Hi everyone!  I hope you all enjoyed yourselves a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.  I wish you all the very best in 2017, which promises to be a big year at Golden Seals Hockey.  There are plenty of rare Seals articles coming your way, not to mention the 2017 Seals Hall of Fame inductions, new additions to the Hockey Hall of Shame, and of course, Overexposed Fridays.

Mark Greczmiel was able to raise over $7,700 for his documentary, The California Golden Seals Story, which is going to be available very soon, so stay tuned for that. He has decided to extend his fund-raising campaign until January 1st, so there is still time to donate money and pick up a few perks.  Check out documentary trailers and other info about the project at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/california-golden-seals-story-final-fundraiser#/.

New to the site this week, we have some new Fun Facts, an article from the day Charlie Finley announced the Oakland Seals became “Golden”, two new articles that have nothing to do with the Seals or Barons at all, but I thought someone might enjoy, as well as a new Overexposed induction.  This week, feast your eyes upon the chicken that was once Link Gaetz’s bodyguard.  Don’t believe me?  Head on over to the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame to see for yourself.

On a sadder note, former Golden Seal Ken Baird passed away on December 18 at the age of 65.  He played 10 games for the Seals in 1971-72 before moving on to the WHA, where he would remain until 1978.  Afterwards, he played four seasons in Germany before hanging up his skates.  Rest in peace…