Ray Clearwater

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.

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 seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM1961–62 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 01964–65 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 71966–67 Providence Reds AHL 63 2 13 15 46 — — — — —1967–68 Providence Reds AHL 67 5 15 20 62 8 1 4 5 121968–69 Providence Reds AHL 69 8 19 27 92 9 0 1 1 121969–70 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 81971–72 Providence Reds AHL 76 12 36 48 69 5 1 2 3 41972–73 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 78 11 36 47 41 9 1 2 3 81973–74 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 68 12 23 35 47 5 0 0 0 21974–75 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 66 4 18 22 51 4 1 1 2 01975–76 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 21978–79 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 74 6 17 23 61 10 0 2 2 61979–80 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 14 1 1 2 6 — — — — —1979–80 Richmond Rifles EHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — WHA totals214 27 77 104 141 18 2 3 5 10