But Torrey traded Jean Potvin along with J.P. Parise to the Cleveland Barons for Wayne Merrick on Jan. 10, 1978. "My brother would sit directly across the room from me," Denis Potvin recalled.

By Richard Sandomir Jean Potvin, a defenseman who played on ... Potvin was traded to the Cleveland Barons in January 1978. He was with Cleveland for the rest of that season and with the Minnesota ...

Former Islanders defenseman Jean Potvin died on Tuesday night at ... He also had stints with the Kings, Flyers, Cleveland Barons and Minnesota North Stars. His final two seasons were the Islanders ...

Cleveland Barons and Minnesota North Stars. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Potvin family,” Islanders General Manager Lou Lamoriello said in a statement. “Jean was a leader on ...

Jean Potvin was traded to the lowly Cleveland Barons — soon to be merged with the Minnesota North Stars — on Jan. 10, 1978. Torrey re-signed the defenseman as a free agent on June 10 ...

It is especially cruel, all of it, but Jean Potvin and Clark Gillies — two ... The Islanders traded him to Cleveland in 1977-78, but brought him back ahead of that first Cup season, even though ...

Two-time Stanley Cup champion Jean Potvin, who played the majority of his 11-year NHL career with the New York islanders, died on Tuesday. Potvin, who is the brother of Islanders legend and Hall ...

For all or parts of five decades, the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League captured the hearts and passions of the city they represented. No hockey team, before or after, could duplicate ...