1974-75 • Franchise

1974-75 Cleveland Crusaders

Record: 35-40-3, 73 pts
Finish: 2nd, East
Playoffs: Lost in First Round to Houston
Coach: John Hanna (14-18-1), Jack Vivian (21-22-1)

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 19	@ Minnesota	3-1	W	1-0-0	2	3-1	40	Jan 16	@ Indianapolis	2-4	L	16-22-2	34	113-131
2	Oct 20	@ Phoenix	4-4	T	1-0-1	3	7-5	41	Jan 18	Michigan	2-1	W	17-22-2	36	115-132
3	Oct 22	@ San Diego	2-5	L	1-1-1	3	9-10	42	Jan 19	@ Winnipeg	4-9	L	17-23-2	36	119-141
4	Oct 23	@ Vancouver	1-4	L	1-2-1	3	10-14	43	Jan 23	@ Quebec	5-3	W	18-23-2	38	124-144
5	Oct 31	@ Michigan	4-2	W	2-2-1	5	14-16	44	Jan 25	Baltimore	2-1	W	19-23-2	40	126-145
6	Nov 2	Edmonton	2-4	L	2-3-1	5	16-20	45	Jan 27	@ New England	0-2	L	19-24-2	40	126-147
7	Nov 8	@ Vancouver	2-1	W	3-3-1	7	18-21	46	Jan 28	@ Chicago	3-4	L	19-25-2	40	129-151
8	Nov 10	@ Edmonton	1-4	L	3-4-1	7	19-25	47	Jan 29	Phoenix	6-2	W	20-25-2	42	135-153
9	Nov 14	@ Phoenix	2-1	W	4-4-1	9	21-26	48	Jan 31	@ Edmonton	2-0	W	21-25-2	44	137-153
10	Nov 15	@ San Diego	5-3	W	5-4-1	11	26-29	49	Feb 2	Quebec	3-4	L	21-26-2	44	140-157
11	Nov 19	Toronto	5-6	L	5-5-1	11	31-35	50	Feb 5	Winnipeg	3-2	W	22-26-2	46	143-159
12	Nov 22	@ Quebec	2-3	L	5-6-1	11	33-38	51	Feb 6	@ Baltimore	4-0	W	23-26-2	48	147-159
13	Nov 24	Quebec	3-1	W	6-6-1	13	36-39	52	Feb 7	@ Toronto	1-4	L	23-27-2	48	148-163
14	Nov 27	Winnipeg	*5-4	W	7-6-1	15	41-43	53	Feb 9	Houston	1-4	L	23-28-2	48	149-167
15	Nov 29	Indianapolis	4-2	W	8-6-1	17	45-45	54	Feb 12	Chicago	5-3	W	24-28-2	50	154-170
16	Nov 30	@ Houston	5-4	W	9-6-1	19	50-49	55	Feb 14	San Diego	3-2	W	25-28-2	52	157-172
17	Dec 4	New England	2-3	L	9-7-1	19	52-52	56	Feb 15	@ Winnipeg	1-5	L	25-29-2	52	158-177
18	Dec 7	San Diego	3-1	W	10-7-1	21	55-53	57	Feb 17	Minnesota	1-2	L	25-30-2	52	159-179
19	Dec 10	Vancouver	3-4	L	10-8-1	21	58-57	58	Feb 19	Minnesota	3-5	L	25-31-2	52	162-184
20	Dec 12	@ Quebec	2-5	L	10-9-1	21	60-62	59	Feb 22	Toronto	4-3	W	26-31-2	54	166-187
21	Dec 13	@ Toronto	*6-7	L	10-10-1	21	66-69	60	Feb 23	@ Indianapolis	0-6	L	26-32-2	54	166-193
22	Dec 15	@ Vancouver	1-2	L	10-11-1	21	67-71	61	Feb 26	@ Houston	5-9	L	26-33-2	54	171-202
23	Dec 17	@ San Diego	3-8	L	10-12-1	21	70-79	62	Mar 1	@ New England	4-4	T	26-33-3	55	175-206
24	Dec 19	@ Michigan	0-1	L	10-13-1	21	70-80	63	Mar 4	@ Edmonton	3-1	W	27-33-3	57	178-207
25	Dec 20	New England	3-0	W	11-13-1	23	73-80	64	Mar 5	@ Winnipeg	2-4	L	27-34-3	57	180-211
26	Dec 22	Houston	0-3	L	11-14-1	23	73-83	65	Mar 8	@ Indianapolis	6-5	W	28-34-3	59	186-216
27	Dec 23	@ Toronto	4-1	W	12-14-1	25	77-84	66	Mar 12	Baltimore	0-2	L	28-35-3	59	186-218
28	Dec 27	Quebec	4-3	W	13-14-1	27	81-87	67	Mar 14	Edmonton	3-0	W	29-35-3	61	189-218
29	Dec 28	@ Phoenix	*2-3	L	13-15-1	27	83-90	68	Mar 16	Houston	1-2	L	29-36-3	61	190-220
30	Dec 29	@ Minnesota	0-6	L	13-16-1	27	83-96	69	Mar 17	@ Chicago	2-3	L	29-37-3	61	192-223
31	Dec 31	Chicago	3-4	L	13-17-1	27	86-100	70	Mar 19	Phoenix	5-4	W	30-37-3	63	197-227
32	Jan 1	@ Minnesota	2-6	L	13-18-1	27	88-106	71	Mar 22	Edmonton	5-1	W	31-37-3	65	202-228
33	Jan 2	Indianapolis	4-1	W	14-18-1	29	92-107	72	Mar 26	Vancouver	4-2	W	32-37-3	67	206-230
34	Jan 4	San Diego	0-2	L	14-19-1	29	92-109	73	Mar 27	@ New England	3-5	L	32-38-3	67	209-235
35	Jan 5	Toronto	3-4	L	14-20-1	29	95-113	74	Mar 29	Indianapolis	7-5	W	33-38-3	69	216-240
36	Jan 7	Winnipeg	4-4	T	14-20-2	30	99-117	75	Mar 30	Chicago	7-6	W	34-38-3	71	223-246
37	Jan 10	Vancouver	6-4	W	15-20-2	32	105-121	76	Apr 1	@ Chicago	2-3	L	34-39-3	71	225-249
38	Jan 12	Phoenix	4-2	W	16-20-2	34	109-123	77	Apr 2	@ Houston	6-7	L	34-40-3	71	231-256
39	Jan 15	Minnesota	2-4	L	16-21-2	34	111-127	78	Apr 5	New England	5-2	W	35-40-3	73	236-258

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	27	Anderson, Ron F.	39	0	9	9	10	+7	0	0	34	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Baxter, Paul	5	0	0	0	37	+1	0	0	3	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
C	10	Buchanan, Ron	4	2	0	2	2		1	0	6	0.333	-	-	-	-	-
LW	11	Cardwell, Steve	75	9	13	22	127	-3	0	1	110	0.082	5	0	1	1	14
G	30	Cheevers, Gerry	52	0	1	1	59		0	0	0	-	5	0	0	0	0
D	6	Clearwater, Ray	66	4	18	22	51	+4	0	0	104	0.038	4	1	1	2	0
D	18	Edur, Tom	61	3	20	23	28	-4	0	0	107	0.028	5	2	0	2	0
LW	16	Erickson, Grant	78	12	15	27	24	+2	0	2	128	0.094	-	-	-	-	-
C	9	Harrison, Jim	60	20	22	42	106	-8	6	0	152	0.132	5	1	2	3	4
D	2	Hillman, Larry	77	0	16	16	83	-6	0	0	151	0.000	5	1	3	4	8
D	8	Hillman, Wayne	60	2	9	11	37	+3	0	0	30	0.067	5	0	2	2	2
RW	20	Holbrook, Terry	78	10	13	23	7	-10	0	0	86	0.116	5	0	1	1	0
LW	12	Jarrett, Gary	77	17	24	41	70	+8	1	0	233	0.073	5	0	1	1	0
C	17	Krake, Skip	71	15	23	38	108	+9	1	0	157	0.096	5	1	1	2	0
C	22	Leduc, Richie	78	35	31	66	122	+12	5	0	299	0.117	5	0	2	2	2
RW	14	McDonough, Al	78	34	30	64	27	-11	12	0	257	0.132	5	2	1	3	2
D	5	Muloin, Wayne	78	4	17	21	65	-6	0	1	89	0.045	5	0	1	1	4
C	29	Neale, Robbie	9	1	3	4	4		0	0	13	0.077	-	-	-	-	-
LW	7	Pinder, Gerry	74	13	28	41	71	-6	4	0	180	0.072	5	3	1	4	6
D	3	Shmyr, Paul	49	7	14	21	103	+11	3	0	87	0.080	5	2	1	3	15
C	19	Stewart, John C.	59	4	7	11	8	+5	0	0	52	0.077	1	0	0	0	0
RW	28	Walker, Russ	66	14	11	25	80	+16	0	0	131	0.107	5	1	0	1	17
C	24	Ward, Ron	73	30	32	62	18	+7	5	0	208	0.144	5	0	2	2	2
G	1	Whidden, Bob	29	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Cheevers, Gerry	52	3076	167	2	4	26-24-2	3.26	1763	0.905	5	300	23	1-4	4.60
Whidden, Bob	29	1654	89	0	0	9-16-1	3.23	918	0.903	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Ray McKay traded to Edmonton for future consideration, May 1974
• Terry Holbrook, Al McDonough signed to contracts, May 1974
• Richie Leduc signed to contract, Summer 1974
• Steve Cardwell acquired from Indianapolis for future consitions, Aug 1974
• Ron Buchanan traded to Edmonton for Jim Harrison, Oct 1974
• Ron Anderson signed as free agent after release by Phoenix, Oct 1974
• Robbie Neale traded to Winnipeg for cash, future considerations, Feb. 1975

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	2-4-0	22-23	2-1-0	15-13	0-3-0	7-10
Edmonton	4-2-0	16-10	2-1-0	10-5	2-1-0	6-5
Houston	1-5-0	18-29	0-3-0	2-9	1-2-0	16-20
Indianapolis	4-2-0	23-23	3-0-0	15-8	1-2-0	8-15
Michigan-Baltimore	4-2-0	12-7	2-1-0	4-4	2-1-0	8-3
Minnesota	1-5-0	11-24	0-3-0	6-11	1-2-0	5-13
New England	2-3-1	17-16	2-1-0	10-5	0-2-1	7-11
Phoenix	4-1-1	23-16	3-0-0	15-8	1-1-1	8-8
Quebec	3-3-0	19-19	2-1-0	10-8	1-2-0	9-11
San Diego	3-3-0	16-21	2-1-0	6-5	1-2-0	10-16
Toronto	2-4-0	23-25	1-2-0	12-13	1-2-0	11-12
Vancouver	3-3-0	17-17	2-1-0	13-10	1-2-0	4-7
Winnipeg	2-3-1	19-28	2-0-1	12-10	0-3-0	7-18
October	2-2-1	14-16	0-0-0	0-0	2-2-1	14-16
November	7-4-0	36-33	3-2-0	19-17	4-2-0	17-16
December	4-11-0	36-51	3-4-0	18-18	1-7-0	18-33
January	8-8-1	51-53	6-3-1	33-25	2-5-0	18-28
February	5-8-0	34-49	4-4-0	23-25	1-4-0	11-24
March	8-5-1	52-44	6-2-0	32-22	2-3-1	20-22
April	1-2-0	13-12	1-0-0	5-2	0-2-0	8-10

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