The Cleveland Falcons were a professional
ice hockey
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team in
Cleveland, Ohio
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, that played home games in the
Elysium Arena
The Elysium Arena was an indoor arena at the corner of E. 107th St. and Euclid in Cleveland, Ohio. It hosted the American Hockey League's Cleveland Falcons from 1936 to 1937. The arena held 3,500 people and opened in 1907.[Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...]
as a member of the
International Hockey League, where they played for five seasons, then renamed the Falcons. In 1936, the team transferred to the International-American Hockey League along with three other teams from the International Hockey League. After playing the
1936–37 season in the new league, they were renamed the
Cleveland Barons The name Cleveland Barons has been used by three professional hockey teams and one junior team.
*Cleveland Barons (NHL), the National Hockey League team that played between 1976 and 1978
*Cleveland Barons (1937–1973), the original American Hockey ...
, for the
1937–38 season.
Season-by-season results
* Cleveland Falcons 1934–1936 (International Hockey League)
* Cleveland Falcons 1936–1937 (
International-American Hockey League)
External links
International Hockey League 1929–1936
Defunct American Hockey League teams
Falcons
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.
Adult falcons ...
Defunct ice hockey teams in Ohio
Ice hockey clubs established in 1934
Sports clubs disestablished in 1937
International Hockey League (1929–1936) teams
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