Hi everyone! We’ve got a great new piece of Seals/Barons history to present to you this week. Actually, it’s a great new conversation with Gary Webster, author of the forthcoming book The NHL’s Mistake by the Lake: A History of the Cleveland Barons and Tim Hanlon of the sports history podcast Good Seats Still Available. Some of you may already be familiar with GSSA as over the years Tim has invited several people to chat about the Golden Seals, notably yours truly as well as legendary cheerleader Krazy George Henderson and Seals documentarian Mark Greczmiel. I’ve already pre-ordered my copy of Gary Webster’s book, and I look forward to diving in this fall. If you haven’t done so, head on over to Amazon.com or to the McFarland Press website to pre-order it.

The conversation between Hanlon and Webster is eye-opening and informative. I learned a lot about what went on behind the scenes at Richfield Coliseum, but also what led to the Seals moving to Cleveland in the first place. Webster also spends quite a bit of time talking about some of Cleveland’s previous hockey failures. He doesn’t go much into detail about what the Barons did on the ice, but don’t let that deter you from downloading the cast as it is a fascinating discussion lasting almost two full hours! You can download the conversation over at GSSA right here. Happy listening!

Until next time, stay gold!