1972–73 Cleveland Crusaders säsong

1972–73 Cleveland Crusaders
Division	2:a öst
Rekord 1972–73	43–32–3
Hemmarekord	26-11-2
Vägrekord	17-21-1
Mål för	287
Mål mot	239
Laginformation
General manager	Chuck Catto (direktör för spelarpersonal)
Tränare	Bill Needham
Kapten	Paul Shmyr
Suppleant kaptener	John Hanna Skip Krake Wayne Muloin
Arena	Cleveland Arena
Genomsnittlig närvaro	5 287 (55,7 %)
Lagledare
Mål	Gary Jarrett (40)
Assist	Ron Buchanan (44)
Poäng	Ron Buchanan (81)
Vinner	Gerry Cheevers (32)
Mål mot snitt	Gerry Cheevers (2,83)

Säsongen 1972–73 för Cleveland Crusaders var den första säsongen av de nya Cleveland Crusaders i det nya World Hockey Association . Laget kvalificerade sig till slutspelet och vann sin första serie, innan de förlorade i divisionssemifinalen.

Vanlig säsong

Slutställning

Östra divisionen

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
New England Whalers	78	46	30	2	318	263	858	94
Cleveland Crusaders	78	43	32	3	287	239	1095	89
Philadelphia Blazers	78	38	40	0	288	305	1260	76
Ottawa Nationals	78	35	39	4	279	301	1067	74
Quebec Nordiques	78	33	40	5	276	313	1354	71
New York Raiders	78	33	43	2	303	334	900	68

Spellogg

Ordinarie säsongsschema
Nej.	R	Datum	Göra	Motståndare	Spela in
1	W	11 oktober 1972	2–0	Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	1–0–0
2	W	14 oktober 1972	3–2	Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	2–0–0
3	W	15 oktober 1972	7–5	@ Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	3–0–0
4	W	17 oktober 1972	4–3 OT	New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	4–0–0
5	W	19 oktober 1972	3–1	@ New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	5–0–0
6	L	21 oktober 1972	3–5	Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	5–1–0
7	L	24 oktober 1972	2–3 OT	New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	5–2–0
8	W	25 oktober 1972	8–2	@ Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	6–2–0
9	W	27 oktober 1972	6–0	Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	7–2–0
10	T	29 oktober 1972	2–2	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	7–2–1
11	L	1 november 1972	5–7	Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	7–3–1
12	W	4 november 1972	5–3	Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	8–3–1
13	W	11 november 1972	4–1	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	9–3–1
14	W	12 november 1972	3–1	@ Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	10–3–1
15	L	14 november 1972	3–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1972–73 )	10–4–1
16	W	16 november 1972	6–3	Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	11–4–1
17	W	17 november 1972	3–0	New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	12–4–1
18	L	19 november 1972	2–4	@ Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	12–5–1
19	W	21 november 1972	5–2	@ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	13–5–1
20	W	24 november 1972	3–2 OT	Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	14–5–1
21	L	25 november 1972	1–3	Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	14–6–1
22	L	27 november 1972	0–3	@ New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	14–7–1
23	L	28 november 1972	1–3	Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	14–8–1
24	L	30 november 1972	2–3	@ Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	14–9–1
25	W	2 december 1972	8–2	Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	15–9–1
26	L	3 december 1972	2–5	@ New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	15–10–1
27	W	5 december 1972	4–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	16–10–1
28	W	7 december 1972	3–1	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	17–10–1
29	L	9 december 1972	2–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	17–11–1
30	L	10 december 1972	3–4 OT	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1972–73 )	17–12–1
31	W	15 december 1972	6–3	Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	18–12–1
32	L	17 december 1972	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	18–13–1
33	L	19 december 1972	1–6	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	18–14–1
34	W	21 december 1972	6–2	New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	19–14–1
35	W	23 december 1972	3–1	Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1972–73 )	20–14–1
36	W	25 december 1972	8–0	Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	21–14–1
37	W	29 december 1972	5–3	Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	22–14–1
38	W	30 december 1972	4–3 OT	Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	23–14–1
39	W	11 januari 1973	4–3	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1972–73 )	24–14–1
40	L	12 januari 1973	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	24–15–1
41	L	14 januari 1973	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	24–16–1
42	W	16 januari 1973	4–3	@ Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	25–16–1
43	W	17 januari 1973	5–0	@ Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	26–16–1
44	W	19 januari 1973	4–1	@ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	27–16–1
45	L	21 januari 1973	2–3	@ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	27–17–1
46	W	23 januari 1973	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	28–17–1
47	L	25 januari 1973	4–7	Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	28–18–1
48	W	27 januari 1973	2–1	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	29–18–1
49	W	29 januari 1973	3–2	New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	30–18–1
50	L	31 januari 1973	1–4	@ New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	30–19–1
51	T	1 februari 1973	2–2	Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	30–19–2
52	W	2 februari 1973	5–3	Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	31–19–2
53	W	4 februari 1973	3–2	@ Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	32–19–2
54	W	5 februari 1973	7–5	Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	33–19–2
55	W	10 februari 1973	8–4	New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	34–19–2
56	L	11 februari 1973	1–6	@ Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	34–20–2
57	W	12 februari 1973	8–2	New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	35–20–2
58	L	14 februari 1973	5–6	@ Philadelphia Blazers ( 1972–73 )	35–21–2
59	L	17 februari 1973	3–7	Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1972–73 )	35–22–2
60	W	20 februari 1973	5–4	Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	36–22–2
61	L	24 februari 1973	2–5	Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	36–23–2
62	L	25 februari 1973	5–9	@ New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	36–24–2
63	L	27 februari 1973	1–2	@ Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	36–25–2
64	W	3 mars 1973	4–3	@ New York Raiders ( 1972–73 )	37–25–2
65	L	7 mars 1973	0–1 OT	@ New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	37–26–2
66	L	9 mars 1973	4–5	@ New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	37–27–2
67	W	11 mars 1973	11–2	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	38–27–2
68	L	13 mars 1973	2–4	@ Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	38–28–2
69	L	14 mars 1973	2–4	@ Alberta Oilers ( 1972–73 )	38–29–2
70	L	17 mars 1973	0–2	Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	38–30–2
71	T	19 mars 1973	5–5	Los Angeles Sharks ( 1972–73 )	38–30–3
72	L	20 mars 1973	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1972–73 )	38–31–3
73	L	24 mars 1973	1–2 OT	Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1972–73 )	38–32–3
74	W	25 mars 1973	4–2	@ Houston Eros ( 1972–73 )	39–32–3
75	W	26 mars 1973	7–5	New England Whalers ( 1972–73 )	40–32–3
76	W	30 mars 1973	4–2	Winnipeg Jets ( 1972–73 )	41–32–3
77	W	31 mars 1973	4–2	Ottawa Nationals ( 1972–73 )	42–32–3
78	W	1 april 1973	5–1	Chicago Cougars ( 1972–73 )	43–32–3

Slutspel

Cleveland Crusaders 4, Philadelphia Blazers 0 - Semifinal

#	Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
1	4 april	Philadelphia Blazers	2–3 OT	Cleveland Crusaders	1–0
2	7 april	Philadelphia Blazers	7–1	Cleveland Crusaders	2–0
3	8 april	Cleveland Crusaders	3–1	Philadelphia Blazers	3–0
4	11 april	Cleveland Crusaders	6–2	Philadelphia Blazers	4–0

New England Whalers 4, Cleveland Crusaders 1 - Divisionsfinaler

#	Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
1	18 april	Cleveland Crusaders	2 – 3	New England Whalers	0–1
2	19 april	Cleveland Crusaders	2 – 3	New England Whalers	0–2
3	21 april	New England Whalers	5 – 4	Cleveland Crusaders	0–3
4	22 april	New England Whalers	2 – 5	Cleveland Crusaders	1–3
5	26 april	Cleveland Crusaders	1 – 3	New England Whalers	1–4

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Ron Buchanan C 75 37 44 81 20 0 6 0 5 Gary Jarrett LW 77 40 39 79 79 0 8 0 7 Jim Wiste C 70 28 43 71 24 0 4 0 3 Gerry Pinder LW 78 30 36 66 121 0 7 3 3 Paul Andrea RW 66 21 30 51 12 0 7 0 0 Joe Hardy C 72 17 33 50 80 0 1 0 0 Paul Shmyr D 73 5 43 48 169 0 0 1 0 Ray Clearwater D 78 11 36 47 41 0 1 0 0 Grant Erickson LW 77 15 29 44 23 0 2 1 0 Rich Pumple LW 77 21 20 41 45 0 5 0 0 Ted Hodgson RW 74 15 23 38 93 0 2 0 0 Doug Brindley LW/C 73 15 11 26 6 0 2 0 0 John Hanna D 66 6 20 26 68 0 3 0 0 Skippa Krake C 26 9 10 19 61 0 2 0 0 Bill Horton D 74 2 17 19 55 0 0 0 0 Bob Dillabough C 72 8 8 16 8 0 1 6 0 Wayne Muloin D 67 2 13 15 62 0 0 0 0 Ralph Hopiavuori D 29 4 5 9 44 0 0 0 0 Jim McMasters D 74 1 7 8 37 0 0 0 0 Al Rycroft RW 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Gerry Cheevers G 52 0 1 1 30 0 0 0 0 Bob Whidden G 26 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA SÅ Gerry Cheevers 3144 52 32 20 0 149 2,84 5 Bob Whidden 1609 26 11 12 3 88 3,28 0 Team: 4753 78 43 32 3 237 2,99 5

Slutspelspoäng
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Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Gary Jarrett LW 9 8 3 11 19 3 0 1 Jim Wiste C 9 3 8 11 13 1 0 1 Gerry Pinder LW 9 2 9 11 30 1 0 0 Ron Buchanan C 9 7 3 10 0 1 0 1 Paul Andrea RW 9 2 8 10 2 1 0 0 Rich Pumple LW 9 3 5 8 11 1 0 0 Ted Hodgson RW 9 1 3 4 13 1 0 0 Wayne Muloin D 9 1 3 4 14 0 0 0 Paul Shmyr D 8 1 3 4 19 0 0 0 Grant Erickson LW 9 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 Ray Clearwater D 9 1 2 3 8 0 0 0 Skippa Krake C 9 1 2 3 27 0 0 1 Joe Hardy C 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Bob Dillabough C 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ralph Hopiavuori D 8 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 Bill Horton D 9 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 Jim McMasters D 9 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 Blake boll D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Brindley LW/C 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 Gerry Cheevers G 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L GA GAA SÅ Gerry Cheevers 548 9 5 4 22 2,41 0 Team: 548 9 5 4 22 2,41 0

Obs: Pos = Position; GP = Spelade spel; G = Mål; A = Assist; Pts = Poäng; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Straffminuter; PPG = Power-play-mål; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Matchvinnande mål MIN = Spelade minuter; W = Vinster; L = Förluster; T = Slipsar; GA = Mål-mot; GAA = Mål-mot snitt; SO = Avstängningar;

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