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Current CHBC Officers and Trustees
Bylaws/Code of Conduct
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The
Cleveland Hockey Booster Club, Inc. was founded in 1948 as the
Cleveland Barons Booster Club and was the original fan club
for the AHL Cleveland Barons. The club continued through
the Baron years, then became the Cleveland Crusaders Booster
Club in 1972, when Cleveland entered the WHA. Although the
Barons started the season and played some doubleheaders with
the Crusaders, they moved to Jacksonville, Florida mid-season
and folded in 1973. When the Crusaders merged with the
Minnesota Fighting Saints and left town in 1976, the NHL then
came to Cleveland. The club again became the Barons Boosters
until the NHL left in 1978.
Over the 14 years without a team in Cleveland, the club
changed its name to the Cleveland Hockey Booster Club (CHBC).
This was done not only because there was no team to support,
but also to show that the club intended to stay intact by
having social functions and meetings and enjoying and
supporting hockey by traveling to see hockey games in other
cities. Over the years without a team the CHBC also continued
to support local charities and stay active in the AHLBCC and
NHLBCC.
When the Lumberjacks of the IHL came to town in 1992, the CHBC
became the official booster club of the Lumberjacks and
decided to keep its generic name to reflect the fact that they
support all local hockey. When the 'Jacks folded in 2001, and
the Kentucky Thoroughblades of the AHL were moved to Cleveland
and re-named the Barons, the CHBC became the Barons official
Booster Club. Following the relocation of the Barons to
Worcester, Massachusetts in 2005 and another year without
hockey, the formation of the Lake Erie Monsters AHL club
brought hockey back to Cleveland once again. The CHBC
continues to be the official booster club of the Monsters to
date.
The Cleveland Hockey Booster Club works closely with the
Monsters organization on events and promotions, and they also
continue to raise money for charity and remain active in the
AHLBCC, the NHLBCC and the HBCA (formerly IHLBCC). The club
now also supports local youth hockey by sending players to
hockey camp each year and donating to various youth hockey
causes with money raised for the club's Charitable Fund as
well as its Jock Callander Scholarship Fund.
The CHBC continues to follow its objectives as set forth in
the club's By-Laws:
* To promote interest in hockey and other lawful sports in the
community
* To promote and provide social and athletic recreation for
its members
* To promote sportsmanship and morale among hockey players and
their families
* To promote and provide entertainment, lectures, social
affairs, exhibitions, games and amusements of any and all
descriptions for the general enjoyment and instruction of its
members
* To promote dissemination of information regarding the sport
of hockey to its members and to the community at large
* To support and promote charitable causes and organizations.
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