12 Facts About California Seals

California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League from 1967 to 1976.

The California Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of the 1967 NHL expansion.

California Seals were never successful at the gate, qualifying for the postseason in only two of their nine seasons and failing to obtain a winning record in each.

California Seals decided to move the team across the Bay from the Cow Palace in Daly City to Oakland to play in the new Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena.

Nevertheless, while the WHL California Seals had drawn well at the Cow Palace the team drew poorly in Oakland once they entered the NHL.

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California Seals were never successful at the gate even after the name change, and because of this poor attendance Van Gerbig threatened on numerous occasions to move the team elsewhere.

The new-look California Seals were somewhat more successful, making the playoffs for two years, although with sub-.

The California Seals organization filed suit against the NHL claiming that the prohibition violated the Sherman Act.

The California Seals are remembered for wearing white skates, but initially Torrey convinced Finley to use green and gold painted skates instead, as team-colored skates were a trend of the period.

However, this was all for naught, as the California Seals finished with the worst record in the NHL that year.

The California Seals regularly used the new Boeing 747s the airlines had put into service at the time.

California Seals tried to sell the Seals, but when no credible buyers came forward who were interested in keeping the team in the Bay Area, he sold the team back to the league for A 1973 attempt by Finley to sell the team to Indianapolis interests who planned to relocate the team to that city was rejected by the NHL's board.