Hi everyone! This week, a brand new article from November 1971 about Gerry Pinder, who went on to lead the Seals in scoring his one and only season in the Bay Area. For those of you who don’t remember, Pinder got off to one hell of a good start in California, scoring 14 points in his first 10 games, including a then-team-record five-point game versus Detroit October 24, 1971. Pinder was of course acquired in the legendary (and controversial) Gilles Meloche-Gary Smith-Gerry Desjardins deal which also netted the Seals the wonderfully talented Paul Shmyr, and you can find out a bit more about the trade in the article.

There is also a new addition to the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame. This week, one-time Vancouver Canuck Len Lunde skates on Jupiter or something, I don’t know; you’ll have to check out his card to see for yourself what I mean.

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