 A, 48 P
Bob Whidden	ca	G	26	5-10	165	-/R	R	July 27, 1946	11-12-3, 3.28 GAA
Jim Wiste	ca	C	26	5-10	185	L/-	R	February 18, 1946	28 G, 43 A, 71 P

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