Hi everyone! Wow! Big news from the Seals universe! That’s right, former Seals defenseman George Pesut has written a book, The Fourth Period: Between the Ice Sheets. The book was released this past December, but I was not made aware of it until I received a link to this:

That’s right folks, as an added bonus, we have George talking about his book in the latest edition of Hockey Time Machine, which you can watch by clicking on the YouTube logo above. The episode was dropped yesterday and I haven’t even had a chance to listen to it yet, so I can’t give you any details. I also can’t give you many details about the book, since my copy just arrived yesterday morning, and I’m only about 20 pages in. So far, I’m very impressed with his narrative style, and I look forward to page 91, when he starts talking about his time in the Bay Area. Rest assured, however, that once I finish the book I will be posting a review on the site, so stay tuned for that. In the meantime, go pick up your own copy over at Amazon. Here’s a link to the American site and another to the Canadian site to make it even easier for you.

As I mentioned last week, I received two very nice gifts in the mail from Kristie Kitchens. A few years ago, she had found an old Seals beer stein that had once belonged to her father, and she sent it to me, which has been sitting on my desk ever since. It’s one of my favourite pieces of memorabilia, and something I had never seen before. This time, Kristie sent me a vintage Sparky the Seal t-shirt, which I’m proud to say, is probably the only one in all of Ottawa.

Please ignore my crappy photography skills (note the scotch tape holding up the shirt on what is an overturned IKEA kitchen table); it’s the best I could do. Of course, I have no intention of leaving it like that; it deserves better. I hope to have it framed one day along with my autographed Seals hockey cards.

The next photo, of a vintage Annalee hockey mouse (Tony Esposito stick in hand) is something I had never seen before, but apparently they were pretty popular back in the 70s.

Thanks so much, Kristie!

Until next time, stay gold!