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Day Four of the PPP Trivia Contest! Know stuff! Win cards! If you want to take part and haven't signed up, please take a moment to do so! Today it's all about the Seals.

Despite not exactly being a hockey hotbed, the Bay Area got its first shot at NHL glory in the Great Expansion of 1967 he California Golden Seals struggled mightily during their nine seasons in Oakland, never finding success ton or off the ice.

After 25 years as a cozy six team loop, the NHL doubled in size for the 1967-68 season. A look back at the event that had an enormous impact on today's NHL and set the stage for the league's next set of lost teams, the "Great Expansion".

Sal Barry of Puck Junk was so inspired by an old post of mine that he penned a prequel. The Legend of the Seal -- some hockey history with a lot of cartoons!

The Subban Brothers will not be the first siblings to face off as members of the Bruins and Canadiens.

Ben's Grandpa provides a closer look at this week's BTN articles, and informs you that he feels like a clown threw up over all the designs for current NHL jerseys.

Six points out with 15 to play? It's been worse. Ask Gerry Ehman.

The precedent is East-West for the NHL alignment. This arcane system needs to be ended once and for all.