1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders Statistics

World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 37-32-9 - 83 points
Finishing 3rd in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost AVCO Cup quarter-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Toronto Toros 4-1
Coach: Bill Needham (37-32-9)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders Roster
1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders Results

The Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association ended the 1973-74 season with a record of 37 wins and 32 losses and 9 ties for 83 points, finishing third in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

The Crusaders netted 266 goals and surrendered 264. Gary Jarrett scored 31 goals for Cleveland and contributed 39 assists. Gerry Cheevers earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 3.03 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Bill Needham coached the team. The 1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders lost in the AVCO Cup quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gary Jarrett	L	75	31	39	70	68	11	0	4
Jim Wiste	C	76	23	35	58	26	4	0	7
Gerry Pinder	R	73	23	33	56	90	3	1	3
Skip Krake	C	69	20	36	56	94	5	0	3
Grant Erickson	L	78	23	27	50	26	3	2	5
Ron Buchanan	C	49	18	27	45	2	6	0	3
Paul Shmyr	D	78	13	31	44	165	3	0	0
Tom Edur	D	76	7	31	38	26	1	0	0
Ray Clearwater	D	68	12	23	35	47	3	0	1
Paul Andrea	R	69	15	18	33	14	6	3	2
Russ Walker	R	76	15	14	29	117	1	0	2
Ron Ward	C	23	19	7	26	7	4	0	4
Larry Hillman	D	44	5	21	26	37	1	0	0
Doug Brindley	C	30	13	9	22	13	1	0	1
Bill Heindl	L	67	4	14	18	4	1	0	1
Bill Young	L	53	8	9	17	70	0	0	0
Robbie Neale	C	43	8	9	17	30	1	0	1
Wayne Muloin	D	76	3	7	10	39	1	0	0
Norm Cournoyer	C	13	3	5	8	6	1	0	0
Wayne Hillman	D	66	1	7	8	51	0	0	0
Rich Pumple	L	17	2	2	4	16	0	0	0
Ted Hodgson	R	10	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Ralph Hopiavouri	D	13	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Bob Whidden	G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Ron Morgan	L	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
Ray Adduono	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Shirton	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Buetow	D	25	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	59	0	0	0	30	0	0	0
Jim McMasters	D	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Totals		1367	266	410	676	1007	56	6	37

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gerry Cheevers	59	3562	30	20	6	4	4	180	3.03	1911	1731	.906
Bob Whidden	22	1232	7	12	3	0	1	80	3.90	680	600	.882
Totals	81	4794	37	32	9	4	5	260	3.25	2851	2591	.909

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
Gary Jarrett	L	5	1	1	2	13	0
Jim Wiste	C	5	0	1	1	0	0
Gerry Pinder	R	1	0	0	0	0	0
Skip Krake	C	5	0	1	1	39	0
Grant Erickson	L	5	0	2	2	0	0
Ron Buchanan	C	5	0	0	0	2	0
Paul Shmyr	D	5	0	4	4	31	0
Tom Edur	D	5	1	2	3	0	0
Ray Clearwater	D	5	0	0	0	2	0
Paul Andrea	R	5	1	0	1	0	0
Russ Walker	R	5	1	0	1	11	0
Ron Ward	C	5	3	0	3	2	0
Doug Brindley	C	5	0	1	1	2	0
Bill Heindl	L	5	0	1	1	2	0
Robbie Neale	C	5	0	0	0	4	0
Wayne Muloin	D	5	1	0	1	0	1
Wayne Hillman	D	5	0	0	0	16	0
Ralph Hopiavouri	D	4	0	1	1	0	0
Ron Morgan	L	2	1	0	1	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	5	0	0	0	6	0
Totals		92	9	14	23	130	1

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gerry Cheevers	5	303	1	4	0	0	0	18	3.56	196	178	.908
Totals	5	303	1	4	0	0	0	18	3.56	214	196	.916