1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders

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Record: 37-32-9, 83 pts
Finish: 3rd, East
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Toronto
Coach: Bill Needham

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 6	New York	2-2	T	0-0-1	1	2-2	40.	Jan 8	@ Chicago	0-0	T	19-16-5	43	124-121
2.	Oct 13	Quebec	6-3	W	1-0-1	3	8-5	41.	Jan 12	Los Angeles	5-4	W	20-16-5	45	129-125
3.	Oct 14	Chicago	*3-2	W	2-0-1	5	11-7	42.	Jan 13	Minnesota	4-2	W	21-16-5	47	133-127
4.	Oct 20	Toronto	6-4	W	3-0-1	7	17-11	43.	Jan 18	@ Winnipeg	3-7	L	21-17-5	47	136-134
5.	Oct 21	@ Houston	2-0	W	4-0-1	9	19-11	44.	Jan 20	@ Edmonton	2-5	L	21-18-5	47	138-139
6.	Oct 23	@ Los Angeles	3-4	L	4-1-1	9	22-15	45.	Jan 23	@ Vancouver	3-6	L	21-19-5	47	141-145
7.	Oct 26	Los Angeles	3-1	W	5-1-1	11	25-16	46.	Jan 24	@ Toronto	5-3	W	22-19-5	49	146-148
8.	Oct 27	Houston	2-2	T	5-1-2	12	27-18	47.	Jan 26	@ New England	0-4	L	22-20-5	49	146-152
9.	Oct 31	Winnipeg	6-4	W	6-1-2	14	33-22	48.	Jan 27	@ Quebec	3-4	L	22-21-5	49	149-156
10.	Nov 3	Chicago	4-7	L	6-2-2	14	37-29	49.	Jan 30	Houston	5-1	W	23-21-5	51	154-157
11.	Nov 4	@ New England	5-7	L	6-3-2	14	42-36	50.	Feb 2	Minnesota	2-4	L	23-22-5	51	156-161
12.	Nov 10	Winnipeg	4-2	W	7-3-2	16	46-38	51.	Feb 3	New England	3-1	W	24-22-5	53	159-162
13.	Nov 11	@ Minnesota	4-6	L	7-4-2	16	50-44	52.	Feb 5	@ Minnesota	1-4	L	24-23-5	53	160-166
14.	Nov 13	@ Chicago	5-2	W	8-4-2	18	55-46	53.	Feb 8	New England	2-4	L	24-24-5	53	162-170
15.	Nov 16	@ Los Angeles	*4-3	W	9-4-2	20	59-49	54.	Feb 9	Toronto	4-3	W	25-24-5	55	166-173
16.	Nov 18	@ Vancouver	2-8	L	9-5-2	20	61-57	55.	Feb 15	@ Jersey	2-6	L	25-25-5	55	168-179
17.	Nov 20	@ Edmonton	3-5	L	9-6-2	20	64-62	56.	Feb 16	Quebec	5-2	W	26-25-5	57	173-181
18.	Nov 21	@ Winnipeg	2-6	L	9-7-2	20	66-68	57.	Feb 17	Chicago	6-5	W	27-25-5	59	179-186
19.	Nov 23	Quebec	2-3	L	9-8-2	20	68-71	58.	Feb 19	@ Quebec	*5-6	L	27-26-5	59	184-192
20.	Nov 24	Toronto	2-1	W	10-8-2	22	70-72	59.	Feb 23	Vancouver	7-3	W	28-26-5	61	191-195
21.	Nov 29	@ Quebec	4-4	T	10-8-3	23	74-76	60.	Feb 24	Minnesota	1-2	L	28-27-5	61	192-197
22.	Dec 1	Edmonton	4-2	W	11-8-3	25	78-78	61.	Feb 28	@ Minnesota	6-6	T	28-27-6	62	198-203
23.	Dec 2	Edmonton	3-0	W	12-8-3	27	81-78	62.	Mar 1	@ Chicago	4-7	L	28-28-6	62	202-210
24.	Dec 6	@ Jersey	2-3	L	12-9-3	27	83-81	63.	Mar 3	@ Edmonton	3-3	T	28-28-7	63	205-213
25.	Dec 8	New England	*2-1	W	13-9-3	29	85-82	64.	Mar 5	@ Los Angeles	6-3	W	29-28-7	65	211-216
26.	Dec 9	@ New England	2-3	L	13-10-3	29	87-85	65.	Mar 7	@ Vancouver	4-2	W	30-28-7	67	215-218
27.	Dec 12	Jersey	2-4	L	13-11-3	29	89-89	66.	Mar 8	@ Winnipeg	4-1	W	31-28-7	69	219-219
28.	Dec 13	@ Toronto	1-3	L	13-12-3	29	90-92	67.	Mar 10	@ Toronto	3-8	L	31-29-7	69	222-227
29.	Dec 15	Toronto	4-3	W	14-12-3	31	94-95	68.	Mar 13	Winnipeg	4-3	W	32-29-7	71	226-230
30.	Dec 16	@ Houston	2-2	T	14-12-4	32	96-97	69.	Mar 16	Jersey	4-4	T	32-29-8	72	230-234
31.	Dec 22	Minnesota	2-1	W	15-12-4	34	98-98	70.	Mar 17	@ Houston	3-4	L	32-30-8	72	233-238
32.	Dec 23	@ Minnesota	4-2	W	16-12-4	36	102-100	71.	Mar 19	@ Chicago	7-4	W	33-30-8	74	240-242
33.	Dec 26	Vancouver	3-5	L	16-13-4	36	105-105	72.	Mar 20	Houston	4-5	L	33-31-8	74	244-247
34.	Dec 27	@ Quebec	2-4	L	16-14-4	36	107-109	73.	Mar 23	Edmonton	3-1	W	34-31-8	76	247-248
35.	Dec 29	Jersey	3-0	W	17-14-4	38	110-109	74.	Mar 24	Chicago	3-3	T	34-31-9	77	250-251
36.	Dec 30	@ Jersey	2-6	L	17-15-4	38	112-115	75.	Mar 27	Quebec	*5-4	W	35-31-9	79	255-255
37.	Jan 1	@ Toronto	0-3	L	17-16-4	38	112-118	76.	Mar 28	@ New England	2-3	L	35-32-9	79	257-258
38.	Jan 5	New England	1-0	W	18-16-4	40	113-118	77.	Mar 30	Los Angeles	*5-4	W	36-32-9	81	262-262
39.	Jan 6	Vancouver	11-3	W	19-16-4	42	124-121	78.	Mar 31	@ Jersey	4-2	W	37-32-9	83	266-264

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
C	-	Adduono, Ray	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
RW	21	Andrea, Paul	69	15	18	33	14	6	3	5	1	0	1	0
C	9	Brindley, Doug	30	13	9	22	13	1	0	5	0	1	1	2
C	10	Buchanan, Ron	49	18	27	45	2	6	0	5	0	0	0	2
LW	27	Buetow, Brad	25	0	0	0	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Cheevers, Gerry	59	0	0	0	30	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
D	6	Clearwater, Ray	68	12	23	35	47	3	0	5	0	0	0	2
C	19	Cournoyer, Norm	13	3	5	8	6	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	18	Edur, Tom	76	7	31	38	26	1	0	5	1	2	3	0
LW	16	Erickson, Grant	78	23	27	50	26	3	2	5	0	2	2	0
LW	15	Heindl, Bill	67	4	14	18	4	1	0	5	0	1	1	2
D	2	Hillman, Larry	44	5	21	26	37	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	8	Hillman, Wayne	66	1	7	8	51	0	0	5	0	0	0	16
RW	24	Hodgson, Ted	10	0	2	2	6	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Hopiavuori, Ralph	13	0	2	2	6	0	0	4	0	1	1	0
LW	12	Jarrett, Gary	75	31	39	70	68	11	0	5	1	1	2	13
C	17	Krake, Skip	69	20	36	56	94	5	0	5	0	1	1	39
D	22	McMasters, Jim	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	11	Morgan, Ron	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	2	1	0	1	0
D	5	Muloin, Wayne	76	3	7	10	39	1	0	5	1	0	1	0
C	29	Neale, Robbie	43	8	9	17	30	1	0	5	0	0	0	4
LW	7	Pinder, Gerry	73	23	33	56	90	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
LW	23	Pumple, Rich	17	2	2	4	16	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	26	Shirton, Glen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Shmyr, Paul	78	13	31	44	165	3	0	5	0	4	4	31
RW	28	Walker, Russ	76	15	14	29	117	1	0	5	1	0	1	11
C	24	Ward, Ron	23	19	7	26	7	4	0	5	3	0	3	2
G	1	Whidden, Bob	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	14	Wiste, Jim	76	23	35	58	26	4	0	5	0	1	1	0
LW	20	Young, Bill	53	8	9	17	73	0	0	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Cheevers, Gerry	59	3562	180	4	4	30-20-6	3.03	1911	0.906	5	303	18	1-4	3.56
Whidden, Bob	22	1232	80	0	1	7-12-3	3.90	680	0.882	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Robbie Neale signed to contract, May 1973
• Russ Walker signed to contract, Jul 1973
• Bill Heindl signed to contract, Aug 1973
• Bill Young acquired from Minnesota for rights to Rick Smith, Sep 1973
• Wayne Hillman's rights acquired from New York, Sep 1973
• Larry Hillman, Wayne Hillman signed to contract, Sep 1973
• Ted Hodgson and Bill Young traded to Los Angeles for Ron Ward, Feb 1974

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-2-2	32-30	2-1-1	16-17	2-1-1	16-13
Edmonton	3-2-1	18-16	3-0-0	10-3	0-2-1	8-13
Houston	2-2-2	18-14	1-1-1	11-8	1-1-1	7-6
Los Angeles	5-1-0	26-19	3-0-0	13-9	2-1-0	13-10
Minnesota	3-4-1	24-27	2-2-0	9-9	1-2-1	15-19
New England	3-5-0	17-23	3-1-0	8-6	0-4-0	9-17
New York-Jersey	2-4-2	21-27	1-1-2	11-10	1-3-0	10-17
Quebec	3-4-1	32-30	3-1-0	18-12	0-3-1	14-18
Toronto	5-3-0	25-28	4-0-0	16-11	1-3-0	9-17
Vancouver	3-3-0	30-27	2-1-0	21-11	1-2-0	9-16
Winnipeg	4-2-0	23-23	3-0-0	14-9	1-2-0	9-14
October	6-1-2	33-22	5-0-2	28-18	1-1-0	5-4
November	4-7-1	41-54	2-2-0	12-13	2-5-1	29-41
December	7-7-1	38-39	6-2-0	23-16	1-5-1	15-23
January	6-6-1	42-42	5-0-0	26-10	1-6-1	16-32
February	5-6-1	44-46	5-3-0	30-24	0-3-1	14-22
March	9-5-3	68-61	4-1-2	28-24	5-4-1	40-37

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