Hi everyone! December has been a lot of fun so far. My daughter Laura turned two yesterday, so the wife and I spent the night before wrapping presents and decorating the house a little bit. My daughter was actually fighting a cold on her birthday so she stayed home, and my wife picked up our son Emmett at school a bit early so we could open some presents and have a few birthday snacks before supper. We all had a great time, and even sick little Laura managed to enjoy her birthday.

Then today we went out to buy this year’s Christmas tree, which the wife and I are going to set up tonight and decorate tomorrow with the kids, so it should be another fun day. Emmett and I did a little Christmas shopping so he could pick up a few small presents for his aunts, uncles and grandparents, and even though he was tired, he pushed ahead and we managed to find a few nice trinkets and candy for everyone. We even had a nice little snowfall of about 4 cm this morning, so it really is starting to feel like the holidays again.

As you’ve probably realized by now, I really have absolutely no segue into this week’s new additions to the site. I’ve added a new article from the December 10, 1970 Vancouver Sun. The game detailed in this article isn’t anything special per se other than the fact the Seals won and that Earl Ingarfield scored 4 points for the victors. I chose to add this article to the site archives for the simple reason that Vancouver coach Hal Laycoe’s description of what it was like playing against the Seals during the 1970-71 season is hilarious. I won’t spoil it for you here (other than a little teaser in this week’s headline), so I urge you to read this great piece about one of the Seals’ rare wins that year.

For all of you stats nerds and San Francisco Seals fans, you may want to download the updated version of the team’s game-by-game summary which now includes about 99% of the team’s game-by-game attendance figures. A huge thanks to Chuck Nan who was able to find most of the WHL Seals’ home attendance marks, as well as a few road figures as well, including quite a few I was having trouble finding!

Until next time, stay gold!