During his coaching career, he also made brief appearances in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres for 2+1⁄2 seasons and the Maple Leafs from the end of 1979–80 to the first half of 1980–81.

[4] After his NHL stint, Crozier finished his playing career with the Spokane Spokes of the Western Hockey League in 1959–60[5] and one more season with the Rochester Americans in 1960–61.

In 1961, he became the head coach and general manager for the Charlotte Checkers of the minor professional Eastern Hockey League.

[16] Upon leaving the Sabres, he became the general manager of the Vancouver Blazers in the World Hockey Association in 1974–75.

[17] The team relocated in 1975, becoming the Calgary Cowboys, and Crozier signed a new five-year contract as coach and general manager.

[19] In his third and final season with the Blazers-Cowboys franchise, in which Calgary failed to make the playoffs, Crozier dumped the team's spare hockey sticks from the bench onto the ice during a game in protest of a disputed call.

Another incident with the Cowboys involves a mishap while trying to return to Calgary after a game against the San Diego Mariners.

[20] After his second NHL stint, Crozier joined the Kitchener Rangers of the major junior Ontario Hockey League in September 1981 as their coach and general manager, replacing Orval Tessier.

[21] The Rangers had just come off a Memorial Cup final game loss to the Cornwall Royals the previous season.

[23] Coming off their Memorial Cup championship, Crozier and the Rangers finished with a 45–23–2 record in 1982–83, but fell to the Sault Ste.

[24] He returned to the Rochester Americans for one season, in which they reached the 1984 Calder Cup Final against the Maine Mariners, but lost in five games.

[1] He was elected to the American Hockey League Hall of Fame, Class of 2012, for his career as a player and coach.