Description
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.
Author: Gary Webster
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 09/01/2021
Pages: 223
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781476685847
ISBN10: 1476685843
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Winter Sports | Hockey
Author: Gary Webster
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 09/01/2021
Pages: 223
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781476685847
ISBN10: 1476685843
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Winter Sports | Hockey
About the Author
Gary Webster has spent many years in commercial radio in northeastern Ohio and is the author of five books for McFarland.