Hi everyone! I hope everyone had a relaxing Easter weekend and was able to spend some much-needed time with family and friends. I don’t know about any of you out there, but it hasn’t exactly felt like spring lately despite the Easter Bunny’s recent appearance. Ottawa was hit by a major snow storm on Wednesday and we got another five or ten centimetres today, so the kids have been suiting up in thick winter coats and snow pants, but luckily the temperature has been above zero degrees (Celsius, that is) today so the roads and driveways are mostly clear now, and in a day or two the snow should be completely gone.

So, since Mother Nature has decided to do something different this year, we’re going to do something a bit different here too. A few weeks ago, a site visitor by the name of Jessica Hobson contacted me with a few questions concerning the Seals’ famous footwear. Here are some excerpts from the emails she has sent:

I purchased a very cool looking pair of white and green skates years ago, to display in my shop’s window during Christmas, as they were the colours of my hometown Hespeler Shamrocks. I cannot for the life of me remember where they came from, but I can only assume that I would have picked them up at a thrift store or at a garage sale as they would have been only a few dollars at the time.

Fast forward to this winter when I’ve been beginning to part with some items from my storage unit full of treasure that I am no longer really needing…

I received a message from a local memorabilia collector who shone a light on exactly what I was in possession of; a very rare pair of Bauer Supreme 91’s from the California Golden Seals! He mentioned that I should connect with a couple auction houses in the USA.

As they are of no sentimental value to me and appear to be valued at far more than the original $35 I had once listed them at, I wanted to connect with you to see if you may be able to suggest the most appropriate person or organization that may be interested in purchasing this rare piece of hockey history, seeing as there are only 2 photos existing on the internet of these exact skates.

In a second email, she also mentioned that the skates tongues have some unique cuts on them, which may indicate which player these beauties once belonged to.

For all you non-Canucks out there, Hespeler is a town in Southern Ontario (near Waterloo). Perhaps these skates once belonged to a Seals player with a link to Hespeler or Waterloo, either as a hometown or a place where they once played some junior hockey, I’m really not sure. If anyone has any information, please let me know and I can put you in contact with Jessica. She is also looking for a buyer so if you’re looking to own a rare piece of Seals memorabilia, here is your chance.

That’s about it for this week. Hope you all have a great weekend and, if you are in the path of the solar eclipse, I hope you get a nice glimpse of this once in a lifetime occurrence. Until next time, stay gold!