The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons

The Cleveland Barons should never have existed. Born when the National Hockey League's California Golden Seals--another team that should never have existed--were transplanted to Cleveland in 1976 and greeted with apathy by the dwindling number of hockey fans in northeastern Ohio, the Barons were an embarrassment to the city and to the NHL. The only thing the team had going for them was the state-of-the-art arena they played in, which was all but empty for nearly every game they played. This book chronicles the Barons' two regrettable seasons--a case study in what happens when an ill-conceived professional sports team created in an expansion splurge is moved, in an effort to save it, to a city that doesn't really want it.

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The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons

The Cleveland Barons should never have existed. Born when the National Hockey League's California Golden Seals--another team that should never have existed--were transplanted to Cleveland in 1976 and greeted with apathy by the dwindling number of hockey fans in northeastern Ohio, the Barons were an embarrassment to the city and to the NHL. The only thing the team had going for them was the state-of-the-art arena they played in, which was all but empty for nearly every game they played. This book chronicles the Barons' two regrettable seasons--a case study in what happens when an ill-conceived professional sports team created in an expansion splurge is moved, in an effort to save it, to a city that doesn't really want it.

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The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons

The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons

by Gary Webster
The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons

The NHL's Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons

by Gary Webster

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Overview

The Cleveland Barons should never have existed. Born when the National Hockey League's California Golden Seals--another team that should never have existed--were transplanted to Cleveland in 1976 and greeted with apathy by the dwindling number of hockey fans in northeastern Ohio, the Barons were an embarrassment to the city and to the NHL. The only thing the team had going for them was the state-of-the-art arena they played in, which was all but empty for nearly every game they played. This book chronicles the Barons' two regrettable seasons--a case study in what happens when an ill-conceived professional sports team created in an expansion splurge is moved, in an effort to save it, to a city that doesn't really want it.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476644004
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 09/30/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 223
File size: 7 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Gary Webster has spent many years in commercial radio in northeastern Ohio and is the author of seven books for McFarland.
Gary Webster has spent many years in commercial radio in northeastern Ohio and is the author of five books for McFarland.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us
2. Go East, Young Golden Seals
3. Becoming the Barons
4. Where’s the Red Carpet?
5. Hockey for the Holidays
6. Buddy, Can You Spare a Payroll?
7. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
8. Who Wants to Buy a Slightly Used Hockey Team?
9. A Second Chance
10. New Faces, New Season, Same Script
11. One Shining Moment
12. Just Teasing
13. Look Out Below!
14. The Survey Says…
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
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