For the first time in the 2015 Oakland/California (Golden) Seals Qualifying Tournament, a lower seed has won a series. The 7th-seeded ’67-’68 Oakland Seals have defeated the 2nd-seeded ’69-’70 Oakland Seals in five games. The ’69-’70 Seals took the opening game of the series. They held a 5-1 lead heading into the third period, but the ’67-’68 Seals rallied off three goals late in the period to make it a one-goal game. However, the ’69-’70 Seals were able to hold that one-goal lead. So, defenseman Carol Vadnais‘ goal late in the second help up to be the game-winner. The ’67-’68 Seals responded by scoring five goals in the second period from five different players in a 6-2 win. They were able to put up six goals in the next game as well in a 6-4 win with no player potting more than one goal, again. In Game 4, Bill Hicke‘s three points helped lead the ’67-’68 Seals to a 3-1 series lead and then in Game 5, two goals from Kent Douglas lead them offensively to a 4-2 win. Charlie Hodge was stellar over the last four games for the ’67-’68 Seals, stopping 200 out of 209 shots for a .960 save percentage.
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’67-’68 Seals | 0 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 |
’69-’70 Seals | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 5 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’69-’70 OAK – 5 ’67-’68 OAK – 4 (1-0 ’69-’70 OAK)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: D – Carol Vadnais (’69-’70 OAK) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +3 8 S
2nd Star: G – Gary Smith (’69-’70 OAK) – W 4.00 GAA .932 SV% (55 SV’s)
3rd Star: C – Ted Hampson (’69-’70 OAK) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +1 9 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’67-’68 Seals | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | 6 |
’69-’70 Seals | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’67-’68 OAK – 6 ’69-’70 OAK – 2 (1-1)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: D – Bob Baun (’67-’68 OAK) – 1 G 3 A 4 P +5 6 S
2nd Star: G – Charlie Hodge (’67-’68 OAK) – W 2.00 GAA .961 SV% (49 SV’s)
3rd Star: RW – George Swarbrick (’67-’68 OAK) – 2 G 0 A 2 P -1 7 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’69-’70 Seals | 3 | 0 | 1 | – | 4 |
’67-’68 Seals | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 6 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’67-’68 OAK – 6 ’69-’70 OAK – 4 (2-1 ’67-’68 OAK)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Charlie Hodge (’67-’68 OAK) – W 4.00 GAA .932 SV% (55 SV’s)
2nd Star: C – Earl Ingarfield (’69-’70 OAK) – 2 G 0 A 2 P Even 3 S 2 PIM
3rd Star: RW – Gerry Ehman (’67-’68 OAK) – 1 G 0 A 1 P -1 8 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’69-’70 Seals | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 |
’67-’68 Seals | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’67-’68 OAK – 3 ’69-’70 OAK – 1 (3-1 ’67-’68 OAK)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Charlie Hodge (’67-’68 OAK) – W 1.00 GAA .980 SV% (48 SV’s)
2nd Star: RW – Bill Hicke (’67-’68 OAK) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +3 1 S
3rd Star: G – Gary Smith (’69-’70 OAK) – L 3.00 GAA .941 SV% (48 SV’s)
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’67-’68 Seals | 3 | 0 | 1 | – | 4 |
’69-’70 Seals | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’67-’68 OAK – 4 ’69-’70 OAK – 2 (4-1 ’67-’68 OAK)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Charlie Hodge (’67-’68 OAK) – W 2.00 GAA .960 SV% (48 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Gary Smith (’69-’70 OAK) – L 4.00 GAA .938 SV% (61 SV’s)
3rd Star: D – Kent Douglas (’67-’68 OAK) – 2 G 0 A 2 P Even 7 S
There’s only one 1st Round matchup left. It is the 3-6 matchup and it is up next!