1976 WHA Preliminary Round
New England Whalers defeat Cleveland Crusaders 3-0

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Cleveland Crusaders

W-L: 35-40-5, .469

SRS: -0.15 (9th of 14)

Goals: 273 (9th of 14)

Goals Against: 279 (6th of 14)

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New England Whalers

W-L: 33-40-7, .456

SRS: -0.46 (10th of 14)

Goals: 255 (11th of 14)

Goals Against: 290 (9th of 14)

Game 1, April 9
Cleveland Crusaders	3	Final
New England Whalers	5

Game 2, April 10
New England Whalers	6	Final
Cleveland Crusaders	1

Game 3, April 11
New England Whalers	3	Final
Cleveland Crusaders	2

1975-76 Regular Season Stats

Saturday, Dec 13, 1975
Cleveland Crusaders	4	Final
New England Whalers	5

Monday, Dec 22, 1975
New England Whalers	4	Final
Cleveland Crusaders	1

Sunday, Dec 28, 1975
Cleveland Crusaders	0	Final
New England Whalers	4

Saturday, Jan 3, 1976
Cleveland Crusaders	2	Final
New England Whalers	3

Friday, Jan 16, 1976
New England Whalers	3	Final
Cleveland Crusaders	4

Friday, Jan 23, 1976
New England Whalers	2	Final
Cleveland Crusaders	2

Sunday, Feb 8, 1976
Cleveland Crusaders	6	Final
New England Whalers	1

Sunday, Feb 15, 1976
New England Whalers	3	Final
Cleveland Crusaders	2

Friday, Mar 12, 1976
Cleveland Crusaders	2	Final
New England Whalers	8

Wednesday, Mar 31, 1976
New England Whalers	1	Final
Cleveland Crusaders	5

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CLC Scoring Regular Season

CLC Scoring Regular Season Table
					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	Ron Ward	31	C	75	32	50	82	14	24	19	11	2	2				172	18.6
2	Jim Harrison	28	C	59	34	38	72	4	62	23	9	2	5				216	15.7
3	Rich LeDuc	24	C	79	36	22	58	7	76	26	8	2	6				286	12.6
4	Gerry Pinder	27	RW	79	21	30	51	-8	118	10	8	3	2				201	10.4
5	Danny Gruen	23	LW	80	26	24	50	9	72	21	5	0	4				173	15.0
6	Paul Shmyr	30	D	70	6	44	50	16	101	1	4	1	2				165	3.6
7	Al McDonough	25	RW	80	23	22	45	1	19	19	4	0	1				229	10.0
8	Russ Walker	22	RW	72	23	15	38	-7	122	18	5	0	2				161	14.3
9	Tom Edur	21	D	80	7	28	35	15	62	4	3	0	0				151	4.6
10	Gary Jarrett	33	LW	69	16	17	33	-4	22	15	1	0	1				128	12.5
11	John Stewart	25	LW	79	12	21	33	-3	43	12	0	0	3				166	7.2
12	Juhani Tamminen	25	RW	65	7	14	21	-8	0	5	2	0	0				101	6.9
13	Bryan Maxwell	20	D	73	3	14	17	-13	177	3	0	0	1				67	4.5
14	Terry Ball	31	D	23	2	15	17	-21	18	0	2	0	0				62	3.2
15	Ray McKay	29	D	68	3	10	13	-8	44	2	1	0	1				50	6.0
16	Lyle Moffat	27	LW	33	4	7	11	10	33	3	1	0	1				57	7.0
17	John Stewart	22	C	42	2	9	11	-2	15	2	0	0	0				68	2.9
18	Paul Baxter	20	D	67	3	7	10	-7	201	2	1	0	1				65	4.6
19	Randy Legge	30	D	44	1	8	9	-7	28	1	0	0	0				41	2.4
20	Gary MacGregor	21	C	35	5	3	8	-16	6	1	4	0	2				45	11.1
21	Wayne Connelly	36	RW	12	5	2	7	-1	4	2	3	0	1				39	12.8
22	Barry Legge	21	D	35	0	7	7	-8	22	0	0	0	0				28	0.0
23	Bill Evo	21	RW	40	1	5	6	-15	32	1	0	0	0				30	3.3
24	Wayne Muloin	34	D	27	0	5	5	-7	12	0	0	0	0				16	0.0
25	Terry Holbrook	25	RW	15	1	2	3	-1	6	0	0	1	0				17	5.9
26	Mike Conroy	24	LW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
27	Cam Newton	25	G	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		896	59:44
28	Brian Bowles	23	D	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0				0
29	Jacques Caron	35	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		130	65:00
30	Gerry Cheevers*	35	G	28	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0				0		1570	56:04
31	Bob Johnson	27	G	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		1043	57:57
32	Bob Whidden	29	G	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		1230	58:34
	Team Total			80	273	421	694	-62	1338	190	72	11	35				2734	10.0

CLC Goalies Regular Season

CLC Goalies Regular Season Table
			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*	35	28		11	14	1	95				3.63	1	1570				99	0.6
2	Bob Johnson	27	18		9	8	0	56				3.22	1	1043				81	12.9
3	Cam Newton	25	15		7	7	1	48				3.21	0	896				90	5.6
4	Bob Whidden	29	21		7	11	2	70				3.41	1	1230				94	4.5
5	Jacques Caron	35	2		1	0	1	8				3.69	0	130
	Team Total				35	40	5	277				3.41	3	4869

NEW Scoring Regular Season

NEW Scoring Regular Season Table
					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	Tom Webster	27	RW	55	33	50	83	14	24	24	9	0	11				195	16.9
2	Larry Pleau	29	LW	75	29	45	74	1	21	15	12	2	4				192	15.1
3	Rosaire Paiement	30	C	80	28	43	71	-6	89	23	4	1	2				200	14.0
4	Ron Climie	25	LW	65	25	20	45	-8	17	19	6	0	3				118	21.2
5	Rick Ley	27	D	67	8	30	38	-20	78	6	2	0	0				130	6.2
6	Thommy Abrahamsson	28	D	63	14	21	35	-11	47	9	3	2	0				150	9.3
7	Ralph Backstrom	38	C	38	14	19	33		6	13	0	1	1				94	14.9
8	Wayne Carleton	29	C	35	12	21	33	-3	6	10	2	0	0				107	11.2
9	Mike Rogers	21	C	36	18	14	32	-5	10	17	1	0	2				88	20.5
10	Garry Swain	28	C	79	10	16	26	-30	46	6	1	3	1				118	8.5
11	Al Hangsleben	22	D	78	2	23	25	-3	62	2	0	0	0				118	1.7
12	Fred O'Donnell	26	RW	79	11	11	22	-19	81	11	0	0	3				100	11.0
13	Gordie Roberts	18	D	77	3	19	22	-17	102	3	0	0	1				115	2.6
14	Tom Earl	28	RW	66	8	11	19	-7	26	2	0	6	2				63	12.7
15	Don Borgeson	30	LW	31	9	8	17	-2	4	8	1	0	1				62	14.5
16	Doug Roberts	33	D	76	4	13	17	-3	51	4	0	0	0				109	3.7
17	Danny Arndt	20	LW	69	8	8	16	-16	10	7	1	0	1				89	9.0
18	Paul Hurley	29	D	46	0	14	14	-6	20	0	0	0	0				98	0.0
19	Bob McManama	24	C	37	3	10	13	-12	28	2	1	0	0				39	7.7
20	Brad Selwood	27	D	40	2	10	12	5	28	2	0	0	0				55	3.6
21	Mike Byers	29	RW	18	4	3	7	-2	0	4	0	0	0				25	16.0
22	Danny Bolduc	22	RW	14	2	5	7	5	14	2	0	0	0				27	7.4
23	Bob Charlebois	31	LW	28	3	3	6	-1	0	3	0	0	1				19	15.8
24	Nick Fotiu	23	LW	49	3	2	5	-5	94	3	0	0	0				44	6.8
25	Don Blackburn	37	LW	21	2	3	5	-5	6	2	0	0	0				15	13.3
26	Ron Busniuk	27	D	11	0	3	3	0	55	0	0	0	0				18	0.0
27	Christer Abrahamsson	28	G	41	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0				0		2385	58:10
28	Marty Gateman	23	D	12	0	1	1	-8	6	0	0	0	0				6	0.0
29	Paul Hoganson	26	G	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		224	56:00
30	Bruce Landon	26	G	38	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		2181	57:24
31	Terry Caffery	26	C	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0				2	0.0
32	John Danby	27	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
33	Cap Raeder	22	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		100	33:20
34	Steve Richardson	26	LW	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0				5	0.0
35	Jim Troy	23	RW	14	0	0	0	-5	43	0	0	0	0				7	0.0
	Team Total			80	255	429	684	-171	980	197	43	15	33				2408	10.6

NEW Goalies Regular Season

NEW Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA
1	Christer Abrahamsson	28	41		18	18	2	136				3.42	2	2385				97	3.9
2	Bruce Landon	26	38		14	19	5	126				3.47	0	2181				101	-0.7
3	Paul Hoganson	26	4		1	2	0	16				4.29	0	224
4	Cap Raeder	22	3		0	1	0	8				4.80	0	100
	Team Total				33	40	7	286				3.51	2	4890

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1976 WHA Preliminary Round
New England Whalers defeat Cleveland Crusaders 3-0