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1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders season

World Hockey Association team season

Field	Value
Arena	Cleveland Arena
Attendance	6,212 (66.8%)
League	WHA
Season	1973–74
year	1973
Team	Cleveland Crusaders
Record	37–32–9
HomeRecord	27–8–4
RoadRecord	10–24–5
Division	Eastern
DivisionRank	3rd
GeneralManager	Jack Vivian
Coach	Bill Needham
Captain	Paul Shmyr
GoalsFor	266
GoalsAgainst	264
GoalsLeader	Gary Jarrett (31)
AssistsLeader	Gary Jarrett (39)
PointsLeader	Gary Jarrett (70)
PIMLeader	Paul Shmyr (165)
WinsLeader	Gerry Cheevers (30)
GAALeader	Gerry Cheevers (3.03)

The 1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders season was the Cleveland Crusaders' second season of operation in the World Hockey Association. The Crusaders placed second in the Eastern Division, qualifying for the playoffs. The Crusaders lost in the first round to the Toronto Toros.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||T||October 6, 1973||2–2 || align="left"| New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) ||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 13, 1973||6–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) ||1–0–1 |- |3||W||October 14, 1973||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Cougars (1973–74) ||2–0–1 |- |4||W||October 20, 1973||6–4 || align="left"| Toronto Toros (1973–74) ||3–0–1 |- |5||W||October 21, 1973||2–0 || align="left"| @ Houston Aeros (1973–74) ||4–0–1 |- |6||L||October 23, 1973||3–4 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) ||4–1–1 |- |7||W||October 26, 1973||3–1 || align="left"| Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) ||5–1–1 |- |8||T||October 27, 1973||2–2 || align="left"| Houston Aeros (1973–74) ||5–1–2 |- |9||W||October 31, 1973||6–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) ||6–1–2

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 7 || Cleveland Crusaders || 0–4 || Toronto Toros || 0–1 |- | 2 || April 9 || Cleveland Crusaders || 3–4 || Toronto Toros || 0–2 |- | 3 || April 12 || Toronto Toros || 4–2 || Cleveland Crusaders || 0–3 |- | 4 || April 13 || Toronto Toros || 2–3 OT || Cleveland Crusaders || 1–3 |- | 5 || April 15 || Cleveland Crusaders || 1–4 || Toronto Toros || 1–4

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Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
LW	75	31	39	70	68	11	0	4
C	76	23	35	58	26	4	0	7
LW	73	23	33	56	90	3	1	3
C	69	20	36	56	94	5	0	3
LW	78	23	27	50	26	3	2	5
C	49	18	27	45	2	6	0	3
D	78	13	31	44	165	3	0	0
D	76	7	31	38	26	1	0	0
D	68	12	23	35	47	3	0	1
RW	69	15	18	33	14	6	3	2
RW	76	15	14	29	117	1	0	2
C	23	19	7	26	7	4	0	4
D	44	5	21	26	37	1	0	0
LW/C	30	13	9	22	13	1	0	1
LW	67	4	14	18	4	1	0	1
C	43	8	9	17	30	1	0	1
LW	53	8	9	17	70	0	0	0
D	76	3	7	10	39	1	0	0
C	13	3	5	8	6	1	0	0
D	66	1	7	8	51	0	0	0
LW	17	2	2	4	16	0	0	0
RW	10	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
D	13	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
LW	4	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	25	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
G	59	0	0	0	30	0	0	0
D	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3562	59	30	20	6	180	3.03	4
	1232	22	7	12	3	80	3.90	1
Team:	4794	78	37	32	9	260	3.25	5

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Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
D	5	0	4	4	31	0
C	5	3	0	3	2	0
D	5	1	2	3	0	0
LW	5	1	1	2	13	0
LW	5	0	2	2	0	0
RW	5	1	0	1	0	0
LW	2	1	0	1	0	0
D	5	1	0	1	0	1
RW	5	1	0	1	11	0
LW/C	5	0	1	1	2	0
LW	5	0	1	1	2	0
D	4	0	1	1	0	0
C	5	0	1	1	39	0
C	5	0	1	1	0	0
C	5	0	0	0	2	0
G	5	0	0	0	6	0
D	5	0	0	0	2	0
D	5	0	0	0	16	0
C	5	0	0	0	4	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	303	5	1	4	18	3.56	0
Team:	303	5	1	4	18	3.56	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;

Draft picks

Cleveland's draft picks at the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Lanny McDonald (F)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WCHL)
2	24	George Pesut (D)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
3	36	Robbie Neale (F)	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WCHL)
4	49	Russ Walker (RW)	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WCHL)
5	62	Rich Latulippe (F)	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	75	Bob Smulders (F)	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
7	88	Ron Serafini (D)	United States	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
8	100	Michel Latrielle (D)	Canada	Montreal Red White and Blue (QMJHL)
9	111	Bruce Greig (LW)	Canada	Vancouver Nats (WCHL)
10	120	Henry Durkin (G)	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WCHL)

References

World Hockey Association. (1973). "WHA 1973-74 Media Guide". World Hockey Association.
World Hockey Association. (1974). "WHA 1974-75 Media Guide". World Hockey Association.
"1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders Schedule".
"1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"1973 WHA Amateur Draft".

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