Cleveland Barons - NHL - was created in 1976.
Yes, the Cleveland Barons was a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1976-78. It was a relocation of the California Golden Seals franchise, which had been based in Oakland since 1967.
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Jim Neilson and Bob Stewart, 1976-78 (co-captains)
== == There have been multiple Cleveland Hockey teams that have gone by the nickname of the "Barons." The 1937-1973 AHL Cleveland Barons (nee Cleveland Indians, nee Cleveland Falcons) moved to Jacksonville, FL in 1973 to become the Jacksonville Barons due to increased competition from the WHA Cleveland Crusaders. The organization folded shortly after in Jacksonville. This is the Barons franchise most Cleveland Hockey fans and historians association with the Barons name, and was the most successful incarnation of the franchises. In 1978, the NHL Cleveland Barons (nee California Golden Seals) merged their roster with that of the Minnesota North Stars. They remained in Cleveland a total of 2 years and played their games at the Richfield Colosseum. Click on the 'Cleveland Barons' link on this page to see the history of the Barons. in 2006, the AHL Cleveland Barons (nee Kentucky Thoroughblades) were moved to Worcester, MA to become the Worcester Sharks. They remained in Cleveland a total of 5 years and played their home games at Gund Arena (now Quicken Loans Arena.)
Cleveland's team in the NHL, between 1976-1978, was the Barons. The Barons merged with the Minnesota North Stars after the 1977-78 season.
The Cleveland Barons, which after just a few seasons, merged with the Minnesota Northstars (remaining as the Minnesota Northstars), and later moving to Dallas to become the Stars
Post 1970 it would be the K.C. Scouts and the Cleveland Barons(two seasons each 160 games respectively)
Marion Barons ended in 1954.
Munich Barons ended in 2002.
The California (Golden) Seals moved to Cleveland for the 1976-77 season and became the Cleveland Barons. After two seasons in Cleveland and amassing even more debt, the NHL allowed the Barons to be merged with the equally debt ridden Minnesota North Stars. Initially the merger rejuvenated the franchise and the North Stars made the Stanley Cup finals in the 1980-81 season, eventually losing the Cup to the New York Islanders. But lean times came back and the North Stars moved to Dallas for the 1993-94 season and became the Dallas Stars.
When the NHL expanded from six teams to twelve for the 1967-68 season, two of the new franchises were based in California: the Los Angeles Kings and the California Seals (based in Oakland). The Seals franchise, by then having moved and become the Cleveland Barons, folded in 1978.