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The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976. Based in Oakland, California , they played their home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena .
Two teams from the expansion—the California Golden Seals and the Minnesota North Stars—relocated to other cities. The Golden Seals moved after nine seasons in Oakland to become the Cleveland Barons; this was the first time in four decades the NHL approved a franchise relocation. [11]
The "Seasons" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2000–2001 season would be listed as playing with the team from 2000–2001, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.
The Seals, later renamed the California Golden Seals and then the Cleveland Barons, are the only team from the expansion to cease operations and not reach the Stanley Cup finals. The Blues, Flyers, Kings, and Penguins continue to operate in their home cities, while the North Stars relocated to Dallas, Texas and became the Dallas Stars. All ...
Before the Sharks, the Bay Area had the California Golden Seals, who had been previously named the California Seals and the Oakland Seals. The Seals came into existence in the 1967 NHL expansion. [65] The Seals played at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena (now Oracle Arena).
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The San Francisco franchise, named the "Seals" in honor of the city's former minor league baseball team, [1] and Blades were California's first pro hockey teams since the San Francisco Shamrocks and Los Angeles Monarchs left the Pacific Coast Hockey League, as the WHL was then known, in 1950.
(California Golden Seals) (1970–1976) (Oakland Seals) (1967–1970) (California Seals) (1967) Richfield Coliseum: 1976–1978 18,544 1974 Richfield, Ohio [85] Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena: 1967–1976 13,601 1966 Oakland, California [86] Hamilton Tigers (1920–1925) (Quebec Athletic Club) (1919–1920) Barton Street Arena: 1920 ...