Cleveland Barons (1937–73)
The Cleveland Barons were an ice hockey team, which was active from 1937 to 1973 in the American Hockey League. They played in Cleveland, Ohio at the Cleveland Arena. They are still one of the most successful AHL teams with nine won Calder Cups, five other finals and won ten division titles. Between 1929 and 1936 they played in the second International Hockey League.
History
Originally, the Barons were founded as the Cleveland Indians in 1929 and were named 1934-1937 Cleveland Falcons and were but renamed in 1937 in Barons. Your most successful years they had 1939-1957 in which they brought the Calder Cup (1939, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957 and 1964) and four more times reached the final nine times in which they lost but (1944, 1946, 1950 and 1956). In the subsequent 15 years, they reached only twice the final, which they won in 1964 and lost two years later.
The outstanding star of the franchise was Fred Glover, who leads the team records in the categories of games, goals, assists, penalty minutes and played seasons and there is the league in second place. In addition, the Hall of Famer Johnny Bower played that was active at the Barons before his NHL career nine years and to this day is the goalkeeper with most shutouts in the AHL. The former general manager of the Barons Jim Hendy encouraged Bower to a change in the NHL. Other famous players of the Barons history were Les Cunningham, who was five times awarded the league All-Star and after the trophy for the AHL MVP is named, Jack Gordon, Bill Needham, the player with the most games for the team in its history, Cal star, Fred Thurier and Les Binkley.
As in 1972 in Cleveland, a WHA team ( Cleveland Crusaders) has been installed, dwindled the public interest and the then owner of the team, Nick Mileti, decided that the Barons still during the current season in February 1973 to Jacksonville to have to move Florida, where it to 1974 and played twice missed the playoffs. Subsequently, the franchise was dissolved.