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class="infobox-data adr"><span class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operated</th><td class="infobox-data">1972–1976</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Home arena</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Arena" title="Cleveland Arena">Cleveland Arena</a> (1972–74)<br /><a href="/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum" title="Richfield Coliseum">Richfield Coliseum</a> (1974–76).</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WUAB" title="WUAB">WUAB</a><br /><a href="/wiki/WHK_(AM)" title="WHK (AM)">WHK</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Franchise history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">1972 (did not play)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Calgary_Broncos" title="Calgary Broncos">Calgary Broncos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">1972–1976</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Cleveland Crusaders</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">1976–1977</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Fighting_Saints" title="Minnesota Fighting Saints">Minnesota Fighting Saints</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Cleveland Crusaders</b> were a professional <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> team from <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>. They played in the <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a> from <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972</a> to <a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_WHA_season" title="1975–76 WHA season">1976</a>. Their home ice was the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Arena" title="Cleveland Arena">Cleveland Arena</a> from 1972 to 1974, and the <a href="/wiki/Richfield_Coliseum" title="Richfield Coliseum">Richfield Coliseum</a> from 1974 to 1976. </p><p>The team was owned by <a href="/wiki/Nick_Mileti" title="Nick Mileti">Nick Mileti</a>, who had been the founder of the <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, and also owned <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>. He had also owned the nine-time <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Barons_(1937%E2%80%9373)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Barons (1937–73)">Cleveland Barons</a>, but moved them to <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a> to make room for the Crusaders. The first coach for the Crusaders was <a href="/wiki/Bill_Needham" title="Bill Needham">Bill Needham</a>, a mainstay of the Barons. Needham coached the Crusaders to winning records in the first two seasons, but failed to advance past the second playoff round. In the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_WHA_season" title="1974–75 WHA season">1974–75 season</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Hanna_(ice_hockey)" title="John Hanna (ice hockey)">John Hanna</a> took over as coach, to be replaced mid-season by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Vivian" title="Jack Vivian">Jack Vivian</a>. Cleveland finished second in the east division despite a losing record, but fell in the first round of the playoffs. <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Wilson_(ice_hockey)" title="Johnny Wilson (ice hockey)">Johnny Wilson</a> led the team for its final season, also losing in the first round of the post-season. </p><p>Mileti sold the team to Jay White in 1975, but White sold it back to Mileti in 1976. However, not long after Mileti closed on his repurchase, the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Seals" title="California Golden Seals">California Golden Seals</a> moved to Cleveland and became the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Barons_(NHL)" title="Cleveland Barons (NHL)">Cleveland Barons</a>. Mileti knew he could not hope to compete with an NHL team and decided to move the Crusaders elsewhere. </p><p>Initially, the team was going to relocate to South Florida and become the <b>Florida Breakers</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> going far enough to have a logo designed.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the proposed move fell through,<sup id="cite_ref-miaminews3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miaminews3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Crusaders relocated to <a href="/wiki/St._Paul,_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul, Minnesota">St. Paul, Minnesota</a>, becoming the second incarnation of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Fighting_Saints" title="Minnesota Fighting Saints">Minnesota Fighting Saints</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cleveland_Crusaders&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Cleveland_Crusaders_players" title="List of Cleveland Crusaders players">List of Cleveland Crusaders players</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Gary_Jarrett" title="Gary Jarrett">Gary Jarrett</a> was the Crusaders top scorer in their four seasons, playing in 298 games, scoring 104 goals, 119 assists, totalling 223 points. <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Pinder" title="Gerry Pinder">Gerry Pinder</a> played the most games in a Crusader uniform, 304 in total. Other notable Crusaders players included <a href="/wiki/Paul_Shmyr" title="Paul Shmyr">Paul Shmyr</a> (538 penalty minutes in four seasons), netminder <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cheevers" title="Gerry Cheevers">Gerry Cheevers</a> (99 wins in four seasons), and defenseman <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Hillman" title="Wayne Hillman">Wayne Hillman</a>. </p><p>The last active Crusaders player in major professional hockey was <a href="/wiki/Paul_Baxter" title="Paul Baxter">Paul Baxter</a>, who last played the <a href="/wiki/1986-87_NHL_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1986-87 NHL season">1986-87 NHL season</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season-by-season_record">Season-by-season record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cleveland_Crusaders&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Season-by-season record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><b>Note:</b> GP = 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<td>78</td> <td>37</td> <td>32</td> <td>9</td> <td>83</td> <td>266</td> <td>264</td> <td>1007</td> <td>3rd, Eastern</td> <td>Lost quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Toronto_Toros" title="Toronto Toros">Toros</a>)</td> <td>6,212 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Cleveland_Crusaders_season" title="1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders season">1974–75</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>35</td> <td>40</td> <td>3</td> <td>73</td> <td>236</td> <td>258</td> <td>1273</td> <td>2nd, Eastern</td> <td>Lost quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Houston_Aeros_(WHA)" title="Houston Aeros (WHA)">Aeros</a>)</td> <td>6,931 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_Cleveland_Crusaders_season" title="1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders season">1975–76</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>35</td> <td>40</td> <td>5</td> <td>75</td> <td>273</td> <td>279</td> <td>1356</td> <td>2nd, Eastern</td> <td>Lost preliminary round (Whalers)</td> <td>6,356 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dddddd"> <td><b>Totals</b></td> 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