1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders season

The 1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders season was the Cleveland Crusaders' 2nd season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Crusaders finished 2nd in the Eastern Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Toronto Toros 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
The Crusaders jerseys were the same design as in the 1972-73 season.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	October 6, 1973 	2–2 	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) 	0–0–1
2 	W 	October 13, 1973 	6–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	1–0–1
3 	W 	October 14, 1973 	3–2 OT 	Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	2–0–1
4 	W 	October 20, 1973 	6–4 	Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	3–0–1
5 	W 	October 21, 1973 	2–0 	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	4–0–1
6 	L 	October 23, 1973 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	4–1–1
7 	W 	October 26, 1973 	3–1 	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	5–1–1
8 	T 	October 27, 1973 	2–2 	Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	5–1–2
9 	W 	October 31, 1973 	6–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	6–1–2
10 	L 	November 3, 1973 	4–7 	Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	6–2–2
11 	L 	November 4, 1973 	5–7 	@ New England Whalers (1973–74) 	6–3–2
12 	W 	November 10, 1973 	4–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	7–3–2
13 	L 	November 11, 1973 	4–6 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	7–4–2
14 	W 	November 13, 1973 	5–2 	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	8–4–2
15 	W 	November 16, 1973 	4–3 OT 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	9–4–2
16 	L 	November 18, 1973 	2–8 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	9–5–2
17 	L 	November 20, 1973 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) 	9–6–2
18 	L 	November 21, 1973 	2–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	9–7–2
19 	L 	November 23, 1973 	2–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	9–8–2
20 	W 	November 24, 1973 	2–1 	Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	10–8–2
21 	T 	November 29, 1973 	4–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	10–8–3
22 	W 	December 1, 1973 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) 	11–8–3
23 	W 	December 2, 1973 	3–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) 	12–8–3
24 	L 	December 6, 1973 	2–3 	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	12–9–3
25 	W 	December 8, 1973 	2–1 OT 	New England Whalers (1973–74) 	13–9–3
26 	L 	December 9, 1973 	2–3 	@ New England Whalers (1973–74) 	13–10–3
27 	L 	December 12, 1973 	2–4 	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) 	13–11–3
28 	L 	December 13, 1973 	1–3 	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	13–12–3
29 	W 	December 15, 1973 	4–3 	Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	14–12–3
30 	T 	December 16, 1973 	2–2 	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	14–12–4
31 	W 	December 22, 1973 	2–1 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	15–12–4
32 	W 	December 23, 1973 	4–2 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	16–12–4
33 	L 	December 26, 1973 	3–5 	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	16–13–4
34 	L 	December 27, 1973 	2–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	16–14–4
35 	W 	December 29, 1973 	3–0 	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) 	17–14–4
36 	L 	December 30, 1973 	2–6 	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	17–15–4
37 	L 	January 1, 1974 	0–3 	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	17–16–4
38 	W 	January 5, 1974 	1–0 	New England Whalers (1973–74) 	18–16–4
39 	W 	January 6, 1974 	11–3 	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	19–16–4
40 	T 	January 8, 1974 	0–0 	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	19–16–5
41 	W 	January 12, 1974 	5–4 	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	20–16–5
42 	W 	January 13, 1974 	4–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	21–16–5
43 	L 	January 18, 1974 	3–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	21–17–5
44 	L 	January 20, 1974 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) 	21–18–5
45 	L 	January 23, 1974 	3–6 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	21–19–5
46 	W 	January 24, 1974 	5–3 	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	22–19–5
47 	L 	January 26, 1974 	0–4 	@ New England Whalers (1973–74) 	22–20–5
48 	L 	January 27, 1974 	3–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	22–21–5
49 	W 	January 30, 1974 	5–1 	Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	23–21–5
50 	L 	February 2, 1974 	2–4 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	23–22–5
51 	W 	February 3, 1974 	3–1 	New England Whalers (1973–74) 	24–22–5
52 	L 	February 5, 1974 	1–4 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	24–23–5
53 	L 	February 8, 1974 	2–4 	New England Whalers (1973–74) 	24–24–5
54 	W 	February 9, 1974 	4–3 	Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	25–24–5
55 	L 	February 15, 1974 	2–6 	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	25–25–5
56 	W 	February 16, 1974 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	26–25–5
57 	W 	February 17, 1974 	6–5 	Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	27–25–5
58 	L 	February 19, 1974 	5–6 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	27–26–5
59 	W 	February 23, 1974 	7–3 	Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	28–26–5
60 	L 	February 24, 1974 	1–2 	Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	28–27–5
61 	T 	February 28, 1974 	6–6 	@ Minnesota Fighting Saints (1973–74) 	28–27–6
62 	L 	March 1, 1974 	4–7 	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	28–28–6
63 	T 	March 3, 1974 	3–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) 	28–28–7
64 	W 	March 5, 1974 	6–3 	@ Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	29–28–7
65 	W 	March 7, 1974 	4–2 	@ Vancouver Blazers (1973–74) 	30–28–7
66 	W 	March 8, 1974 	4–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	31–28–7
67 	L 	March 10, 1974 	3–8 	@ Toronto Toros (1973–74) 	31–29–7
68 	W 	March 13, 1974 	4–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1973–74) 	32–29–7
69 	T 	March 16, 1974 	4–4 	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74) 	32–29–8
70 	L 	March 17, 1974 	3–4 	@ Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	32–30–8
71 	W 	March 19, 1974 	7–4 	@ Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	33–30–8
72 	L 	March 20, 1974 	4–5 	Houston Aeros (1973–74) 	33–31–8
73 	W 	March 23, 1974 	3–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1973–74) 	34–31–8
74 	T 	March 24, 1974 	3–3 	Chicago Cougars (1973–74) 	34–31–9
75 	W 	March 27, 1974 	5–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques (1973–74) 	35–31–9
76 	L 	March 28, 1974 	2–3 	@ New England Whalers (1973–74) 	35–32–9
77 	W 	March 30, 1974 	5–4 OT 	Los Angeles Sharks (1973–74) 	36–32–9
78 	W 	March 31, 1974 	4–2 	@ New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights (1973–74)	37–32–9
==Playoffs==
===Toronto Toros 4, Cleveland Crusaders 1===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
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
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
12 	 	LW 	75	31	39	70 	68 	0 	11 	0 	4
14 	 	C 	76	23	35	58 	26 	0 	4 	0 	7
7 	 	LW 	73	23	33	56 	90 	0 	3 	1 	3
17 	 	C 	69	20	36	56 	94 	0 	5 	0 	3
16 	 	LW 	78	23	27	50 	26 	0 	3 	2 	5
10 	 	C 	49	18	27	45 	2 	0 	6 	0 	3
3 	 	D 	78	13	31	44 	165	0 	3 	0 	0
18 	 	D 	76	7 	31	38 	26 	0 	1 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	68	12	23	35 	47 	0 	3 	0 	1
21 	 	RW 	69	15	18	33 	14 	0 	6 	3 	2
28 	 	RW 	76	15	14	29 	117	0 	1 	0 	2
24 	 	C 	23	19	7 	26 	7 	0 	4 	0 	4
2 	 	D 	44	5 	21	26 	37 	0 	1 	0 	0
9 	 	LW/C	30	13	9 	22 	13 	0 	1 	0 	1
15 	 	LW 	67	4 	14	18 	4 	0 	1 	0 	1
29 	 	C 	43	8 	9 	17 	30 	0 	1 	0 	1
20 	 	LW 	53	8 	9 	17 	70 	0 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	76	3 	7 	10 	39 	0 	1 	0 	0
19 	 	C 	13	3 	5 	8 	6 	0 	1 	0 	0
8 	 	D 	66	1 	7 	8 	51 	0 	0 	0 	0
23 	 	LW 	17	2 	2 	4 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	RW 	10	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	13	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	LW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	22	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
26 	 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
33 	 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
27 	 	D 	25	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	59	0 	0 	0 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
3 	 	D 	5 	0	4	4 	31 	0 	0 	0
24 	 	C 	5 	3	0	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
18 	 	D 	5 	1	2	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
12 	 	LW 	5 	1	1	2 	13 	0 	0 	0
16 	 	LW 	5 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
21 	 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	 	LW 	2 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
5 	 	D 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	1
28 	 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	11 	0 	0 	0
9 	 	LW/C	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
17 	 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	39 	0 	0 	0
14 	 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
7 	 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
10 	 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
6 	 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
2 	 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	16 	0 	0 	0
29 	 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
30 	 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
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 
==Awards and Records==
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
1974-Jan24-St Sauveur-Whidden.jpg|Claude St. Sauveur scores on Bob Whidden, January 23, 1974.
==See Also==
*1973–74 WHA season
==References==
Cleveland Crusaders season, 1973–74
Cleveland Crusaders season, 1973–74
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