Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoyed last week’s audio bonanza, because this week we’ve got lots more classic clips for you. This week, we skip ahead a few years to January 26, 1978, during the dying days of the NHL Cleveland Barons. The Eastern United States was hit by several massive snowstorms in 1977 and 1978, and on this night Chicago was particularly hard hit, so much so that only 527 fans took their seats in the near-17,000-seat Chicago Stadium. You read that right. Five hundred and twenty-seven. The Hawks were determined to make sure they hadn’t made all that effort to get to the rink for nothing, taking the game 5-0. The audio quality is not great, but it is still a wonderful snapshot of a very unique game. When you listen to the clip, you can just tell that something isn’t normal, even without knowing exactly how many people are in the stands. You can download the clips here or click on this link to YouTube. Enjoy, folks!

In closing this week, I’d like to once again thank everyone who has purchased a copy of my new book, When the NHL Invaded Japan: the Washington Capitals, the Kansas City Scouts, and the Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Cup, 1975-76. It is starting to climb the Amazon charts (at least in the “hockey books” and, strangely enough, the “Japanese history” category!) so it’s pretty exciting for me. If you haven’t got yourself a copy yet, you can find it on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca, where you can also leave some feedback. Feedback helps sell books, or anything else for that matter, so if you’ve got 30 or 35 seconds, please leave some comments.

I’ve also got sitting in my office a bit of a stockpile of books that I am more than happy to part with for a much more reasonable price than what you will find online. I live in Canada, so I am selling copies for $35 Canadian (about $27 US) + shipping and handling ($15 CDN to Canada, $22 CDN to the U.S.). Let me know who the book is for, and I’ll autograph it as well. If you’d like to make a deal, write to me at stevecurrier@goldensealshockey.com.

Until next time, stay gold!