Hi everyone! It seems as though everyone has been stumped by last week’s photo challenge. You may remember I had asked you all to identify the two names on the autographed Seals stick. They are definitely NOT easy names to figure out, and you really have to know your Seals history. Here is the stick again, and the two mystery signatures:

Someone by the name of Alan (sorry, I didn’t catch your last name…) was able to identify the second signature, which belongs to Bob Lemieux, who played just 19 games in Oakland. But what about that first signature?

OK, I’ll give you guys a hint… This mystery player never actually played an official game for the Seals, so there’s no use looking him up at HockeyReference.com or Hockeydb.com. Good luck, everyone!

I recently found another interesting photo that I wanted to share with you, and hopefully, someone will be able to shed a little light on it. It is a screen shot from an old TV show called the Old Grey Whistle Test, and it features perhaps the one and only time in human history when someone famous wore a Golden Seals (knock-off) jersey on national television.

The guy playing guitar is the legendary Mick Ronson, and he was the Frank Welker of axe strummers in the 1970s, playing with everyone from David Bowie to Lou Reed to Elton John to Bob Dylan. If Jesus Christ and Saint Peter had a prog rock band going in the day, he probably played with them too. Don’t get me wrong, I’m an afficionado of all things classic rock. I’ve got a more-than-impressive CD collection that includes complete discographies of great bands, bootlegs, rare concerts, illegal Russian versions, and everything in between, but Mick Ronson’s career has completely fallen through the cracks of my collection. I really don’t know much about Ronson, so the reason he’s wearing Seals paraphernalia completely escapes me. Mad props to the dude for showing the Seals some love at a time when both they and the sport of hockey were almost complete afterthoughts to the average sports fans. I mean, it’s not like you could just go over to Amazon and pick up one of those green-and-gold badboys back in the mid-1970s. If anyone out there can fill me in on why he’s supporting the Seals on TV, please let me know. And if anyone can tell me why that lit-up guy in the top-right corner is karate-kicking that star where the sun don’t shine, I’d appreciate that too!

Before closing out today’s update, I invite you to vote for the nominees you feel are most worthy of a spot in the Seals Hall of Fame, class of 2021. You can click on the Jotform link here to cast your votes. There’s less than a month left before the voting closes, so if you haven’t already done your civic duty, I urge you to do so now.

Until next time, stay gold!