Hi everyone! I hope you’ve all had a great week, and are not letting the January blahs get you down. The first month of the year really is a drag sometimes, isn’t it? Especially if you live up here in Canada and every day is either cold, or bitterly cold, or snowy, or rainy, or freezing rainy, or sometimes all of the above. Things could be a lot worse though, as you will soon find out.

This week, we’re heading back to game one of the 1971-72 season, and the Golden Seals have just been dealt a severe blow. Marv Edwards, on loan from the Leafs, was expected to join the team and be a steadying influence on rookie Gary Kurt, but because Charlie Finley had supposedly pissed off some people in Toronto, Edwards was on his way back up north. So, Kurt was the best the Seals had at the goaltending position and thus became the de facto number one until Lyle Carter was able to get to Oakland from the International League. The next time you start feeling like you’ve got the weight of the world on your shoulders, be thankful you’re not Gary Kurt, playing behind a group that finished dead last a few months earlier, and staring down at real NHL players charging at you full tilt looking to rip a slap shot between your eyes. You can read this week’s article from the Oakland Tribune‘s John Porter right here.

That’s it for this week folks! Hope you have a great weekend and get some hockey under your belts. Until next time, stay gold!