Hi everyone! Can you believe it? It’s November 16th, and we’ve been walloped with 15cm of snow! I haven’t even had a chance to get my snow tires put on. Worst, this warm-up to winter is not even really a warm-up at all; we actually had snow before Halloween this year!
Traffic was lousy all day, it’s bitterly cold, my boots are wet, and I’m just glad it’s the weekend, and I don’t have to face nature for a few days. Looking to get my mind off the awful crap going on outside my house, I did a bit of searching for some new Seals articles people might be interested in, and I’ve been able to locate some great new stuff so come back to find out what I’ve got.
Two great new additions to the site this week! For those of you looking for more accurate Seals stats, check out the updated year-by-year scoring and goaltending records. The goaltending stats, which have always been the bane of old time stats hounds because there was absolutely no way to accurately determine how many minutes a goaltender played in each game, and how many shots they faced. Now, however, these stats, for all NHL goaltenders, can now be considered complete and accurate thanks to the NHL publishing all of its game summaries on NHL.com. You can also find all of these updated stats on Hockey-reference.com if you’re looking for numbers pertaining to your other favourite goaltenders of the 1960s and 70s. Goaltending stats will literally never be the same as just about every goaltender that has played the game in the pre-expansion and immediate post-expansion eras will have slightly, if not completely different stat lines now that we have easy access to shots-on-goal and minutes-played records. Be warned, however, that I have not yet updated the Seals goaltender register, so the stats do not match up, but that will change in due time when I get the chance to update it.
In the articles section, I’ve added a brand new piece from Hugh McDonald of the San Mateo Times about a March 1972 game against the Chicago Black Hawks. The game featured some great action, including a scuffle between former teammates Paul Shmyr, Gerry Pinder, and Keith Magnuson.
Until next time, stay gold!