1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders Statistics
World Hockey Association (WHA)
Team Record: 35-40-5 - 75 points
in the WHA's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Johnny Wilson (35-40-5)
1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders RosterTeam Record: 35-40-5 - 75 points
in the WHA's Eastern Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Johnny Wilson (35-40-5)
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 in the WHA's Eastern Division.
The team scored 273 goals and gave up 279. Rich LeDuc netted 36 goals for the team, while Ron Ward and Jim Harrison 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Ward | C | 75 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 172 | 18.6 |
| Jim Harrison | C | 59 | 34 | 38 | 72 | 62 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 216 | 15.7 |
| Rich LeDuc | C | 79 | 36 | 22 | 58 | 76 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 286 | 12.6 |
| Gerry Pinder | R | 79 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 118 | -8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 201 | 10.4 |
| Danny Gruen | L | 80 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 72 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 173 | 15.0 |
| Paul Shmyr | D | 70 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 101 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 165 | 3.6 |
| Al McDonough | R | 80 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 229 | 10.0 |
| Russ Walker | R | 72 | 23 | 15 | 38 | 122 | -7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 14.3 |
| Tom Edur | D | 80 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 4.6 |
| Gary Jarrett | L | 69 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 22 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 12.5 |
| John Stewart | L | 79 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 43 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 7.2 |
| Juhani Tamminen | R | 65 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 6.9 |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 73 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 177 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 4.5 |
| Terry Ball | D | 23 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 18 | -21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Ray McKay | D | 68 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 44 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Lyle Moffat | L | 33 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 7.0 |
| John Stewart | C | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2.9 |
| Paul Baxter | D | 67 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 201 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Randy Legge | D | 44 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.4 |
| Gary MacGregor | C | 35 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | -16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Wayne Connelly | R | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 12.8 |
| Barry Legge | D | 35 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Bill Evo | R | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Wayne Muloin | D | 27 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Terry Holbrook | R | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Cam Newton | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Conroy | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Whidden | G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Johnson | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Bowles | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacques Caron | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Cheevers | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1492 | 273 | 421 | 694 | 1338 | -62 | 72 | 11 | 35 | 2734 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Johnson | 18 | 1043 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 3.22 | 601 | 545 | .907 |
| Bob Whidden | 21 | 1230 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 3.41 | 650 | 580 | .892 |
| Cam Newton | 15 | 896 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 3.21 | 468 | 420 | .897 |
| Gerry Cheevers | 28 | 1570 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 3.63 | 834 | 739 | .886 |
| 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 | 2630 | 2353 | .895 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Ward | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rich LeDuc | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Pinder | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Gruen | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al McDonough | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russ Walker | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Edur | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Jarrett | L | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Stewart | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juhani Tamminen | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Maxwell | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray McKay | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Baxter | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Legge | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary MacGregor | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Connelly | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Legge | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Holbrook | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Newton | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Johnson | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 60 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 73 | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | 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 |
