1975 WHA Quarter-Finals
Houston Aeros defeat Cleveland Crusaders 4-1
W-L: 35-40-3, .468
SRS: -0.26 (11th of 14)
Goals: 236 (12th of 14)
Goals Against: 258 (2nd of 14)
W-L: 53-25-0, .679
SRS: 1.45 (1st of 14)
Goals: 369 (1st of 14)
Goals Against: 247 (1st of 14)
| Game 1, April 10 | ||
| Cleveland Crusaders | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 8 | |
| Game 2, April 12 | ||
| Cleveland Crusaders | 3 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 5 | |
| Game 3, April 13 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 1 | Final |
| Cleveland Crusaders | 3 | |
| Game 4, April 15 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 7 | Final |
| Cleveland Crusaders | 2 | |
| Game 5, April 17 | ||
| Cleveland Crusaders | 1 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 3 | |
1974-75 Regular Season Stats
| Saturday, Nov 30, 1974 | ||
| Cleveland Crusaders | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 4 | |
| Sunday, Dec 22, 1974 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 3 | Final |
| Cleveland Crusaders | 0 | |
| Sunday, Feb 9, 1975 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 4 | Final |
| Cleveland Crusaders | 1 | |
| Wednesday, Feb 26, 1975 | ||
| Cleveland Crusaders | 5 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 9 | |
| Sunday, Mar 16, 1975 | ||
| Houston Aeros | 2 | Final |
| Cleveland Crusaders | 1 | |
| Wednesday, Apr 2, 1975 | ||
| Cleveland Crusaders | 6 | Final |
| Houston Aeros | 7 | |
CLC Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Rich LeDuc | 23 | C | 78 | 35 | 31 | 66 | 12 | 122 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 299 | 11.7 | |||||||||
| 2 | Al McDonough | 24 | RW | 78 | 34 | 30 | 64 | -11 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 257 | 13.2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Ron Ward | 30 | C | 73 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 208 | 14.4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Jim Harrison | 27 | C | 60 | 20 | 22 | 42 | -8 | 106 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 152 | 13.2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Gary Jarrett | 32 | LW | 77 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 233 | 7.3 | |||||||||
| 6 | Gerry Pinder | 26 | LW | 74 | 13 | 28 | 41 | -6 | 71 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 180 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| 7 | Skip Krake | 31 | RW | 71 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 108 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 9.6 | |||||||||
| 8 | Grant Erickson | 27 | LW | 78 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 9.4 | |||||||||
| 9 | Russ Walker | 21 | RW | 66 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 10.7 | |||||||||
| 10 | Terry Holbrook | 24 | RW | 78 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 11.6 | |||||||||
| 11 | Tom Edur | 20 | D | 61 | 3 | 20 | 23 | -4 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 2.8 | |||||||||
| 12 | Steve Cardwell | 24 | LW | 75 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -3 | 127 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 8.2 | |||||||||
| 13 | Ray Clearwater | 32 | D | 66 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 3.8 | |||||||||
| 14 | Paul Shmyr | 29 | D | 49 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 103 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 8.0 | |||||||||
| 15 | Wayne Muloin | 33 | D | 78 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -6 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 4.5 | |||||||||
| 16 | Larry Hillman | 37 | D | 77 | 0 | 16 | 16 | -6 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 17 | John Stewart | 21 | C | 59 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 7.7 | |||||||||
| 18 | Wayne Hillman | 36 | D | 60 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 | |||||||||
| 19 | Ron F. Anderson | 26 | D | 39 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 20 | Robbie Neale | 21 | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Ron Buchanan | 30 | RW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Gerry Cheevers* | 34 | G | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3076 | 59:09 | ||||||||
| 23 | Paul Baxter | 19 | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 24 | Bob Whidden | 28 | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654 | 57:02 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 236 | 356 | 592 | 31 | 1249 | 194 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2617 | 9.0 | |||||||||||
CLC Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Gerry Cheevers* | 34 | 52 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 167 | 3.26 | 4 | 3076 | 86 | 26.2 | |||||||
| 2 | Bob Whidden | 28 | 29 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 89 | 3.23 | 0 | 1654 | 88 | 11.6 | |||||||
| Team Total | 35 | 40 | 3 | 256 | 3.25 | 4 | 4730 | ||||||||||||
HSA Scoring Regular Season
| Scoring | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | PP | SH | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1 | Larry Lund | 34 | C | 78 | 33 | 75 | 108 | 28 | 68 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 188 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Gordie Howe* | 46 | RW | 75 | 34 | 65 | 99 | 40 | 84 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 255 | 13.3 | |||||||||
| 3 | André Hinse | 29 | LW | 75 | 39 | 47 | 86 | 34 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 190 | 20.5 | |||||||||
| 4 | Frank Hughes | 25 | RW | 76 | 48 | 35 | 83 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 206 | 23.3 | |||||||||
| 5 | Mark Howe* | 19 | LW | 74 | 36 | 40 | 76 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 256 | 14.1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Poul Popiel | 31 | D | 78 | 11 | 53 | 64 | 41 | 123 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 236 | 4.7 | |||||||||
| 7 | Gord Labossiere | 35 | C | 76 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 5 | 40 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 171 | 13.5 | |||||||||
| 8 | Ted Taylor | 32 | LW | 73 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 7 | 130 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 201 | 12.9 | |||||||||
| 9 | John Schella | 27 | D | 78 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 43 | 176 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 4.5 | |||||||||
| 10 | Jim Sherrit | 26 | C | 77 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 36 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 16.3 | |||||||||
| 11 | Murray Hall | 34 | RW | 78 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 127 | 14.2 | |||||||||
| 12 | Terry Ruskowski | 20 | C | 71 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 30 | 134 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 9.5 | |||||||||
| 13 | Rich Preston | 22 | LW | 78 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 14.6 | |||||||||
| 14 | Don Larway | 20 | RW | 76 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 26 | 59 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 15.7 | |||||||||
| 15 | Marty Howe | 20 | D | 75 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 46 | 89 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 8.2 | |||||||||
| 16 | Larry Hale | 33 | D | 76 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 35 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9 | |||||||||
| 17 | Glen Irwin | 23 | D | 70 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 153 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3.3 | |||||||||
| 18 | Bill Prentice | 24 | D | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 19 | Ron Grahame | 24 | G | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2590 | 60:14 | ||||||||
| 20 | Wayne Rutledge | 33 | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2092 | 59:46 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 78 | 369 | 597 | 966 | 511 | 1261 | 280 | 71 | 18 | 0 | 2852 | 12.9 | |||||||||||
HSA Goalies Regular Season
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA |
| 1 | Ron Grahame | 24 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 131 | 3.03 | 4 | 2590 | 91 | 12.2 | |||||||
| 2 | Wayne Rutledge | 33 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 113 | 3.24 | 2 | 2092 | 99 | 1.5 | |||||||
| Team Total | 53 | 25 | 0 | 244 | 3.13 | 6 | 4682 | ||||||||||||
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