Hi everyone! After supper this evening, my wife was watching an old video of our son dancing like a crazy person at a Super Bowl party. We then realized that this was the 2020 Super Bowl party, which occurred about a month before the Covid-19 pandemic started. We then realized that this was the last actual party we’ve been to. I do miss going to parties. I wonder if this year my group of friends will be starting up the old Super Bowl tradition again. Even though we’ve been going back to restaurants for the last year or so, it just isn’t the same as being in a small room with a large group of people. It is especially heartwarming when the people organizing the party actually show up.

That said, this week we are heading back to Ohio to see what the Cleveland Barons were up to in the early days of the 1977-78 season. Needless to say, it did not start very well…

Before the season even began, the Barons had the brilliant idea of hosting a luncheon for some 600 of their fans. Not a bad plan in itself. The only problem was that when everyone sat down to eat their appetizers, the Barons were nowhere to be found. Awkward… When everyone started consuming their main course, still no Barons. And when desserts came around, the Barons were still conspicuously absent. Had they forgotten about their lunch date? Had a UFO flown over Cleveland and abducted the team? No, it was because the Barons had hired the wrong man to drive them to the luncheon. Head on over to the articles section to read this short, funny piece about the bus driver who also happens to be an inductee into the Hockey Hall of Shame.

About two weeks after the Barons were given an unwanted and unexpected tour of Cleveland, the Los Angeles Kings made their way to the Coliseum, and with a 2-0-1 record to start the season (not to mention a 2-0 opening night win over the Barons), they were feeling pretty good about themselves, but the Barons had some surprises in store for the purple-and-gold-clad Kings. You can read this article over here.

That’s about it for this week. Until next time, stay gold!