1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders season

1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders
1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders
Division	2nd East
1975–76 record	35–40–5
Goals for	273
Goals against	279
Team information
Coach	Johnny Wilson
Captain	Paul Shmyr
Arena	Coliseum at Richfield

The 1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders season was the Cleveland Crusaders' fourth season of operation in the World Hockey Association. It was the last season of the franchise in Cleveland, Ohio. It would relocate to Minnesota for the next season.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Eastern Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Indianapolis Racers	80	35	39	6	76	245	247	1301
Cleveland Crusaders	80	35	40	5	75	273	279	1356
New England Whalers	80	33	40	7	73	255	290	1012
Cincinnati Stingers	80	35	44	1	71	285	340	1344

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 11, 1975	0–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	0–1–0
2	W	October 15, 1975	8–4	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	1–1–0
3	L	October 19, 1975	5–6	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	1–2–0
4	W	October 25, 1975	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	2–2–0
5	L	October 29, 1975	1–3	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	2–3–0
6	W	October 31, 1975	6–2	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	3–3–0
7	W	November 2, 1975	5–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	4–3–0
8	T	November 4, 1975	2–2	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	4–3–1
9	L	November 7, 1975	2–5	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	4–4–1
10	L	November 9, 1975	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	4–5–1
11	W	November 11, 1975	3–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	5–5–1
12	L	November 13, 1975	1–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	5–6–1
13	L	November 15, 1975	4–5 OT	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	5–7–1
14	T	November 16, 1975	4–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	5–7–2
15	W	November 19, 1975	4–3 OT	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	6–7–2
16	W	November 22, 1975	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	7–7–2
17	W	November 25, 1975	4–3 OT	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76)	8–7–2
18	L	November 26, 1975	0–3	Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	8–8–2
19	L	November 28, 1975	1–3	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	8–9–2
20	W	November 30, 1975	10–9	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	9–9–2
21	L	December 2, 1975	2–9	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	9–10–2
22	L	December 3, 1975	3–5	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	9–11–2
23	L	December 6, 1975	2–3	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	9–12–2
24	L	December 7, 1975	1–3	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	9–13–2
25	L	December 9, 1975	3–6	@ Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics (1975–76)	9–14–2
26	W	December 12, 1975	1–0	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	10–14–2
27	L	December 13, 1975	4–5	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	10–15–2
28	L	December 14, 1975	3–4	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	10–16–2
29	L	December 17, 1975	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	10–17–2
30	L	December 19, 1975	4–5 OT	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	10–18–2
31	W	December 20, 1975	5–3	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	11–18–2
32	L	December 22, 1975	1–4	New England Whalers (1975–76)	11–19–2
33	W	December 27, 1975	5–0	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	12–19–2
34	L	December 28, 1975	0–4	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	12–20–2
35	W	January 2, 1976	5–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	13–20–2
36	L	January 3, 1976	2–3	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	13–21–2
37	W	January 4, 1976	3–2	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	14–21–2
38	W	January 7, 1976	8–3	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	15–21–2
39	L	January 9, 1976	5–6	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	15–22–2
40	W	January 11, 1976	4–3	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	16–22–2
41	W	January 15, 1976	3–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	17–22–2
42	W	January 16, 1976	4–3	New England Whalers (1975–76)	18–22–2
43	L	January 17, 1976	4–5	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	18–23–2
44	L	January 21, 1976	2–8	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	18–24–2
45	T	January 23, 1976	2–2	New England Whalers (1975–76)	18–24–3
46	L	January 25, 1976	2–4	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	18–25–3
47	W	January 28, 1976	6–4	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	19–25–3
48	T	January 30, 1976	4–4	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	19–25–4
49	W	February 1, 1976	6–5	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1975–76)	20–25–4
50	L	February 4, 1976	1–5	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	20–26–4
51	L	February 5, 1976	2–3	@ San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	20–27–4
52	T	February 7, 1976	4–4	Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	20–27–5
53	W	February 8, 1976	6–1	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	21–27–5
54	W	February 11, 1976	4–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	22–27–5
55	L	February 15, 1976	2–3	New England Whalers (1975–76)	22–28–5
56	W	February 18, 1976	4–0	Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	23–28–5
57	L	February 19, 1976	3–5	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	23–29–5
58	W	February 21, 1976	3–2	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	24–29–5
59	W	February 22, 1976	2–1	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	25–29–5
60	L	February 25, 1976	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1975–76)	25–30–5
61	L	February 27, 1976	4–5	@ Calgary Cowboys (1975–76)	25–31–5
62	W	February 29, 1976	5–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1975–76)	26–31–5
63	L	March 3, 1976	3–4 OT	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	26–32–5
64	W	March 6, 1976	5–4	@ Houston Aeros (1975–76)	27–32–5
65	W	March 7, 1976	5–1	@ Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	28–32–5
66	W	March 10, 1976	5–2	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	29–32–5
67	L	March 12, 1976	2–8	@ New England Whalers (1975–76)	29–33–5
68	L	March 14, 1976	2–3 OT	Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	29–34–5
69	L	March 16, 1976	0–6	@ Toronto Toros (1975–76)	29–35–5
70	W	March 19, 1976	6–5 OT	@ Phoenix Roadrunners (1975–76)	30–35–5
71	L	March 20, 1976	5–6	Toronto Toros (1975–76)	30–36–5
72	W	March 21, 1976	4–1	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	31–36–5
73	W	March 23, 1976	3–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1975–76)	32–36–5
74	L	March 24, 1976	2–3	Houston Aeros (1975–76)	32–37–5
75	L	March 26, 1976	2–3	Indianapolis Racers (1975–76)	32–38–5
76	W	March 31, 1976	5–1	New England Whalers (1975–76)	33–38–5
77	L	April 2, 1976	2–5	@ Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	33–39–5
78	W	April 3, 1976	4–2	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	34–39–5
79	W	April 4, 1976	6–3	Cincinnati Stingers (1975–76)	35–39–5
80	L	April 6, 1976	2–3 OT	San Diego Mariners (1975–76)	35–40–5

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Playoffs

New England Whalers 3, Cleveland Crusaders 0 - Preliminary Round

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 9	Cleveland Crusaders	3–5	New England Whalers	0–1
2	April 10	New England Whalers	6–1	Cleveland Crusaders	0–2
3	April 11	New England Whalers	3–2	Cleveland Crusaders	0–3

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ron Ward	C	75	32	50	82	24	14	11	2	2
Jim Harrison	C	59	34	38	72	62	4	9	2	5
Rich Leduc	C	79	36	22	58	76	7	8	2	6
Gerry Pinder	LW	79	21	30	51	118	-8	8	3	2
Danny Gruen	LW	80	26	24	50	72	9	5	0	4
Paul Shmyr	D	70	6	44	50	101	16	4	1	2
Al McDonough	RW	80	23	22	45	19	1	4	0	1
Russ Walker	RW	72	23	15	38	122	-7	5	0	2
Tom Edur	D	80	7	28	35	62	15	3	0	0
Gary Jarrett	LW	69	16	17	33	22	-4	1	0	1
John Stewart	LW	79	12	21	33	43	-3	0	0	3
Juhani Tamminen	RW	65	7	14	21	0	-8	2	0	0
Bryan Maxwell	D	73	3	14	17	177	-13	0	0	1
Terry Ball	D	23	2	15	17	18	-21	2	0	0
Ray McKay	D	68	3	10	13	44	-8	1	0	1
Lyle Moffat	LW	33	4	7	11	33	10	1	0	1
John Stewart	C	42	2	9	11	15	-2	0	0	0
Paul Baxter	D	67	3	7	10	201	-7	1	0	1
Randy Legge	D	44	1	8	9	28	-7	0	0	0
Gary MacGregor	C	35	5	3	8	6	-16	4	0	2
Wayne Connelly	C	12	5	2	7	4	-1	3	0	1
Barry Legge	D	35	0	7	7	22	-8	0	0	0
Bill Evo	RW	40	1	5	6	32	-15	0	0	0
Wayne Muloin	D	27	0	5	5	12	-7	0	0	0
Terry Holbrook	RW	15	1	2	3	6	-1	0	1	0
Mike Conroy	LW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Newton	G	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Bowles	D	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Jacques Caron	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Cheevers	G	28	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Whidden	G	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Gerry Cheevers	1570	28	11	14	1	95	3.63	1
Bob Johnson	1043	18	9	8	0	56	3.22	1
Cam Newton	896	15	7	7	1	48	3.21	0
Bob Whidden	1230	21	7	11	2	70	3.41	1
Jacques Caron	130	2	1	0	1	8	3.69	0
Team:	4869	80	35	40	5	277	3.41	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rich Leduc	C	3	2	1	3	2
Gary Jarrett	LW	3	0	3	3	2
Danny Gruen	LW	3	2	0	2	0
Tom Edur	D	3	0	2	2	0
Ron Ward	C	3	0	2	2	0
Wayne Connelly	C	3	1	0	1	2
Al McDonough	RW	3	1	0	1	2
Jim Harrison	C	3	0	1	1	9
Barry Legge	D	3	0	1	1	12
Bryan Maxwell	D	2	0	1	1	4
Paul Baxter	D	3	0	0	0	10
Terry Holbrook	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	G	2	0	0	0	0
Randy Legge	D	3	0	0	0	0
Gary MacGregor	C	3	0	0	0	4
Ray McKay	D	3	0	0	0	4
Cam Newton	G	1	0	0	0	0
Gerry Pinder	LW	3	0	0	0	4
John Stewart	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Juhani Tamminen	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Russ Walker	RW	3	0	0	0	18

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Bob Johnson	120	2	2	8	4.00
Cam Newton	60	1	1	6	6.00
Team:	180	3	3	14	4.67

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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;

Draft picks

Cleveland's draft picks at the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft.[3]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Ralph Klassen (F)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
2	19	Mal Zinger (F)	Canada	Kamloops Chiefs (WCHL)
2	20	Kelly Greenbank (RW)	Austria	Winnipeg Clubs (WCHL)
3	35	Ed Staniowski (G)	Canada	Regina Pats (WCHL)
4	50	Peter Scamurra (D)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
5	65	Dennis Maruk (F)	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
6	78	Joe Augustine (D)	United States	Austin Mavericks (MidJHL)
7	92	Michel Lachance (D)	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
8	104	Joe Fortunato (LW)	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
9	116	Viktor Khatulev (F)	Latvia	Dynamo Riga (USSR)
10	129	Ari Kankaanpera (D)	Finland	Ilves Tampere (SM-sarja)
11	142	Tom McNamara (G)	United States	University of Vermont (ECAC)
12	153	Rick Marsh (D)	Canada	R.P.I. (ECAC)
13	163	Dan Shearer (C)	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OHA)

References

"1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
"1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
"1975 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

External links

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[1] "1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.

[2] "1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2009.

[3] "1975 WHA Amateur Draft". hockeyDB.com. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

1975–76 WHA season
Canadian:	Calgary Denver/Ottawa Edmonton Toronto Quebec Winnipeg
Eastern:	Cleveland Cincinnati Indianapolis New England
Western:	Houston Minnesota Phoenix San Diego
See also	Draft

1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

New England Whalers 3, Cleveland Crusaders 0 - Preliminary Round

Player stats

Draft picks

See also

References

External links