Hi everyone! A quick little back story on this week’s new article, which you can find right here by the way. This week, I received an e-mail from site subscriber Sante Debacco, who informed me about the significance Seals-Kings contest from December 25, 1971. I remembered quite clearly that the Seals were involved in the NHL’s last-ever Christmas game, so I was surprised to notice that I had never posted an article about said contest. So, this week, I’ve added a great John Porter article about that game, a 3-1 victory for the Seals, who, as you may remember, were on a bit of a roll that season after acquiring Gilles Meloche from Chicago. The Seals were looking like serious playoff contenders at this point, and they wouldn’t relinquish their hold on the West Division’s last post-season ticket until the latter days of March. On Christmas night, the lowly Kings gave the Seals all they could handle, but the Golden Ones hung on for the win thanks to some stellar goaltending from Meloche, playing in his ninth straight game. Fred Glover, by then the Kings’ coach, was confronting his former team, who had fired him three games into the season, for the first time. Little did Glover know that within less than a year, he would be back behind the Oakland bench. Thanks Sante for bringing the game up and for pointing out its significance!

That’s about it for this week, so I hope you all have a great weekend and get that Christmas shopping finished (or started?). Until next time, stay gold!