WOW! Has it Really Been a Whole Year?

Hi everyone!  It’s now been one year since Golden Seals Hockey was launched, and to celebrate this momentous event, we have added many new goodies, the most important of which is the official induction of Gary Smith, Reggie Leach, and Bob Stewart to the franchise’s Hall of Fame.  Head on over to the Hall of Fame section to read up on the three newest inductees.

Another fun new addition is the Ultimate Seals Quiz, which is sure to challenge even the team’s most devout fans: 25 questions that cover the franchise’s entire history, from its very first years in San Francisco, to the Charlie Finley era, all the way to the Cleveland Barons years.  Find out if you are a quiz all-star or a quiz chump by clicking the link here.

Finally, a new card has also been added to the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame, and it is a fitting one because it is of the Seals’ all-time greatest player, Gilles Meloche.

Now that my book, and its index are finally, FINALLY and officially finished and submitted for printing, I will have more time to dedicate to this site, and there are a couple of really cool things that will be added in the next few weeks: new photos, personal correspondences with former players, new inductions to the Hockey Hall of Shame, as well as the usual articles and hockey card tragedies you’ve all become accustomed to seeing here, so I don’t need to tell you that you need to come back again!

Until next time, stay gold!

 

And the Newest Inductees Are…

Hi everyone!  After a one-week hiatus, we’re back!  I’ve finally had the chance to finish the final edit and index for my upcoming book, and while it feels like another chapter of my life has just ended, I’m also glad it’s over.  Creating an index has to be the worst part of writing a book, and it’s the very last thing you will remember adding to your project, which makes it even worse, because indexing is mind-numbing, and creating a book should be fun and interesting.  Creating an index is tedious, meticulous, soul-crushing paperwork.  Writing down the name of every single person who appears in the book, and writing down every single page something interesting is mentioned about that person is God-awfully boring, and every time you think to yourself, “Oh, I think I can get through this many pages today”, you always end up doing far less, and it gets depressing and stressful.  Thank God it’s all over and done with, aside from the inevitable last review which I’ll probably end up doing in a few weeks.  Tonight, I can take a night off and watch some Mystery Science Theater 3000, have a beer, and eat some nachos.  But before I do that, there’s important business to take care of… the Seals Hall of Fame inductions!

Without further ado, the three newest members of the Seals Hall of Fame, as voted by you, are Gary Smith, Reggie Leach, and Bob Stewart!  Thanks to everyone who voted.  In the coming months, there will be a new survey to choose the inductees for 2018.  Next week will be the one-year anniversary of the site so there will be a few fun new additions to the site, as well as the usual additions you’ve become accustomed to seeing around here.

New this week, I present you an article from February 1973 describing what must have been a very typical post-game situation for Fred Glover: considering whether or not he would off himself or simply medicate himself to the point where he wouldn’t feel anymore pain.  I’m serious.  Take a look over in the articles section to find out for yourself.

This week’s other new addition is a Brad Park card from the legendary 1971-72 O-Pee-Chee set, where he attempts to take the worst slap shot in visually-recorded memory,  Or maybe he’s practicing his putts.  Whatever he’s doing, it’s weird.

Until next time, stay gold!

Who is Kerry Toporowski? He’s the Latest to be Overexposed!

Hi everyone! Welcome back once again for another installment of hockey insanity courtesy of Golden Seals Hockey.

In the articles section this week, a brand new piece about the Seals’ last NHL game in which hotshot rookie Dennis Maruk scored two goals to dust off the L.A. Kings.  Speaking of Dennis Maruk, he has written a new book about his life with the help of Rogers Sportsnet’s Ken Reid.  You can check out some of the details over at Amazon.  Ken wrote one of the blurbs for my own book (also available on Amazon, by the way), and he was nice enough to write two of them, so I could choose which one I liked best.  His first book, Hockey Card Stories is a must-read for anyone who not only enjoys Overexposed, but who also likes actual research to go along with the card analysis.  As I’m writing this I’m about half-way through Ken’s latest book, One Night Only, which is about some of the players who only got to play in one career NHL game.  It’s a very interesting read full of stories and anecdotes you have never heard of from little-known players who have led truly fascinating lives and rubbed elbows with hockey’s elite.  As for Dennis Maruk, I have a personal connection with him as well.  He was one of the first players to agree to be interviewed for my book, way back in 2009 (yeah, it took me that long to finish this thing) and he was by far the biggest star player I got to speak to, so that was a big boost to my confidence as a first-time writer when he took the time to write me back.

Also new this week, the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame features a bizarre entry from the wonderfully weird 1991-92 Ultimate Draft set.  Minor-league tough guy Kerry Toporowski gets the treatment this week, not that this card is at all his fault, as is usually the case when it comes to these cardboard crap-a-thons.

Until next time, stay gold!