The California Golden Seals
A Tale of White Skates, Red Ink, and One of the NHL's Most Outlandish Teams
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Product details:
- Publisher University of Nebraska Press
- Date of Publication 1 October 2020
- Number of Volumes Trade Paperback
- ISBN 9781496222282
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages498 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 742 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 38 photographs, 8 illustrations, 25 tables, index 150
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Hockey has had its share of bizarre tales over the years, but none compare to the fascinating story of the California Golden Seals, a team that remains the benchmark for how not to run a sports franchise. From 1967 to 1978, a revolving door of players, apathetic owners, and ridiculous marketing decisions turned the Seals, originally based in Oakland, into hockey’s traveling circus. The team lost tons of money and games, cheated death more often than Evel Knievel, and left behind a long trail of broken dreams. Live seals were used as mascots, players wore skates that were painted white on an almost daily basis, and draft picks were dealt away nonchalantly like cards at a poker game.
The California Golden Seals examines the franchise’s mismanaged—but always interesting—history, from its ballyhooed beginnings as a minor-league champion in the 1960s to its steep slide into oblivion in the late 1970s after moving to Cleveland. Through a season-by-season narrative, Currier brings to life the Seals’ history with lighthearted anecdotes, personal interviews, and statistics about hockey’s most infamous losing team.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. San Francisco Treat, 1917–1967
2. The Oakland Error, 1967–1968
3. The Three Musketeers, 1968–1969
4. Hung Over, 1969–1970
5. Fools’ Gold, 1970–1971
6. Young Blood, 1971–1972
7. Goodbye, Oakland, 1972–1973
8. Big Hats, No Cattle, 1973–1974
9. Restoring Pride, 1974–1975
10. Swig vs. Moscone, 1975–1976
11. Mistake on the Lake, 1976–1977
12. One Last Gasp, 1977–1978
13. The Road Home
Appendix of Tables: Seals / Barons Record Book
Notes
Bibliography
Index
