1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 35-40-5 - 75 points
Finishing 2nd in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 0-3
Lost AVCO Cup preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to New England Whalers 3-0
Coach: Johnny Wilson (35-40-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders RosterTeam Record: 35-40-5 - 75 points
Finishing 2nd in the WHA's WHA East Division
Postseason: 0-3
Lost AVCO Cup preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to New England Whalers 3-0
Coach: Johnny Wilson (35-40-5)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders Results
The Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association ended the 1975-76 season with a record of 35 wins and 40 losses and 5 ties for 75 points, finishing second in the WHA's WHA East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.
The Crusaders scored 273 goals and gave up 279. Rich LeDuc netted 36 goals for Cleveland, while Jim Harrison and Ron Ward tallied 30 or more also. Ron Ward recorded 50 assists. Gerry Cheevers topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.63 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Johnny Wilson coached the team. The 1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders lost in the AVCO Cup preliminary round.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Ward | C | 75 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 18.6 |
| Jim Harrison | C | 59 | 34 | 38 | 72 | 62 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 216 | 15.7 |
| Rich LeDuc | C | 79 | 36 | 22 | 58 | 76 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 286 | 12.6 |
| Gerry Pinder | R | 79 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 118 | -8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 201 | 10.4 |
| Danny Gruen | L | 80 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 72 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 173 | 15.0 |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 70 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 101 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 3.6 |
| Al McDonough | R | 80 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 10.0 |
| Russ Walker | R | 72 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 122 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 14.3 |
| Tom Edur | D | 80 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 4.6 |
| Gary Jarrett | L | 69 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 22 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 12.5 |
| John Stewart | L | 79 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 43 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 166 | 7.2 |
| Juhani Tamminen | R | 65 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 6.9 |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 73 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 177 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 4.5 |
| Terry Ball | D | 23 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 18 | -21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Ray McKay | D | 68 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 44 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Lyle Moffat | L | 33 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 7.0 |
| John Stewart | C | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2.9 |
| Paul Baxter | D | 67 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 201 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Randy Legge | D | 44 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.4 |
| Gary MacGregor | C | 35 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Wayne Connelly | R | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 12.8 |
| Barry Legge | D | 35 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Bill Evo | R | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Wayne Muloin | D | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Terry Holbrook | R | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Cam Newton | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Conroy | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Bowles | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Johnson | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Caron | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Whidden | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1492 | 273 | 421 | 694 | 1338 | -62 | 72 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2734 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Cheevers | 28 | 1570 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 3.63 | 834 | 739 | .886 |
| Bob Johnson | 18 | 1043 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 3.22 | 601 | 545 | .907 |
| Cam Newton | 15 | 896 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3.21 | 468 | 420 | .897 |
| Bob Whidden | 21 | 1230 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 3.41 | 650 | 580 | .892 |
| Jacques Caron | 2 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.69 | 77 | 69 | .896 |
| Totals | 84 | 4869 | 35 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 277 | 3.41 | 2907 | 2630 | .905 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Ward | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Harrison | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich LeDuc | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Pinder | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Gruen | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al McDonough | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russ Walker | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Edur | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Jarrett | L | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stewart | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juhani Tamminen | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray McKay | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Baxter | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Legge | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary MacGregor | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Connelly | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Legge | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Holbrook | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Newton | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Johnson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 57 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 73 | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Johnson | 2 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
| Cam Newton | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 180 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.67 | 0 |
