1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders säsong

1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders
Division 3:e östra
Rekord 1973–74 37–32–9
Hemmarekord 27-8-4
Vägrekord 10-24-5
Mål för 266
Mål mot 264
Laginformation
General manager Jack Vivian
Tränare Bill Needham
Kapten Paul Shmyr
Arena Cleveland Arena
Genomsnittlig närvaro 6 212 (66,8 %)
Lagledare
Mål Gary Jarrett (31)
Assist Gary Jarrett (39)
Poäng Gary Jarrett (70)
Straffminuter Paul Shmyr (165)
Vinner Gerry Cheevers (30)
Mål mot snitt Gerry Cheevers (3.03)

säsongen 1973–74 var Cleveland Crusaders andra säsong av verksamhet i World Hockey Association . Crusaders placerade sig på andra plats i den östra divisionen och kvalificerade sig till slutspelet. Crusaders förlorade i den första omgången mot Toronto Toros .

Lågsäsongen

Vanlig säsong

Slutställning

Östra divisionen
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
New England Whalers 78 43 31 4 291 260 875 90
Toronto Toros 78 41 33 4 304 272 871 86
Cleveland Crusaders 78 37 32 9 266 264 1007 83
Chicago Cougars 78 38 35 5 271 273 1041 81
Quebec Nordiques 78 38 36 4 306 280 909 80
NY Golden Blades / Jersey Knights 78 32 42 4 268 313 933 68

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Ordinarie säsongsschema
Nej. R Datum Göra Motståndare Spela in
1 T 6 oktober 1973 2–2 New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights ( 1973–74 ) 0–0–1
2 W 13 oktober 1973 6–3 Quebec Nordiques ( 1973–74 ) 1–0–1
3 W 14 oktober 1973 3–2 OT Chicago Cougars ( 1973–74 ) 2–0–1
4 W 20 oktober 1973 6–4 Toronto Toros ( 1973–74 ) 3–0–1
5 W 21 oktober 1973 2–0 @ Houston Eros ( 1973–74 ) 4–0–1
6 L 23 oktober 1973 3–4 @ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1973–74 ) 4–1–1
7 W 26 oktober 1973 3–1 Los Angeles Sharks ( 1973–74 ) 5–1–1
8 T 27 oktober 1973 2–2 Houston Eros ( 1973–74 ) 5–1–2
9 W 31 oktober 1973 6–4 Winnipeg Jets ( 1973–74 ) 6–1–2
10 L 3 november 1973 4–7 Chicago Cougars ( 1973–74 ) 6–2–2
11 L 4 november 1973 5–7 @ New England Whalers ( 1973–74 ) 6–3–2
12 W 10 november 1973 4–2 Winnipeg Jets ( 1973–74 ) 7–3–2
13 L 11 november 1973 4–6 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1973–74 ) 7–4–2
14 W 13 november 1973 5–2 @ Chicago Cougars ( 1973–74 ) 8–4–2
15 W 16 november 1973 4–3 OT @ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1973–74 ) 9–4–2
16 L 18 november 1973 2–8 @ Vancouver Blazers ( 1973–74 ) 9–5–2
17 L 20 november 1973 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers ( 1973–74 ) 9–6–2
18 L 21 november 1973 2–6 @ Winnipeg Jets ( 1973–74 ) 9–7–2
19 L 23 november 1973 2–3 Quebec Nordiques ( 1973–74 ) 9–8–2
20 W 24 november 1973 2–1 Toronto Toros ( 1973–74 ) 10–8–2
21 T 29 november 1973 4–4 @ Quebec Nordiques ( 1973–74 ) 10–8–3
22 W 1 december 1973 4–2 Edmonton Oilers ( 1973–74 ) 11–8–3
23 W 2 december 1973 3–0 Edmonton Oilers ( 1973–74 ) 12–8–3
24 L 6 december 1973 2–3 @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights ( 1973–74 ) 12–9–3
25 W 8 december 1973 2–1 OT New England Whalers ( 1973–74 ) 13–9–3
26 L 9 december 1973 2–3 @ New England Whalers ( 1973–74 ) 13–10–3
27 L 12 december 1973 2–4 New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights ( 1973–74 ) 13–11–3
28 L 13 december 1973 1–3 @ Toronto Toros ( 1973–74 ) 13–12–3
29 W 15 december 1973 4–3 Toronto Toros ( 1973–74 ) 14–12–3
30 T 16 december 1973 2–2 @ Houston Eros ( 1973–74 ) 14–12–4
31 W 22 december 1973 2–1 Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1973–74 ) 15–12–4
32 W 23 december 1973 4–2 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1973–74 ) 16–12–4
33 L 26 december 1973 3–5 Vancouver Blazers ( 1973–74 ) 16–13–4
34 L 27 december 1973 2–4 @ Quebec Nordiques ( 1973–74 ) 16–14–4
35 W 29 december 1973 3–0 New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights ( 1973–74 ) 17–14–4
36 L 30 december 1973 2–6 @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights ( 1973–74 ) 17–15–4
37 L 1 januari 1974 0–3 @ Toronto Toros ( 1973–74 ) 17–16–4
38 W 5 januari 1974 1–0 New England Whalers ( 1973–74 ) 18–16–4
39 W 6 januari 1974 11–3 Vancouver Blazers ( 1973–74 ) 19–16–4
40 T 8 januari 1974 0–0 @ Chicago Cougars ( 1973–74 ) 19–16–5
41 W 12 januari 1974 5–4 Los Angeles Sharks ( 1973–74 ) 20–16–5
42 W 13 januari 1974 4–2 Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1973–74 ) 21–16–5
43 L 18 januari 1974 3–7 @ Winnipeg Jets ( 1973–74 ) 21–17–5
44 L 20 januari 1974 2–5 @ Edmonton Oilers ( 1973–74 ) 21–18–5
45 L 23 januari 1974 3–6 @ Vancouver Blazers ( 1973–74 ) 21–19–5
46 W 24 januari 1974 5–3 @ Toronto Toros ( 1973–74 ) 22–19–5
47 L 26 januari 1974 0–4 @ New England Whalers ( 1973–74 ) 22–20–5
48 L 27 januari 1974 3–4 @ Quebec Nordiques ( 1973–74 ) 22–21–5
49 W 30 januari 1974 5–1 Houston Eros ( 1973–74 ) 23–21–5
50 L 2 februari 1974 2–4 Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1973–74 ) 23–22–5
51 W 3 februari 1974 3–1 New England Whalers ( 1973–74 ) 24–22–5
52 L 5 februari 1974 1–4 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1973–74 ) 24–23–5
53 L 8 februari 1974 2–4 New England Whalers ( 1973–74 ) 24–24–5
54 W 9 februari 1974 4–3 Toronto Toros ( 1973–74 ) 25–24–5
55 L 15 februari 1974 2–6 @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights ( 1973–74 ) 25–25–5
56 W 16 februari 1974 5–2 Quebec Nordiques ( 1973–74 ) 26–25–5
57 W 17 februari 1974 6–5 Chicago Cougars ( 1973–74 ) 27–25–5
58 L 19 februari 1974 5–6 OT @ Quebec Nordiques ( 1973–74 ) 27–26–5
59 W 23 februari 1974 7–3 Vancouver Blazers ( 1973–74 ) 28–26–5
60 L 24 februari 1974 1–2 Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1973–74 ) 28–27–5
61 T 28 februari 1974 6–6 @ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1973–74 ) 28–27–6
62 L 1 mars 1974 4–7 @ Chicago Cougars ( 1973–74 ) 28–28–6
63 T 3 mars 1974 3–3 @ Edmonton Oilers ( 1973–74 ) 28–28–7
64 W 5 mars 1974 6–3 @ Los Angeles Sharks ( 1973–74 ) 29–28–7
65 W 7 mars 1974 4–2 @ Vancouver Blazers ( 1973–74 ) 30–28–7
66 W 8 mars 1974 4–1 @ Winnipeg Jets ( 1973–74 ) 31–28–7
67 L 10 mars 1974 3–8 @ Toronto Toros ( 1973–74 ) 31–29–7
68 W 13 mars 1974 4–3 Winnipeg Jets ( 1973–74 ) 32–29–7
69 T 16 mars 1974 4–4 New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights ( 1973–74 ) 32–29–8
70 L 17 mars 1974 3–4 @ Houston Eros ( 1973–74 ) 32–30–8
71 W 19 mars 1974 7–4 @ Chicago Cougars ( 1973–74 ) 33–30–8
72 L 20 mars 1974 4–5 Houston Eros ( 1973–74 ) 33–31–8
73 W 23 mars 1974 3–1 Edmonton Oilers ( 1973–74 ) 34–31–8
74 T 24 mars 1974 3–3 Chicago Cougars ( 1973–74 ) 34–31–9
75 W 27 mars 1974 5–4 OT Quebec Nordiques ( 1973–74 ) 35–31–9
76 L 28 mars 1974 2–3 @ New England Whalers ( 1973–74 ) 35–32–9
77 W 30 mars 1974 5–4 OT Los Angeles Sharks ( 1973–74 ) 36–32–9
78 W 31 mars 1974 4–2 @ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights ( 1973–74 ) 37–32–9

Slutspel

Toronto Toros 4, Cleveland Crusaders 1 - Division semifinal

# Datum Besökare Göra Hem Spela in
1 7 april Cleveland Crusaders 0–4 Toronto Toros 0–1
2 9 april Cleveland Crusaders 3–4 Toronto Toros 0–2
3 12 april Toronto Toros 4–2 Cleveland Crusaders 0–3
4 13 april Toronto Toros 2–3 OT Cleveland Crusaders 1–3
5 15 april Cleveland Crusaders 1–4 Toronto Toros 1–4

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Gary Jarrett LW 75 31 39 70 68 0 11 0 4
Jim Wiste C 76 23 35 58 26 0 4 0 7
Gerry Pinder LW 73 23 33 56 90 0 3 1 3
Skippa Krake C 69 20 36 56 94 0 5 0 3
Grant Erickson LW 78 23 27 50 26 0 3 2 5
Ron Buchanan C 49 18 27 45 2 0 6 0 3
Paul Shmyr D 78 13 31 44 165 0 3 0 0
Tom Edur D 76 7 31 38 26 0 1 0 0
Ray Clearwater D 68 12 23 35 47 0 3 0 1
Paul Andrea RW 69 15 18 33 14 0 6 3 2
Russ Walker RW 76 15 14 29 117 0 1 0 2
Ron Ward C 23 19 7 26 7 0 4 0 4
Larry Hillman D 44 5 21 26 37 0 1 0 0
Doug Brindley LW/C 30 13 9 22 13 0 1 0 1
Bill Heindl LW 67 4 14 18 4 0 1 0 1
Robbie Neale C 43 8 9 17 30 0 1 0 1
Bill Young LW 53 8 9 17 70 0 0 0 0
Wayne Muloin D 76 3 7 10 39 0 1 0 0
Norm Cournoyer C 13 3 5 8 6 0 1 0 0
Wayne Hillman D 66 1 7 8 51 0 0 0 0
Rich Pumple LW 17 2 2 4 16 0 0 0 0
Ted Hodgson RW 10 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
Ralph Hopiavuori D 13 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
Ron Morgan LW 4 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0
Bob Whidden G 22 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Ray Adduono C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Buetow D 25 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Gerry Cheevers G 59 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0
Jim McMasters D 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Glen Shirton D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA
Gerry Cheevers 3562 59 30 20 6 180 3.03 4
Bob Whidden 1232 22 7 12 3 80 3,90 1
Team: 4794 78 37 32 9 260 3,25 5
Slutspelspoäng
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Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Paul Shmyr D 5 0 4 4 31 0 0 0
Ron Ward C 5 3 0 3 2 0 0 0
Tom Edur D 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Gary Jarrett LW 5 1 1 2 13 0 0 0
Grant Erickson LW 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Paul Andrea RW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Morgan LW 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Wayne Muloin D 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Russ Walker RW 5 1 0 1 11 0 0 0
Doug Brindley LW/C 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bill Heindl LW 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Ralph Hopiavuori D 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Skippa Krake C 5 0 1 1 39 0 0 0
Jim Wiste C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ron Buchanan C 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Gerry Cheevers G 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Ray Clearwater D 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wayne Hillman D 5 0 0 0 16 0 0 0
Robbie Neale C 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Gerry Pinder LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L GA GAA
Gerry Cheevers 303 5 1 4 18 3,56 0
Team: 303 5 1 4 18 3,56 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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Utkastval

Clevelands draftval vid WHA Amateur Draft 1973 .

Runda # Spelare Nationalitet College/junior/klubblag (ligan)
1 10 Lanny McDonald (F)  Kanada Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
2 24 George Pesut (D)  Kanada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3 36 Robbie Neale (F)  Kanada Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
4 49 Russ Walker (RW)  Kanada Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5 62 Rich Latulippe (F)  Kanada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6 75 Bob Smulders (F)  Kanada Peterborough Petes (OHA)
7 88 Ron Serafini (D)  Förenta staterna St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
8 100 Michel Latrielle (D)  Kanada Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
9 111 Bruce Greig (LW)  Kanada Vancouver Nats (WCHL)
10 120 Henry Durkin (G)  Kanada Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)

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