1975-76 • Franchise

1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders

Record: 35-40-5, 75 pts
Finish: 2nd, East
Playoffs: Lost in preliminary round to New England
Coach: John Wilson

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 11	Cincinnati	0-1	L	0-1-0	0	0-1	41.	Jan 15	@ Indianapolis	3-1	W	17-22-2	36	138-145
2.	Oct 15	@ Minnesota	8-4	W	1-1-0	2	8-5	42.	Jan 16	New England	4-3	W	18-22-2	38	142-148
3.	Oct 19	Houston	5-6	L	1-2-0	2	13-11	43.	Jan 17	@ San Diego	4-5	L	18-23-2	38	146-153
4.	Oct 25	Edmonton	5-2	W	2-2-0	4	18-13	44.	Jan 21	@ Cincinnati	2-8	L	18-24-2	38	148-161
5.	Oct 29	Calgary	1-3	L	2-3-0	4	19-16	45.	Jan 23	New England	2-2	T	18-24-3	39	150-163
6.	Oct 31	Quebec	6-2	W	3-3-0	6	25-18	46.	Jan 25	@ Indianapolis	2-4	L	18-25-3	39	152-167
7.	Nov 2	Phoenix	5-2	W	4-3-0	8	30-20	47.	Jan 28	@ Cincinnati	6-4	W	19-25-3	41	158-171
8.	Nov 4	@ Denver	2-2	T	4-3-1	9	32-22	48.	Jan 30	@ Phoenix	4-4	T	19-25-4	42	162-175
9.	Nov 6	@ Calgary	2-5	L	4-4-1	9	34-27	49.	Feb 1	@ Minnesota	6-5	W	20-25-4	44	168-180
10.	Nov 9	@ Edmonton	1-4	L	4-5-1	9	35-31	50.	Feb 4	@ Phoenix	1-5	L	20-26-4	44	169-185
11.	Nov 11	@ Winnipeg	3-2	W	5-5-1	11	38-33	51.	Feb 5	@ San Diego	2-3	L	20-27-4	44	171-188
12.	Nov 13	@ San Diego	1-3	L	5-6-1	11	39-36	52.	Feb 7	Winnipeg	4-4	T	20-27-5	45	175-192
13.	Nov 15	@ Denver	*4-5	L	5-7-1	11	43-41	53.	Feb 8	@ New England	6-1	W	21-27-5	47	181-193
14.	Nov 16	@ Phoenix	4-4	T	5-7-2	12	47-45	54.	Feb 11	Cincinnati	4-2	W	22-27-5	49	185-195
15.	Nov 19	Minnesota	*4-3	W	6-7-2	14	51-48	55.	Feb 15	New England	2-3	L	22-28-5	49	187-198
16.	Nov 22	Winnipeg	6-3	W	7-7-2	16	57-51	56.	Feb 18	Calgary	4-0	W	23-28-5	51	191-198
17.	Nov 25	@ Toronto	*4-3	W	8-7-2	18	61-54	57.	Feb 19	@ Houston	3-5	L	23-29-5	51	194-203
18.	Nov 26	Denver	0-3	L	8-8-2	18	61-57	58.	Feb 21	Indianapolis	3-2	W	24-29-5	53	197-205
19.	Nov 28	Indianapolis	1-3	L	8-9-2	18	62-60	59.	Feb 22	Houston	2-1	W	25-29-5	55	199-206
20.	Nov 30	Toronto	10-9	W	9-9-2	20	72-69	60.	Feb 25	@ Winnipeg	2-5	L	25-30-5	55	201-211
21.	Dec 2	@ Quebec	2-9	L	9-10-2	20	74-78	61.	Feb 27	@ Calgary	4-5	L	25-31-5	55	205-216
22.	Dec 3	Cincinnati	3-5	L	9-11-2	20	77-83	62.	Feb 29	@ Edmonton	5-2	W	26-31-5	57	210-218
23.	Dec 6	@ Indianapolis	2-3	L	9-12-2	20	79-86	63.	Mar 3	@ Cincinnati	*3-4	L	26-32-5	57	213-222
24.	Dec 7	@ Cincinnati	1-3	L	9-13-2	20	80-89	64.	Mar 6	@ Houston	5-4	W	27-32-5	59	218-226
25.	Dec 9	@ Denver	3-6	L	9-14-2	20	83-95	65.	Mar 7	@ Indianapolis	5-1	W	28-32-5	61	223-227
26.	Dec 12	Minnesota	1-0	W	10-14-2	22	84-95	66.	Mar 10	Cincinnati	5-2	W	29-32-5	63	228-229
27.	Dec 13	@ New England	4-5	L	10-15-2	22	88-100	67.	Mar 12	@ New England	2-8	L	29-33-5	63	230-237
28.	Dec 14	Houston	3-4	L	10-16-2	22	91-104	68.	Mar 14	Phoenix	*2-3	L	29-34-5	63	232-240
29.	Dec 17	Edmonton	2-3	L	10-17-2	22	93-107	69.	Mar 16	@ Toronto	0-6	L	29-35-5	63	232-246
30.	Dec 19	@ Indianapolis	*4-5	L	10-18-2	22	97-112	70.	Mar 19	@ Phoenix	*6-5	W	30-35-5	65	238-251
31.	Dec 20	Indianapolis	5-3	W	11-18-2	24	102-115	71.	Mar 20	Toronto	5-6	L	30-36-5	65	243-257
32.	Dec 22	New England	1-4	L	11-19-2	24	103-119	72.	Mar 21	Cincinnati	4-1	W	31-36-5	67	247-258
33.	Dec 27	Toronto	5-0	W	12-19-2	26	108-119	73.	Mar 23	@ Quebec	3-1	W	32-36-5	69	250-259
34.	Dec 28	@ New England	0-4	L	12-20-2	26	108-123	74.	Mar 24	Houston	2-3	L	32-37-5	69	252-262
35.	Jan 2	Quebec	*5-4	W	13-20-2	28	113-127	75.	Mar 26	Indianapolis	2-3	L	32-38-5	69	254-265
36.	Jan 3	@ New England	2-3	L	13-21-2	28	115-130	76.	Mar 31	New England	5-1	W	33-38-5	71	259-266
37.	Jan 4	Phoenix	3-2	W	14-21-2	30	118-132	77.	Apr 2	@ Cincinnati	2-5	L	33-39-5	71	261-271
38.	Jan 7	San Diego	8-3	W	15-21-2	32	126-135	78.	Apr 3	San Diego	4-2	W	34-39-5	73	265-273
39.	Jan 9	@ Houston	5-6	L	15-22-2	32	131-141	79.	Apr 4	Cincinnati	6-3	W	35-39-5	75	271-276
40.	Jan 11	Indianapolis	4-3	W	16-22-2	34	135-144	80.	Apr 6	San Diego	*2-3	L	35-40-5	75	273-279

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	+/-	ppg	shg	sog	sc%	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	21	Ball, Terry	23	2	15	17	18	-21	2	0	62	0.032	-	-	-	-	-
D	4	Baxter, Paul	67	3	7	10	201	-7	1	0	65	0.046	3	0	0	0	10
D	-	Bowles, Brian	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Caron, Jacques	2	0	1	1	0	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
G	30	Cheevers, Gerry	28	0	0	0	15	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
RW	25	Connelly, Wayne	12	5	2	7	4	-1	3	0	39	0.128	3	1	0	1	2
LW	-	Conroy, Mike	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
D	18	Edur, Tom	80	7	28	35	62	+15	3	0	151	0.046	3	0	2	2	0
RW	27	Evo, Bill	40	1	5	6	32	-15	0	0	30	0.033	-	-	-	-	-
LW	23	Gruen, Danny	80	26	24	50	72	+9	5	0	173	0.150	3	2	0	2	0
C	15	Harrison, Jim	59	34	38	72	62	+4	9	2	216	0.157	3	0	1	1	9
RW	20	Holbrook, Terry	15	1	2	3	6	-1	0	1	17	0.059	3	0	0	0	0
LW	12	Jarrett, Gary	69	16	17	33	22	-4	1	0	128	0.125	3	0	3	3	2
G	31	Johnson, Bob	18	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	2	0	0	0	0
C	22	Leduc, Richie	79	36	22	58	76	+7	8	2	286	0.126	3	2	1	3	2
D	6	Legge, Barry	35	0	7	7	22	-8	0	0	28	0.000	3	0	1	1	12
D	8	Legge, Randy	44	1	8	9	28	-7	0	0	41	0.024	3	0	0	0	0
C	16	MacGregor, Gary	35	5	3	8	6	-16	4	0	45	0.111	3	0	0	0	4
D	26	Maxwell, Bryan	73	3	14	17	177	-13	0	0	67	0.045	2	0	1	1	4
RW	14	McDonough, Al	80	23	22	45	19	+1	4	0	229	0.100	3	1	0	1	2
D	2	McKay, Ray	68	3	10	13	44	-8	1	0	50	0.060	3	0	0	0	4
LW	10	Moffat, Lyle	33	4	7	11	33	+10	1	0	57	0.070	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Muloin, Wayne	27	0	5	5	12	-7	0	0	16	0.000	-	-	-	-	-
G	35	Newton, Cam	15	0	1	1	0	-	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0
LW	7	Pinder, Gerry	79	21	30	51	118	-8	8	3	201	0.104	3	0	0	0	4
D	3	Shmyr, Paul	70	6	44	50	101	+16	4	1	165	0.036	-	-	-	-	-
LW	17	Stewart, John A.	79	12	21	33	42	-3	0	0	166	0.072	3	0	0	0	0
C	19	Stewart, John C.	42	2	9	11	15	-2	0	0	68	0.029	-	-	-	-	-
RW	9/16	Tamminen, Juhani	65	7	14	21	12	-8	2	0	101	0.069	1	0	0	0	0
RW	28	Walker, Russ	72	23	15	38	122	-7	5	0	161	0.143	3	0	0	0	18
C	24	Ward, Ron	75	32	50	82	24	+14	11	2	172	0.186	3	0	2	2	0
G	1	Whidden, Bob	21	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
Caron, Jacques	2	130	8	0	0	1-0-1	3.69	77	0.896	-	-	-	-	-
Cheevers, Gerry	28	1570	95	1	1	11-14-1	3.63	834	0.886	-	-	-	-	-
Johnson, Bob	18	1043	56	0	1	9-8-0	3.22	601	0.907	2	120	8	0-2	4.00
Newton, Cam	15	896	48	0	0	7-7-1	3.21	468	0.897	1	60	6	0-1	6.00
Whidden, Bob	21	1230	70	1	1	7-11-2	3.41	650	0.892	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• John A. Stewart rights acquired from Edmonton, signed to contract, Jun 1975
• Lyle Moffat signed to contract, Jul 1975
• Skip Krake traded to Edmonton for Ray McKay, Aug 1975
• Grant Erickson traded to Phoenix for Rick Newell and Rob Watt, Nov 1975
• Terry Ball traded to Cincinnati for future considerations, Jan 1976
• Wayne Muloin traded to Edmonton for Bill Evo, Jan 1976
• Gary MacGregor and Barry Legge purchased from Ottawa, Jan 1976
• Bob Johnson and Cam Newton signed as free agents from defunct Ottawa, Jan 1976
• Lyle Moffat traded to Winnipeg for Randy Legge, Jan 1976
• Gerry Cheevers released, Jan 1976
• Jacques Caron signed to contract, Feb 1976
• Wayne Connelly signed as free agent from defunct Minnesota, Mar 1976

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

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Calgary	1-3-0	11-13	1-1-0	5-3	0-2-0	6-10
Cincinnati	5-6-0	36-38	4-2-0	22-14	1-4-0	14-24
Denver-Ottawa	0-3-1	9-16	0-1-0	0-3	0-2-1	9-13
Edmonton	2-2-0	13-11	1-1-0	7-5	1-1-0	6-6
Houston	2-5-0	25-29	1-3-0	12-14	1-2-0	13-15
Indianapolis	5-5-0	31-28	3-2-0	15-14	2-3-0	16-14
Minnesota	4-0-0	19-12	2-0-0	5-3	2-0-0	14-9
New England	3-6-1	28-34	2-2-1	14-13	1-4-0	14-21
Phoenix	3-2-2	25-25	2-1-0	10-7	1-1-2	15-18
Quebec	3-1-0	16-16	2-0-0	11-6	1-1-0	5-10
San Diego	2-4-0	21-19	2-1-0	14-8	0-3-0	7-11
Toronto	3-2-0	24-24	2-1-0	20-15	1-1-0	4-9
Winnipeg	2-1-1	15-14	1-0-1	10-7	1-1-0	5-7
October	3-3-0	25-18	2-3-0	17-14	1-0-0	8-4
November	6-6-2	47-51	4-2-0	26-23	2-4-2	21-28
December	3-11-0	36-54	3-4-0	20-19	0-7-0	16-35
January	7-5-2	54-52	5-0-1	26-17	2-5-1	28-35
February	7-6-1	48-43	4-1-1	19-12	3-5-0	29-31
March	7-7-0	49-48	3-4-0	25-19	4-3-0	24-29
April	2-2-0	14-13	2-1-0	12-8	0-1-0	2-5

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