California Golden Seals
Least successful 1967 NHL expansion team; relocated to become Cleveland Barons.
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Between 1967 and 1976, the California Golden Seals were an NHL professional ice hockey club that played its home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena and was based in Oakland, California.[1] The 1967 NHL expansion added six teams, and the Seals were one of them.[2] Among those six expansion teams, the Seals were the one that performed worst; they never had a winning season and only qualified for the postseason twice over nine years.[2]
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Former Seals forward Dennis Maruk recalled that California seemed like a place where "you could drive a corvette in shorts and a t-shirt"[9] Former Seals radio broadcaster Joe Starkey noted that the team struggled to attract fans because "your team had to be a success or it was, 'aw heck, let's go to the beach'"[9] Starkey also stated that the Seals "had a shot at making it if they could make it into the city," but "an arena never got approved in San Francisco"[9] Roy Storey called play-by-play for the Seals on KEEN radio during the 1970–71 season.[10]
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- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kurtzberg, "Shorthanded: The Untold Story of the Seals: Hockeys Most Colorful Team", AuthorHouse, 2006-03-06 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2017", Dan Diamond and Associates, Inc., 2016, p. 9 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Minneapolis Tribune November 7, 1967, page 24 from an AP story.; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.201, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Montreal Gazette, October 16, 1970" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Trader Sam's Greatest Trades", HabsWorld, 15 August 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Worst of the worst - Columns - the Guardian" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.201-2, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010,; "NHL buying Finley out", Deseret News, January 15, 1974, p. 12B; "Seals not bound for Indy", Calgary Herald, June 26, 1973, p. 15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Zielinski, "A Tale of Two Teams: California Hockey, Then and Now", sjsharks.com, January 10, 2017. facts only, no text reused. nhl.com
- Wikipedia, "California Golden Seals" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Roy Storey", Bay Area Radio Museum, 10 August 2014; Peng, "50 Forgotten Stories: Bob Miller & Roy Storey", LAKings.com, April 13, 2017; Zielinski, "A Tale of Two Teams: California Hockey, Then and Now", sjsharks.com, January 10, 2017; ; Okanes, "He Gives You A Great Cal Broadcast", calbears.com, September 25, 2018; Gold, "From Peanuts to the Pressbox: Insider Sports Stories from a Life Behind the Mic", Thomas Nelson Inc., 2009-09-14, p. 82; "Column: California Seals documentary is one you don't want to let slip away", Los Angel en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: California Golden Seals (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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