Wow, what an incredible week at Golden Seals Hockey!  There was a major spike in traffic, and I was beginning to wonder if a few people’s New Year’s drinks had been spiked or something, but in fact the Bay Area’s Mercury News included a short shout-out to the site in its great article about Seals  Thank you very much Mark Purdy!  Fantastic article!  You can read it here: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/04/purdy-sharks-to-honor-the-california-golden-seals-the-nhl-expansion-team-that-wore-white-skates-entranced-tom-hanks-and-employed-a-cobra/.  Thanks to everyone for their support.  Your loyalty will be rewarded, I can assure you.  Keep reading…

Seals Throwback night came and went January 7, and unfortunately, I was not able to witness it since the game was only televised on NHL Centre Ice.  From the 14 seconds of highlights of the opening ceremony I was able to catch the next morning on Sportscentre, it seems like everyone had a good time.  On a happier note, I received my game program perk from Mark Greczmiel a few days ago, and I thought I’d post a few of the articles found inside, many of which are about the Seals.  The first one is entitled “Gilbertson… California’s Favorite,” and the second is a profile of Craig Patrick, “Patrick Makes His Point.”  Interestingly enough, by Christmas neither Gilbertson nor Patrick would remain with the Seals having been shipped off to St. Louis for Dave Gardner and Butch Williams.  The third article was written by a woman named Regina Skinner, who had just become a Seals fan at the end of the 1973-74.  From what I’m able to gather from the address at the bottom of the page, she had a regular column that appeared in the Seals’ game programs starting in October 1974.  This interesting article is about the changes the Seals underwent before the 1974-75 season.

I’ve also added the pre-game notes for the infamous October 25 game in which the Philadelphia Flyers’ goon squad attacked the Seals Mike Christie in the penalty box.  I’ve also added the Seals and Flyers scoring and goaltending stats recorded up to that very day.  I debated whether or not these files should be placed in the photo section or the article section, but then I figured they fit best in the stats section, so that’s where you’ll find them.

Finally, there is as always a new induction into the Hockey Hall of Shame’s Overexposed wing, this time, a classic card featuring a perhaps tipsy, perhaps sleep-deprived Phil Watson, or maybe it’s Fred McMurray, I’m not quite sure.  You’ll have to see it to believe it.  Just go check it out, but before you do, don’t forget to vote for the player you believe deserves to be inducted into the Seals Hall of Fame.  It’s not a real Hall or anything, just a fun little thing to add to the site.  Oh, for chrissakes, just humor me and vote…

Anyway, stay gold everyone, and thanks again for supporting and subscribing to the site!