1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders säsong

1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders
Division	2nd Eastern
Rekord 1974–75	35–40–3
Mål för	236
Mål mot	258
Laginformation
Tränare	John Hanna (14–19–1), Jack Vivian (21–21–2)
Kapten	Paul Shmyr
Arena	Colosseum i Richfield

Cleveland Crusaders-säsongen 1974–75 var Cleveland Crusaders tredje säsong av funktion i World Hockey Association . Det var Crusaders första säsong i nya Colosseum på Richfield . Crusaders tog sig till slutspelet och förlorade i kvartsfinalen mot Houston Eros .

Vanlig säsong

Slutställning

Östra divisionen	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
New England Whalers	78	43	30	5	91	274	279	867
Cleveland Crusaders	78	35	40	3	73	236	258	1273
Chicago Cougars	78	30	47	1	61	261	312	1086
Indianapolis Racers	78	18	57	3	39	216	338	970

Spellogg

Ordinarie säsongsschema
Nej.	R	Datum	Göra	Motståndare	Spela in
1	W	19 oktober 1974	3–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1974–75 )	1–0–0
2	T	20 oktober 1974	4–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	1–0–1
3	L	22 oktober 1974	2–5	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	1–1–1
4	L	23 oktober 1974	1–4	@ Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	1–2–1
5	W	31 oktober 1974	4–2	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	2–2–1
6	L	2 november 1974	2–4	Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	2–3–1
7	W	8 november 1974	2–1	@ Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	3–3–1
8	L	10 november 1974	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	3–4–1
9	W	14 november 1974	2–1 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	4–4–1
10	W	15 november 1974	5–3	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	5–4–1
11	L	19 november 1974	5–6	Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	5–5–1
12	L	22 november 1974	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	5–6–1
13	W	24 november 1974	3–1	Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	6–6–1
14	W	27 november 1974	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	7–6–1
15	W	29 november 1974	4–2	Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	8–6–1
16	W	30 november 1974	5–4	@ Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	9–6–1
17	L	4 december 1974	2–3	New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	9–7–1
18	W	7 december 1974	3–1	San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	10–7–1
19	L	10 december 1974	3–4	Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	10–8–1
20	L	12 december 1974	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	10–9–1
21	L	13 december 1974	6–7 OT	@ Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	10–10–1
22	L	15 december 1974	1–2	@ Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	10–11–1
23	L	17 december 1974	3–8	@ San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	10–12–1
24	L	19 december 1974	0–1	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	10–13–1
25	W	20 december 1974	3–0	New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	11–13–1
26	L	22 december 1974	0–3	Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	11–14–1
27	W	23 december 1974	4–1	@ Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	12–14–1
28	W	27 december 1974	4–3	Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	13–14–1
29	L	28 december 1974	2–3 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	13–15–1
30	L	29 december 1974	0–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1974–75 )	13–16–1
31	L	31 december 1974	3–4	Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	13–17–1
32	L	1 januari 1975	2–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1974–75 )	13–18–1
33	W	2 januari 1975	4–1	Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	14–18–1
34	L	4 januari 1975	0–2	San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	14–19–1
35	L	5 januari 1975	3–4	Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	14–20–1
36	T	7 januari 1975	4–4	Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	14–20–2
37	W	10 januari 1975	6–4	Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	15–20–2
38	W	12 januari 1975	4–2	Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	16–20–2
39	L	15 januari 1975	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1974–75 )	16–21–2
40	L	16 januari 1975	2–4	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	16–22–2
41	W	18 januari 1975	2–1	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	17–22–2
42	L	19 januari 1975	4–9	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	17–23–2
43	W	23 januari 1975	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	18–23–2
44	W	25 januari 1975	2–1	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	19–23–2
45	L	27 januari 1975	0–2	@ New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	19–24–2
46	L	28 januari 1975	3–4	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	19–25–2
47	W	29 januari 1975	6–2	Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	20–25–2
48	W	31 januari 1975	2–0	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	21–25–2
49	L	2 februari 1975	3–4	Quebec Nordiques ( 1974–75 )	21–26–2
50	W	5 februari 1975	3–2	Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	22–26–2
51	W	6 februari 1975	4–0	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	23–26–2
52	L	7 februari 1975	1–4	@ Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	23–27–2
53	L	9 februari 1975	1–4	Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	23–28–2
54	W	12 februari 1975	5–3	Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	24–28–2
55	W	14 februari 1975	3–2	San Diego Mariners ( 1974–75 )	25–28–2
56	L	15 februari 1975	1–5	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	25–29–2
57	L	17 februari 1975	1–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1974–75 )	25–30–2
58	L	19 februari 1975	3–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints ( 1974–75 )	25–31–2
59	W	22 februari 1975	4–3	Toronto Toros ( 1974–75 )	26–31–2
60	L	23 februari 1975	0–6	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	26–32–2
61	L	26 februari 1975	5–9	@ Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	26–33–2
62	T	1 mars 1975	4–4	@ New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	26–33–3
63	W	4 mars 1975	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	27–33–3
64	L	5 mars 1975	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets ( 1974–75 )	27–34–3
65	W	8 mars 1975	6–5	@ Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	28–34–3
66	L	12 mars 1975	0–2	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ( 1974–75 )	28–35–3
67	W	14 mars 1975	3–0	Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	29–35–3
68	L	16 mars 1975	1–2	Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	29–36–3
69	L	17 mars 1975	2–3	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	29–37–3
70	W	19 mars 1975	5–4	Phoenix Roadrunners ( 1974–75 )	30–37–3
71	W	22 mars 1975	5–1	Edmonton Oilers ( 1974–75 )	31–37–3
72	W	26 mars 1975	4–2	Vancouver Blazers ( 1974–75 )	32–37–3
73	L	27 mars 1975	3–5	@ New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	32–38–3
74	W	29 mars 1975	7–5	Indianapolis Racers ( 1974–75 )	33–38–3
75	W	30 mars 1975	7–6	Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	34–38–3
76	L	1 april 1975	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Cougars ( 1974–75 )	34–39–3
77	L	2 april 1975	6–7	@ Houston Eros ( 1974–75 )	34–40–3
78	W	5 april 1975	5–2	New England Whalers ( 1974–75 )	35–40–3

Slutspel

Houston Eros 4, Cleveland Crusaders 1 - Kvartsfinal

#	Datum	Besökare	Göra	Hem	Spela in
1	10 april	Cleveland Crusaders	5–8	Houston Eros	0–1
2	12 april	Cleveland Crusaders	3–5	Houston Eros	0–2
3	13 april	Houston Eros	1–3	Cleveland Crusaders	1–2
4	15 april	Houston Eros	7–2	Cleveland Crusaders	1–3
5	17 april	Cleveland Crusaders	1–3	Houston Eros	1–4

Spelarstatistik

Målsättning för
ordinarie säsong
Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Rich Leduc C 78 35 31 66 122 12 5 0 0 Al McDonough RW 78 34 30 64 27 -11 12 0 0 Ron Ward C 73 30 32 62 18 7 5 0 0 Jim Harrison C 60 20 22 42 106 -8 6 0 0 Gary Jarrett LW 77 17 24 41 70 8 1 0 0 Gerry Pinder LW 74 13 28 41 71 -6 4 0 0 Skippa Krake C 71 15 23 38 108 9 1 0 0 Grant Erickson LW 78 12 15 27 24 2 0 2 0 Russ Walker RW 66 14 11 25 80 16 0 0 0 Terry Holbrook RW 78 10 13 23 7 -10 0 0 0 Tom Edur D 61 3 20 23 28 -4 0 0 0 Steve Cardwell LW 75 9 13 22 127 -3 0 1 0 Ray Clearwater D 66 4 18 22 51 4 0 0 0 Paul Shmyr D 49 7 14 21 103 11 3 0 0 Wayne Muloin D 78 4 17 21 65 -6 0 1 0 Larry Hillman D 77 0 16 16 83 -6 0 0 0 John Stewart C 59 4 7 11 8 5 0 0 0 Wayne Hillman D 60 2 9 11 37 3 0 0 0 Ron F. Anderson D 39 0 9 9 10 7 0 0 0 Robbie Neale C 9 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 Ron Buchanan C 4 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 Gerry Cheevers G 52 0 1 1 59 0 0 0 0 Paul Baxter D 5 0 0 0 37 1 0 0 0 Bob Whidden G 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L T GA GAA SÅ Gerry Cheevers 3076 52 26 24 2 167 3,26 4 Bob Whidden 1654 29 9 16 1 89 3.23 0 Team: 4730 78 35 40 3 256 3,25 4

Slutspelspoäng
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Spelare Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Gerry Pinder LW 5 3 1 4 6 0 0 0 Larry Hillman D 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 Al McDonough RW 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 Paul Shmyr D 5 2 1 3 15 0 0 0 Jim Harrison C 5 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 Tom Edur D 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Ray Clearwater D 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Skippa Krake C 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Wayne Hillman D 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Rich Leduc C 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Ron Ward C 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Russ Walker RW 5 1 0 1 17 0 0 0 Steve Cardwell LW 5 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 Terry Holbrook RW 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Gary Jarrett LW 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Wayne Muloin D 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 Gerry Cheevers G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grant Erickson LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Stewart C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Målvakt
Spelare MIN GP W L GA GAA SÅ Gerry Cheevers 300 5 1 4 23 4,60 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 23 4,60 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;

Utkastval

Clevelands draftval vid WHA Amateur Draft 1974 .

Runda	#	Spelare	Nationalitet	College/junior/klubblag (ligan)
WHA hemligt amatörutkast
1	10	Doug Risebrough (F)	Kanada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
1	13	Bruce Affleck (D)	Kanada	University of Denver (WCHA)
2	25	John Stewart (C)	Kanada	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
WHA amatörutkast
1	11	Paul Baxter (D)	Kanada	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
2	26	Charlie Simmer (F)	Kanada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHA)
4	49	Jamie Hislop (F)	Kanada	University of New Hampshire (ECAC)
5	70	Mike Thompson (D)	Kanada	Victoria Cougars (WCHL)
6	85	Tom Lindskog (D)	Kanada	University of Michigan (WCHA)
7	100	Harvey Stewart (G)	Kanada	Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
8	115	Steve Colp (C)	Kanada	Michigan Americans (SOJHL)
9	130	Jack Brownschidle (D)	Förenta staterna	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
10	143	Serge Gamelin (RW)	Kanada	Sorel Black Hawks (QMJHL)
11	157	Glen McLeod (D)	Kanada	Sudbury Wolves (OHA)
12	170	Doug Allan (G)	Kanada	New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)
13	181	Gordon Stewart (F)	Kanada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)

Se även

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