Posts About "Cleveland Barons"
Barons-North Stars 1978 Merger Solved Two NHL Headaches
June 8th, 2020 Two wrongs don’t usually make a right, but the 1978 merger of the bumbling Cleveland Barons and the struggling Minnesota North Stars proved there are exceptions to the rule. The path to the NHL’s only amalgamation of two franchises began two years earlier in Oakland, where the Barons existed as the California Golden Seals. By the...
Cleveland Barons NHL Draft History
December 4th, 2019 The NHL version of the Cleveland Barons was one of the shortest-lived teams in the history of the league. The franchise was originally part of "The Great Expansion" of 1967 when the NHL expanded from six teams to an even dozen. Initially known as the Oakland Seals from 1967 until 1970, the Bay Area team eventually changed their name to...
Cleveland Loses Youth Hockey Legend
February 3rd, 2016 Webster's Dictionary defines "legend" as "a famous or important person who is known for doing something extremely well". It is also defined as "a person or thing that inspires". You can easily replace the word "legend" with the name of Cleveland Barons' coach "Tim Alexander" and get the same definition. Unfortunately, a youth hockey...
Top 5 Defunct NHL Jerseys
April 15th, 2015 The NHL has long been recognized as the league, among the "big four", with the best looking jerseys. From the Chicago Blackhawks to the New York Rangers, the NHL's list of great sweaters just goes on and on. But while everyone talks about the best looking jerseys of the current teams in the league, many forget about the threads of...
Q & A with Steve Bernier of the New Jersey Devils
December 2nd, 2014 Every player’s journey to the NHL is always unique and for a large majority of them once they are in the league their careers are filled with ups and downs. Steve Bernier is no different but the 29-year-old has shown a lot of perseverance to stick around in the NHL after many had written him off. With the New Jersey Devils, the Quebec...
