Hockey has had its share of bizarre tales over the years, but none
compares 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. One general manager
was hauled in for questioning by mysterious men because he'd
mismanaged a player contract, while one of the team's goaltenders
regularly spat tobacco juice at the feet of referees. The
California Golden Seals examines the franchise's entire
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 comprehensive season-by-season narrative and a section of
definitive statistics, Currier brings to life the Seals' entire
history with lighthearted anecdotes, personal interviews, and
statistics about hockey's most infamous losing team.
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