This Day In Hockey History-June 21, 1976-Cleveland Crusaders: WHA out, NHL in?

NEW YORK (AP) – The path of a National Hockey league team to Cleveland appears to have been cleared, II was burned Monday. Two independent sources said Monday night that an announcement relevant to the NHL’s operation in Cleveland would be made at some time today, It also was learned that the World Hockey Association …

This Day In Hockey History-June 16, 1977-WHA clubs perform annual draft ritual

TORONTO (CP) – The World Hockey Association may or may not operate as an independent league next season, but if it does it will be ready to do battle with the National Hockey League for some of the best graduates of amateur ranks. The nine WHA teams still in existence after the demise of Phoenix …

This Day In Hockey History-May 13, 1977-Barons still in NHL if the money is right

NEW YORK (CP) – The National Hockey League’s board of governors approved Thursday the conditional sale of the troubled Cleveland Barons franchise to Sanford Greenberg and associates provided that the new group can come up with $3 million by June 8. The Cleveland situation took up a major portion of the two-day governors meeting. By …