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unusual facts about Oakland Seals



22nd National Hockey League All-Star Game

After governor discussions at the concurrent semi-annual meeting, Clarence Campbell, president of the NHL gave the Oakland Seals one month to come up with proper financing and improve its management to be allowed to continue play.

Bill Torrey

Bill Torrey began his hockey career in the AHL in the mid-1960s, with the Pittsburgh Hornets, but his talent soon landed him a job as Vice-President of the Oakland Seals, a recently created expansion team in the NHL.


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1967–68 NHL season

In a game at the Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, the Oakland Seals were in town to play the North Stars and Bill Masterton led a rush into the Oakland zone.