In watching a lot of these classic NHL games on TV to satisfy my need for sports during this pandemic, I’ve noticed that the game definitely had a lot more clutching and grabbing than I remember. Case in point, this week’s Overexposed card featuring the Florida Panthers’ Johan Garpenlov. Take a look at the moment when a photographer captured the guy getting his lunch money stolen by a gang of angry schoolyard thugs.

This week’s Seals article is not so much about mugging your fellow man, but more about pushing and shoving a… wait, what’s that I see? Is that a cartoon Seal shoving a boy scout in the face? Yup, that’s what it is all right, and it can be found right here in the latest Lee Susman cartoon which was published just before the Seals’ first-ever game against the Kansas City Scouts October 23, 1974. This week’s article is not a very long one, but more of a companion piece to the Susman caroon. It is interesting that the Seals may have been giving the expansion Scouts a little extra motivation by not being able to name a single one of them when asked to do so by a Bay Area reporter, which was strange considering four-year Seals veteran Gary Croteau was now on the Scouts’ roster.

Also, friend of the site Greg Enright let me know recently that his book titled The Pittsburgh Penguins: the First 25 Years has been published, and it looks like a great read, which I’m looking forward to digging into. Most of you here right now are fans of old-school hockey and the post-expansion era, so you’ll want to check out this book. There is a sample on Amazon, and it is available there, but in Kindle form only. If you prefer a more traditional softcover version, you can pick it up on the McFarland website here.

In closing this week, I’m sending out an S.O.S. (thanks, Sting!) hoping a few of you out there can think of some brutally awkward hockey cards that need to be posted on this site. In fact, if anyone has any suggestions for topics they would like to see roasted in the Hockey Hall of Shame, send them on over to me, and I’ll see what I can do to make your dreams come true! And once you’re done sending me snaps of God-awful cardboard crap and goofy hockey marketing ideas, don’t forget to vote for your picks for the Seals Hall of Fame. The online ballot is right there to your right, and you can vote up to three times per device.

Until next time, stay gold!