1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders season

1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders
Division	2nd Eastern
1974–75 record	35–40–3
Goals for	236
Goals against	258
Team information
Coach	John Hanna (14–19–1), Jack Vivian (21–21–2)
Arena	Coliseum at Richfield
Team leaders
<1973–74 1975–76>

The 1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders season was the Cleveland Crusaders third season of operation in the World Hockey Association. It was the Crusaders' first season in the new Coliseum at Richfield. The Crusaders made the playoffs, losing in the quarter-finals to the Houston Aeros.

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
New England Whalers	78	43	30	5	91	274	279	867
Cleveland Crusaders	78	35	40	3	73	236	258	1273
Chicago Cougars	78	30	47	1	61	261	312	1086
Indianapolis Racers	78	18	57	3	39	216	338	970

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 19, 1974	3–1	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	1–0–0
2	T	October 20, 1974	4–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	1–0–1
3	L	October 22, 1974	2–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	1–1–1
4	L	October 23, 1974	1–4	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	1–2–1
5	W	October 31, 1974	4–2	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	2–2–1
6	L	November 2, 1974	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	2–3–1
7	W	November 8, 1974	2–1	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	3–3–1
8	L	November 10, 1974	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	3–4–1
9	W	November 14, 1974	2–1 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	4–4–1
10	W	November 15, 1974	5–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	5–4–1
11	L	November 19, 1974	5–6	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	5–5–1
12	L	November 22, 1974	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	5–6–1
13	W	November 24, 1974	3–1	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	6–6–1
14	W	November 27, 1974	5–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	7–6–1
15	W	November 29, 1974	4–2	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	8–6–1
16	W	November 30, 1974	5–4	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	9–6–1
17	L	December 4, 1974	2–3	New England Whalers (1974–75)	9–7–1
18	W	December 7, 1974	3–1	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	10–7–1
19	L	December 10, 1974	3–4	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	10–8–1
20	L	December 12, 1974	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	10–9–1
21	L	December 13, 1974	6–7 OT	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	10–10–1
22	L	December 15, 1974	1–2	@ Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	10–11–1
23	L	December 17, 1974	3–8	@ San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	10–12–1
24	L	December 19, 1974	0–1	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	10–13–1
25	W	December 20, 1974	3–0	New England Whalers (1974–75)	11–13–1
26	L	December 22, 1974	0–3	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	11–14–1
27	W	December 23, 1974	4–1	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	12–14–1
28	W	December 27, 1974	4–3	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	13–14–1
29	L	December 28, 1974	2–3 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	13–15–1
30	L	December 29, 1974	0–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	13–16–1
31	L	December 31, 1974	3–4	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	13–17–1
32	L	January 1, 1975	2–6	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	13–18–1
33	W	January 2, 1975	4–1	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	14–18–1
34	L	January 4, 1975	0–2	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	14–19–1
35	L	January 5, 1975	3–4	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	14–20–1
36	T	January 7, 1975	4–4	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	14–20–2
37	W	January 10, 1975	6–4	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	15–20–2
38	W	January 12, 1975	4–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	16–20–2
39	L	January 15, 1975	2–4	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	16–21–2
40	L	January 16, 1975	2–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	16–22–2
41	W	January 18, 1975	2–1	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	17–22–2
42	L	January 19, 1975	4–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	17–23–2
43	W	January 23, 1975	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	18–23–2
44	W	January 25, 1975	2–1	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	19–23–2
45	L	January 27, 1975	0–2	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	19–24–2
46	L	January 28, 1975	3–4	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	19–25–2
47	W	January 29, 1975	6–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	20–25–2
48	W	January 31, 1975	2–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	21–25–2
49	L	February 2, 1975	3–4	Quebec Nordiques (1974–75)	21–26–2
50	W	February 5, 1975	3–2	Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	22–26–2
51	W	February 6, 1975	4–0	@ Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	23–26–2
52	L	February 7, 1975	1–4	@ Toronto Toros (1974–75)	23–27–2
53	L	February 9, 1975	1–4	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	23–28–2
54	W	February 12, 1975	5–3	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	24–28–2
55	W	February 14, 1975	3–2	San Diego Mariners (1974–75)	25–28–2
56	L	February 15, 1975	1–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	25–29–2
57	L	February 17, 1975	1–2	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	25–30–2
58	L	February 19, 1975	3–5	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1974–75)	25–31–2
59	W	February 22, 1975	4–3	Toronto Toros (1974–75)	26–31–2
60	L	February 23, 1975	0–6	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	26–32–2
61	L	February 26, 1975	5–9	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	26–33–2
62	T	March 1, 1975	4–4	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	26–33–3
63	W	March 4, 1975	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	27–33–3
64	L	March 5, 1975	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1974–75)	27–34–3
65	W	March 8, 1975	6–5	@ Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	28–34–3
66	L	March 12, 1975	0–2	Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (1974–75)	28–35–3
67	W	March 14, 1975	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	29–35–3
68	L	March 16, 1975	1–2	Houston Aeros (1974–75)	29–36–3
69	L	March 17, 1975	2–3	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	29–37–3
70	W	March 19, 1975	5–4	Phoenix Roadrunners (1974–75)	30–37–3
71	W	March 22, 1975	5–1	Edmonton Oilers (1974–75)	31–37–3
72	W	March 26, 1975	4–2	Vancouver Blazers (1974–75)	32–37–3
73	L	March 27, 1975	3–5	@ New England Whalers (1974–75)	32–38–3
74	W	March 29, 1975	7–5	Indianapolis Racers (1974–75)	33–38–3
75	W	March 30, 1975	7–6	Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	34–38–3
76	L	April 1, 1975	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Cougars (1974–75)	34–39–3
77	L	April 2, 1975	6–7	@ Houston Aeros (1974–75)	34–40–3
78	W	April 5, 1975	5–2	New England Whalers (1974–75)	35–40–3

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Playoffs

Houston Aeros 4, Cleveland Crusaders 1 - Quarterfinals

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 10	Cleveland Crusaders	5–8	Houston Aeros	0–1
2	April 12	Cleveland Crusaders	3–5	Houston Aeros	0–2
3	April 13	Houston Aeros	1–3	Cleveland Crusaders	1–2
4	April 15	Houston Aeros	7–2	Cleveland Crusaders	1–3
5	April 17	Cleveland Crusaders	1–3	Houston Aeros	1–4

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Leduc, RichRich Leduc C 78 35 31 66 122 12 5 0 0 McDonough, AlAl McDonough RW 78 34 30 64 27 -11 12 0 0 Ward, RonRon Ward C 73 30 32 62 18 7 5 0 0 Harrison, JimJim Harrison C 60 20 22 42 106 -8 6 0 0 Jarrett, GaryGary Jarrett LW 77 17 24 41 70 8 1 0 0 Pinder, GerryGerry Pinder LW 74 13 28 41 71 -6 4 0 0 Krake, SkipSkip Krake C 71 15 23 38 108 9 1 0 0 Erickson, GrantGrant Erickson LW 78 12 15 27 24 2 0 2 0 Walker, RussRuss Walker RW 66 14 11 25 80 16 0 0 0 Holbrook, TerryTerry Holbrook RW 78 10 13 23 7 -10 0 0 0 Edur, TomTom Edur D 61 3 20 23 28 -4 0 0 0 Cardwell, SteveSteve Cardwell LW 75 9 13 22 127 -3 0 1 0 Clearwater, RayRay Clearwater D 66 4 18 22 51 4 0 0 0 Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr D 49 7 14 21 103 11 3 0 0 Muloin, WayneWayne Muloin D 78 4 17 21 65 -6 0 1 0 Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman D 77 0 16 16 83 -6 0 0 0 Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart C 59 4 7 11 8 5 0 0 0 Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman D 60 2 9 11 37 3 0 0 0 F. Anderson, RonRon F. Anderson D 39 0 9 9 10 7 0 0 0 Neale, RobbieRobbie Neale C 9 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 Buchanan, RonRon Buchanan C 4 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers G 52 0 1 1 59 0 0 0 0 Baxter, PaulPaul Baxter D 5 0 0 0 37 1 0 0 0 Whidden, BobBob Whidden G 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers 3076 52 26 24 2 167 3.26 4 Whidden, BobBob Whidden 1654 29 9 16 1 89 3.23 0 Team: 4730 78 35 40 3 256 3.25 4

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Pinder, GerryGerry Pinder LW 5 3 1 4 6 0 0 0 Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman D 5 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 McDonough, AlAl McDonough RW 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 Shmyr, PaulPaul Shmyr D 5 2 1 3 15 0 0 0 Harrison, JimJim Harrison C 5 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 Edur, TomTom Edur D 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Clearwater, RayRay Clearwater D 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Krake, SkipSkip Krake C 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Hillman, WayneWayne Hillman D 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Leduc, RichRich Leduc C 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Ward, RonRon Ward C 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Walker, RussRuss Walker RW 5 1 0 1 17 0 0 0 Cardwell, SteveSteve Cardwell LW 5 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 Holbrook, TerryTerry Holbrook RW 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jarrett, GaryGary Jarrett LW 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Muloin, WayneWayne Muloin D 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erickson, GrantGrant Erickson LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stewart, JohnJohn Stewart C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Cheevers, GerryGerry Cheevers 300 5 1 4 23 4.60 0 Team: 300 5 1 4 23 4.60 0

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

• 1974–75 WHA season

References

1. "1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
2. "1974-75 Cleveland Crusaders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

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