Hi everyone! The weekend is finally here, and I’m feeling great. Sure, it’s literally -20 degrees Celcius outside and I’ll probably lose my pinky toe to frostbite taking the garbage out to the garage tonight, but hey it’s the last day of our son having to endure that dreadful online-learning crap, and we’ll finally have a chance to spend some time sledding or skating outside (assuming, of course, that the temperature drops just a tad), and we can look forward to our lives sort-of getting back to normal, so we can start looking on the bright side.
Another thing that I’ve really been thankful for of late has been the massive updates that were made to Hockey-reference.com. I’ve recently discovered that the site has now posted game logs for every player on the site. So, if I want to know how many consecutive games Joey Johnston scored a point in his rookie season, I have to look no further than Hockey-reference.com. I’m not being paid to promote the site, by the way; I’m just a stats geek who has waited his entire life to have the NHL’s entire statistical history laid out in front of him. I would have killed to have this site at my disposal when I was in the early stages of my own research on the Seals, and I can only imagine what kind of books and research we are going to be treated to in the future now that all of these stats are made available for free!
This week’s article comes from April 14, 1969, which is the day after the L.A. Kings defeated the Seals in Game 7 of the West Division semi-finals. The Seals had given it their all in the six previous games, but by the final contest, they were exhausted, and the Kings took advantage. I was actually a little surprised that I hadn’t uploaded any articles about this game onto the site, considering it technically represents the farthest the Seals ever advanced in the playoffs, so I’m righting a wrong today. Hope you enjoy it.
That’s about it for this week. Hope you all have a great weekend, and I hope you can all enjoy the weather a little wherever you are. Until next time, stay gold!