The logo of the Cleveland Barons NHL team, which played in the league from 1976 through 1978. The Barons were relocated to Cleveland from Oakland, where they entered the league as the Oakland Seals in 1967 and later became the California Golden Seals. They ran into financial trouble in Cleveland after only 2 seasons and eventually the league merged them with another team with money problems, the Minnesota North Stars, with the team keeping the North Stars name and playing in Minnesota.