Here are a few other hockey-themed articles you may find interesting, all written by yours truly for the Society for International Hockey Research.  They have almost nothing to do with the California Seals or Cleveland Barons, but in case you are all wondering if I actually do write about ANYTHING other than the Seals and Barons, here you go.

“Uncle Miltie Takes Over” – Excerpt from the upcoming book The Washington Capitals, the Kansas City Scouts, and the Coca-Cola Cup: How Two NHL Flops Became Japanese Hockey Champions – download here

This excerpt from my upcoming book explores the Capitals one and only road win during their inaugural season. It just so happens it occurred at the Oakland Coliseum, a real gut-punch to the improving Seals.

“Seattle vs Montreal in San Francisco” (various articles from March 29 to April 12, 1917) – download here

To commemorate the addition of Seattle to the NHL family, here is a series of short articles from World War I, when the Montreal Canadiens and the Stanley Cup champions, the Seattle Metropolitans met in San Francisco for a 3-game exhibition series after the Cup was won. Imagine today a couple of Stanley Cup finalists continuing to play after the championship series.

“Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Cup” – download here

This article is about the little-known four-game tournament in which the Washington Capitals and Kansas City Scouts participated in Japan back in 1976.  The two expansion teams faced off for this funny little trophy called the Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Cup, and the tournament itself featured some incredibly bizarre moments the players have never forgotten.  This is one of my favourite pieces ever written, and I got to speak to many players from the Caps and Scouts, who not only shared with me some fantastic stories, but also some great articles and newspaper clippings they had saved over the years.  This article appeared in the 2014-15 SIHR annual research journal.