1972-73 • Franchise

1972-73 Cleveland Crusaders

Record: 43-32-3, 89 pts
Finish: 2nd, East
Playoffs: Lost in second round to New England
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 11	Quebec	2-0	W	1-0-0	2	2-0	40.	Jan 12	@ Winnipeg	3-5	L	24-15-1	49	147-110
2.	Oct 14	Alberta	3-2	W	2-0-0	4	5-2	41.	Jan 14	@ Winnipeg	1-3	L	24-16-1	49	148-113
3.	Oct 15	@ Ottawa	7-5	W	3-0-0	6	12-7	42.	Jan 16	@ Philadelphia	4-3	W	25-16-1	51	152-116
4.	Oct 17	New York	*4-3	W	4-0-0	8	16-10	43.	Jan 17	@ Houston	5-0	W	26-16-1	53	157-116
5.	Oct 19	@ New York	3-1	W	5-0-0	10	19-11	44.	Jan 19	@ Los Angeles	4-1	W	27-16-1	55	161-117
6.	Oct 21	Ottawa	3-5	L	5-1-0	10	22-16	45.	Jan 21	@ Los Angeles	2-3	L	27-17-1	55	163-120
7.	Oct 24	New England	2-3	L	5-2-0	10	24-19	46.	Jan 23	Winnipeg	*5-4	W	28-17-1	57	168-124
8.	Oct 25	@ Philadelphia	8-2	W	6-2-0	12	32-21	47.	Jan 25	Philadelphia	4-7	L	28-18-1	57	172-131
9.	Oct 27	Alberta	6-0	W	7-2-0	14	38-21	48.	Jan 27	@ Chicago	2-1	W	29-18-1	59	174-132
10.	Oct 29	@ Quebec	2-2	T	7-2-1	15	40-23	49.	Jan 29	New England	3-2	W	30-18-1	61	177-134
11.	Nov 1	Philadelphia	5-7	L	7-3-1	15	45-30	50.	Jan 31	@ New England	1-4	L	30-19-1	61	178-138
12.	Nov 4	Quebec	5-3	W	8-3-1	17	50-33	51.	Feb 1	Ottawa	2-2	T	30-19-2	62	180-140
13.	Nov 11	@ Chicago	4-1	W	9-3-1	19	54-34	52.	Feb 2	Philadelphia	5-3	W	31-19-2	64	185-143
14.	Nov 12	@ Alberta	3-1	W	10-3-1	21	57-35	53.	Feb 4	@ Ottawa	3-2	W	32-19-2	66	188-145
15.	Nov 14	@ Minnesota	3-5	L	10-4-1	21	60-40	54.	Feb 5	Chicago	7-5	W	33-19-2	68	195-150
16.	Nov 16	Ottawa	6-3	W	11-4-1	23	66-43	55.	Feb 10	New York	8-4	W	34-19-2	70	203-154
17.	Nov 17	New England	3-0	W	12-4-1	25	69-43	56.	Feb 11	@ Philadelphia	1-6	L	34-20-2	70	204-160
18.	Nov 19	@ Houston	2-4	L	12-5-1	25	71-47	57.	Feb 12	New York	8-2	W	35-20-2	72	212-162
19.	Nov 21	@ Los Angeles	5-2	W	13-5-1	27	76-49	58.	Feb 14	@ Philadelphia	5-6	L	35-21-2	72	217-168
20.	Nov 24	Los Angeles	*3-2	W	14-5-1	29	79-51	59.	Feb 17	Minnesota	3-7	L	35-22-2	72	220-175
21.	Nov 25	Houston	1-3	L	14-6-1	29	80-54	60.	Feb 20	Alberta	5-4	W	36-22-2	74	225-179
22.	Nov 27	@ New England	0-3	L	14-7-1	29	80-57	61.	Feb 24	Chicago	2-5	L	36-23-2	74	227-184
23.	Nov 28	Houston	1-3	L	14-8-1	29	81-60	62.	Feb 25	@ New York	5-9	L	36-24-2	74	232-193
24.	Nov 30	@ Ottawa	2-3	L	14-9-1	29	83-63	63.	Feb 27	@ Ottawa	1-2	L	36-25-2	74	233-195
25.	Dec 2	Philadelphia	8-2	W	15-9-1	31	91-65	64.	Mar 3	@ New York	4-3	W	37-25-2	76	237-198
26.	Dec 3	@ New York	2-5	L	15-10-1	31	93-70	65.	Mar 7	@ New England	*0-1	L	37-26-2	76	237-199
27.	Dec 5	@ Philadelphia	*4-3	W	16-10-1	33	97-73	66.	Mar 9	@ New England	4-5	L	37-27-2	76	241-204
28.	Dec 7	@ Quebec	3-1	W	17-10-1	35	100-74	67.	Mar 11	@ Winnipeg	11-2	W	38-27-2	78	252-206
29.	Dec 9	Winnipeg	*2-3	L	17-11-1	35	102-77	68.	Mar 13	@ Alberta	2-4	L	38-28-2	78	254-210
30.	Dec 10	@ Minnesota	*3-4	L	17-12-1	35	105-81	69.	Mar 14	@ Alberta	2-4	L	38-29-2	78	256-214
31.	Dec 15	Quebec	6-3	W	18-12-1	37	111-84	70.	Mar 17	Los Angeles	0-2	L	38-30-2	78	256-216
32.	Dec 17	@ Quebec	2-3	L	18-13-1	37	113-87	71.	Mar 19	Los Angeles	5-5	T	38-30-3	79	261-221
33.	Dec 19	@ Chicago	1-6	L	18-14-1	37	114-93	72.	Mar 20	@ Quebec	1-4	L	38-31-3	79	262-225
34.	Dec 21	New York	6-2	W	19-14-1	39	120-95	73.	Mar 24	Minnesota	*1-2	L	38-32-3	79	263-227
35.	Dec 23	Minnesota	3-1	W	20-14-1	41	123-96	74.	Mar 25	@ Houston	4-2	W	39-32-3	81	267-229
36.	Dec 25	Philadelphia	8-0	W	21-14-1	43	131-96	75.	Mar 26	New England	7-5	W	40-32-3	83	274-234
37.	Dec 29	Quebec	5-3	W	22-14-1	45	136-99	76.	Mar 30	Winnipeg	4-2	W	41-32-3	85	278-236
38.	Dec 30	Houston	*4-3	W	23-14-1	47	140-102	77.	Mar 31	Ottawa	4-2	W	42-32-3	87	282-238
39.	Jan 11	@ Minnesota	4-3	W	24-14-1	49	144-105	78.	Apr 1	Chicago	5-1	W	43-32-3	89	287-239

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
RW	21	Andrea, Paul	66	21	30	51	12	7	0	9	2	8	10	2
D	8	Ball, Blake	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	0	0	2
C	9	Brindley, Doug	73	15	11	26	6	2	0	9	0	0	0	0
C	10	Buchanan, Ron	75	37	44	81	20	6	0	9	7	3	10	0
G	30	Cheevers, Gerry	52	0	1	1	30	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
D	6	Clearwater, Ray	78	11	36	47	41	1	0	9	1	2	3	8
C	24	Dillabough, Bob	72	8	8	16	8	1	6	9	1	0	1	0
LW	16	Erickson, Grant	77	15	29	44	23	2	1	9	2	1	3	2
D	2	Hanna, John	65	6	20	26	68	3	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	25	Hardy, Joe	72	17	33	50	80	1	0	7	0	2	2	0
RW	11	Hodgson, Ted	74	15	23	38	93	2	0	9	1	3	4	13
D	4	Hopiavuori, Ralph	31	4	5	9	44	0	0	8	0	1	1	6
D	26	Horton, Bill	73	2	17	19	55	0	0	9	0	1	1	10
LW	12	Jarrett, Gary	77	40	38	78	79	8	0	9	8	3	11	19
C	17	Krake, Skip	26	9	10	19	61	2	0	9	1	2	3	27
D	22	McMasters, Jim	76	1	7	8	37	0	0	9	0	1	1	6
D	5	Muloin, Wayne	70	2	13	15	62	0	0	9	1	3	4	14
LW	7	Pinder, Gerry	78	30	36	66	21	7	3	9	2	9	11	30
LW	23	Pumple, Rich	78	21	20	41	45	5	0	9	3	5	8	11
RW	19	Rycroft, Al	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	3	Shmyr, Paul	73	5	43	48	169	0	1	8	1	3	4	19
G	1	Whidden, Bob	26	0	0	0	5	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	14	Wiste, Jim	70	28	43	71	24	4	0	9	3	8	11	13

• A player named Jean Lapointe is mentioned as having served a penalty incurred by Gerry Cheevers, October 14, 1972.
(Game summary, The Hockey News, October 27, 1972)

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Cheevers, Gerry	52	3144	149	2	5	32-20-2	2.84	1695	0.912	9	548	22	5-4	2.41
Whidden, Bob	26	1609	88	0	0	11-12-3	3.28	886	0.900	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Rights to Gary Jarrett purchased from Alberta, Jun 1972
• Rights to Gerry Cheevers acquired from New England, Jun 1972
• Rights to Paul Andrea acquired from Houston, Jun 1972
• Rights to Bob Whidden acquired from Alberta, Jul 1972
• Ron Buchanan, Tom Edur, Grant Erickson signed to contracts, Jul 1972
• Rights to Joe Hardy, Bill Horton, and Doug Brindley acquired from Alberta, Jul and Aug 1972
• Joe Hardy, Ralph Hopiavuori, Rich Pumple, Al Rycroft signed to contracts, Aug 1972
• Jim Wiste signed to contract, Aug 1972, after being dropped from New York's negotiating list
• Ray Clearwater signed to contract, Sep 1972
• Blake Ball signed to contract, Apr 1973

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Alberta	4-2-0	21-15	3-0-0	14-6	1-2-0	7-9
Chicago	4-2-0	21-19	2-1-0	14-11	2-1-0	7-8
Houston	3-3-0	17-15	1-2-0	6-9	2-1-0	11-6
Los Angeles	3-2-1	19-15	1-1-1	8-9	2-1-0	11-6
Minnesota	2-4-0	17-22	1-2-0	7-10	1-2-0	10-12
New England	3-5-0	20-23	3-1-0	15-10	0-4-0	5-13
New York	6-2-0	40-29	4-0-0	26-11	2-2-0	14-18
Ottawa	4-3-1	28-24	2-1-1	15-12	2-2-0	13-12
Philadelphia	6-4-0	52-39	3-2-0	30-19	3-2-0	22-20
Quebec	5-2-1	26-19	4-0-0	18-9	1-2-1	8-10
Winnipeg	3-3-0	26-19	2-1-0	11-9	1-2-0	15-10
October	7-2-1	40-23	4-2-0	20-13	3-0-1	20-10
November	7-7-0	43-40	4-3-0	24-21	3-4-0	19-19
December	9-5-0	57-39	7-1-0	42-17	2-4-0	15-22
January	7-5-0	38-36	2-1-0	12-13	5-4-0	26-23
February	6-6-1	55-57	5-2-1	40-32	1-4-0	15-25
March	6-7-1	49-43	3-2-1	21-18	3-5-0	28-25
April	1-0-0	5-1	1-0-0	5-1	0-0-0	0-0

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