Hi everyone! As you can tell by the headline in this week’s blog entry, it’s been hotter than Hades here in Ottawa, and I’m guessing a bit warmer than normal where you live too. It’s been a tad better this week at the homestead since the drought we’ve endured for the last month has finally come to an end, but that doesn’t mean you’ve all been so lucky, so I thought it would be fun to introduce a couple of new site additions related to fire and heat.

This week, I’ve added a great, rare article from the February 1968 issue of Hockey Pictorial, which has long been out of circulation. The subject of today’s article is Seals great Charlie Burns, (Get it? Heat? Burns?… Are those crickets I hear?) the only man to both play for and coach the team in either league. He actually did both at the same time during the 1966-67 season, which is unheard of in today’s modern professional game, but the double-dipping was pretty common back then. Burns had been used as a penalty-killer throughout most of his earlier NHL career, but he proved in San Francisco that he had some serious offensive talent. He clawed his way back to the NHL in 1967, and had an excellent season in California during the team’s first NHL campaign. Of course, he had also played four years for the team when it was still known as the San Francisco Seals, winning the Lester Patrick Cup in 1963-64. Almost every year, Burns was among the team’s scoring leaders, which was due in part to his grit and determination mixed in with just enough skill to carve out a pretty good hockey career in both the NHL and WHL.

And boy do we have a GREAT card for you in the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame. Overexposed is certainly the correct term for this week’s entry since I got lots to say about this one, perhaps the most I’ve ever written about one single card. Yes, there is that much going on here. There is fire, farting, White Castle, cheap advertising, multiple languages, and more! I also have no freakin’ idea where this thing came from. If anyone has any information on this card, I’ll be sure to post it.

That’s about it for new stuff. Be sure to come back again next week for more Seals-related material, and Hall of Shame lunacy. Until next time, stay gold!