| Ray Clearwater | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Clearwater in 1972–73 | |||
| Born |
(1942-11-10) November 10, 1942 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Cleveland Crusaders Minnesota Fighting Saints | ||
| Playing career | 1963–1980 | ||
Ray Clearwater (born November 10, 1942) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 214 games in the World Hockey Association for the Cleveland Crusaders and Minnesota Fighting Saints.[1]
Clearwater was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He played junior hockey with the Winnipeg Braves of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League from 1960 to 1963. He turned professional in 1963 with the New Haven Blades. He played for various teams in North American minor professional leagues until 1972 when the WHA was formed and he joined the new Cleveland Crusaders team. He played three seasons with Cleveland and several games for the Minnesota Fighting Saints.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1961–62 | Winnipeg Braves | MJHL | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| 1962–63 | Winnipeg Braves | MJHL | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| 1963–64 | New Haven Blades | EHL | 59 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1964–65 | New Haven Blades | EHL | 70 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Minneapolis Bruins | CPHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | New Haven Blades | EHL | 72 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1966–67 | Providence Reds | AHL | 63 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Providence Reds | AHL | 67 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 1968–69 | Providence Reds | AHL | 69 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 1969–70 | Providence Reds | AHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | WHL | 67 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Providence Reds | AHL | 63 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1971–72 | Providence Reds | AHL | 76 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1972–73 | Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 78 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1973–74 | Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 68 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 66 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1975–76 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 62 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | WHA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 74 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 65 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1978–79 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 74 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1979–80 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Richmond Rifles | EHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 214 | 27 | 77 | 104 | 141 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||
References
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database