Congratulations also to the 2019 Stanley Cup champions, the St. Louis Blues! Definitely didn’t see that one coming. With the Blues’ huge game seven win, it means that every team from the 1967 expansion, with the exception of the California Seals, has won the NHL’s championship.

Congratulations as well to the Toronto Raptors for their impressive regular season, stunning playoff and well-earned championship. Who would have thought that the 2019 NBA Finals would have a connection to the Seals? With the Toronto Raptors huge win in Game Six, an era came to end. The Golden State Warriors played their very last game at Oracle Arena, which you Seals fans probably know better as the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, which for a decade was the home of the California Seals/Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals. In the articles section, I have posted a piece on the very first game played at the arena, a 6-5 Seals win over the San Diego Gulls on November 9, 1966.

Finally, you should head over to the Overexposed wing of the Hockey Hall of Shame for a bizarre card from a series of cards commemorating Team Canada’s legendary victory in the eight-game 1972 Summit Series. There has been a lot of talk about how wild the Toronto Raptors fans were throughout these playoffs, and while that may be true, in my opinion they got nuthin’ on the fans of Team U.S.S.R. What, you don’t believe me? Well, you have plenty of reasons to be skeptical, my friend. After all, this was the Soviet Union, but really, isn’t there a part of you that just wants to believe there’s a picture somewhere of a bunch of wild and crazy Russians from the Cold War era just whooping it up. Maybe you can find it just by clicking on the link below? Well… sorry, you ain’t gonna find that here, you’re right, but head on over to this week’s Overexposed section anyway to view a truly bizarre piece of cardboard.

Until next time, folks, stay gold!