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Logo of a team that played one season, 1934-35,  in the National Hockey League, the St. Louis Eagles. If their logo looks somewhat familiar, it’s because the eagle was copied from a city of St. Louis icon, the Anheuser-Busch Budweiser logo. The Eagles folded after one year, but  for a pretty unusual reason. The team had great attendance in St. Louis, but had been transferred there from Ottawa and had to play in the same division as the old Senators team they were born from – the Canadian Division. The long train rides to cities like  Montreal, Toronto and Boston not only wore out the Eagle players but the travel costs drained the team’s profits. The owners petitioned the league to move back to Ottawa after the ’35 season, but were declined and the franchise was disbanded instead. The Eagles’ captain for their lone season was Hall of Famer Syd Howe, no relation to Gordie.