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.
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