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68-69OakSea
1968–69 Oakland Seals
Division 2nd West
1968–69 record 29-36-11
Goals for 219
Goals against 251
Team information
General manager Frank Selke Jr.
Coach Gord Fashoway
Fred Glover
Captain Ted Hampson
Alternate captains Bill Hicke
Gerry Odrowski
Bert Marshall
Arena Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Team leaders
Goals Norm Ferguson (34)
Assists Ted Hampson (49)
Points Ted Hampson (75)
Penalty minutes Carol Vadnais (151)
Wins Gary Smith (21)
Goals against average Gary Smith (2.96)

The 1968–69 Oakland Seals season was the Seals' second season in the NHL. For the first time in their history, they qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs after finishing 2nd in the West Division (albeit with 7 more losses than wins). They were upset in the playoffs, losing in the Quarter-finals to the Los Angeles Kings 4 games to 3.

Off-season[]

The Seals jerseys were the same design as in the 1967-68 season.

The Seals made several significant acquisitions picking up Carol Vadnais in the intra-league draft and trading for Gary Jarrett and Norm Ferguson.

Amateur Draft[]

Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
2 13. Doug Smith (C) Flag of Canada Canada Winnipeg Jets (WCJHL)
3 20. Jim Trewin (D) Flag of Canada Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCJHL)

Pre-season[]

The Seals held their training camp at Oshawa, Ontario.

Regular Season[]

The 1968-69 season was the best in Seals franchise history, mainly due to a vastly improved offense. Rookie Norm Ferguson had his best NHL season, scored 34 goals and finished second in voting for the Calder Memorial Trophy. Ted Hampson led the team in scoring and also had his best NHL totals.

Carol Vadnais played his first full NHL season, leading the blueline with 42 points. François Lacombe played his only full NHL season but went on to play 440 games in the WHA. Off-season acquisition Gary Jarrett had 22 goals, joining Ferguson, Hampson, Bill Hicke, Gerry Ehman and Mike Laughton who had a 20 goal or more season.

Gary Smith played 54 games, had a superlative 2.96 GAA and 21 wins. The Seals finished second in the West Division and made the playoffs for the first time (of two total).

Final Standings[]

West Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
St. Louis Blues 76 37 25 14 204 157 88
Oakland Seals 76 29 36 11 219 251 69
Philadelphia Flyers 76 20 35 21 174 225 61
Los Angeles Kings 76 24 42 10 185 260 58
Pittsburgh Penguins 76 20 45 11 189 252 51
Minnesota North Stars 76 18 43 15 189 270 51

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1968 1–5 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 0–1–0
2 T October 13, 1968 4–4 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 0–1–1
3 L October 16, 1968 1–2 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 0–2–1
4 L October 19, 1968 1–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 0–3–1
5 W October 20, 1968 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 1–3–1
6 W October 22, 1968 3–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 2–3–1
7 L October 23, 1968 1–6 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 2–4–1
8 L October 25, 1968 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 2–5–1
9 T October 27, 1968 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 2–5–2
10 W November 1, 1968 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 3–5–2
11 L November 3, 1968 1–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 3–6–2
12 L November 8, 1968 2–3 New York Rangers (1968–69) 3–7–2
13 L November 10, 1968 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 3–8–2
14 L November 12, 1968 1–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 3–9–2
15 W November 13, 1968 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 4–9–2
16 T November 16, 1968 3–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 4–9–3
17 L November 17, 1968 3–6 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 4–10–3
18 L November 20, 1968 0–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 4–11–3
19 L November 21, 1968 1–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 4–12–3
20 W November 23, 1968 2–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 5–12–3
21 L November 24, 1968 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 5–13–3
22 T November 27, 1968 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 5–13–4
23 W November 29, 1968 5–4 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 6–13–4
24 T December 1, 1968 4–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 6–13–5
25 W December 6, 1968 4–0 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 7–13–5
26 L December 8, 1968 1–4 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 7–14–5
27 W December 12, 1968 6–0 Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 8–14–5
28 L December 14, 1968 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 8–15–5
29 L December 15, 1968 4–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 8–16–5
30 W December 17, 1968 3–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 9–16–5
31 L December 18, 1968 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 9–17–5
32 L December 20, 1968 0–1 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 9–18–5
33 W December 22, 1968 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 10–18–5
34 W December 25, 1968 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 11–18–5
35 L December 26, 1968 1–3 @ New York Rangers (1968–69) 11–19–5
36 W December 28, 1968 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 12–19–5
37 W December 29, 1968 2–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 13–19–5
38 L January 1, 1969 3–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 13–20–5
39 L January 3, 1969 1–3 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 13–21–5
40 T January 5, 1969 0–0 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 13–21–6
41 L January 9, 1969 4–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 13–22–6
42 W January 11, 1969 4–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 14–22–6
43 L January 12, 1969 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 14–23–6
44 W January 15, 1969 4–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 15–23–6
45 L January 17, 1969 1–3 New York Rangers (1968–69) 15–24–6
46 W January 19, 1969 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 16–24–6
47 W January 23, 1969 5–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 17–24–6
48 L January 25, 1969 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 17–25–6
49 L January 26, 1969 1–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 17–26–6
50 T January 29, 1969 3–3 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 17–26–7
51 W January 31, 1969 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 18–26–7
52 L February 1, 1969 5–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 18–27–7
53 W February 5, 1969 5–1 Montreal Canadiens (1968–69) 19–27–7
54 W February 8, 1969 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 20–27–7
55 T February 9, 1969 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1968–69) 20–27–8
56 W February 12, 1969 3–2 New York Rangers (1968–69) 21–27–8
57 T February 15, 1969 4–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 21–27–9
58 L February 16, 1969 2–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 21–28–9
59 W February 19, 1969 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 22–28–9
60 W February 21, 1969 3–2 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 23–28–9
61 L February 23, 1969 3–4 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 23–29–9
62 W February 26, 1969 6–5 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 24–29–9
63 L February 27, 1969 0–9 Boston Bruins (1968–69) 24–30–9
64 T March 2, 1969 4–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 24–30–10
65 L March 5, 1969 2–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 24–31–10
66 L March 8, 1969 2–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 24–32–10
67 L March 9, 1969 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69) 24–33–10
68 W March 12, 1969 4–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69) 25–33–10
69 L March 13, 1969 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69) 25–34–10
70 W March 16, 1969 7–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69) 26–34–10
71 L March 18, 1969 2–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 26–35–10
72 T March 19, 1969 4–4 Detroit Red Wings (1968–69) 26–35–11
73 W March 22, 1969 4–0 @ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 27–35–11
74 W March 23, 1969 5–4 Los Angeles Kings (1968–69) 28–35–11
75 L March 26, 1969 3–5 St. Louis Blues (1968–69) 28–36–11
76 W March 29, 1969 7–2 Minnesota North Stars (1968–69) 29–36–11

Playoffs[]

Los Angeles Kings 4, Oakland Seals 3[]

Player Stats[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

    Regular Season   Playoffs
# Player GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
10 Ted Hampson 76 26 49 75 6 7 3 4 7 2
9 Bill Hicke 67 25 36 61 68 7 0 3 3 4
17 Norm Ferguson 76 34 20 54 31 7 1 4 5 7
12 Gary Jarrett 63 22 23 45 22 7 2 1 3 4
8 Gerry Ehman 70 21 24 45 12 7 2 2 4 0
15 Mike Laughton 53 20 23 43 22 7 3 2 5 0
5 Carol Vadnais 76 15 27 42 151 7 1 4 5 10
20 Brian Perry 61 10 21 31 10 6 1 1 2 4
7 Earl Ingarfield 26 8 15 23 8 7 4 6 10 2
18 Joe Szura 70 9 12 21 20 7 2 3 5 2
2 Doug Roberts 76 1 19 20 79 7 0 1 1 34
21 Bob Dillabough 48 7 12 19 4 7 3 0 3 0
19 Bert Marshall 68 3 15 18 81 7 0 7 7 20
4 Francois Lacombe 72 2 16 18 50 3 1 0 1 0
14 George Swarbrick 50 3 13 16 75 - - - - -
16 Gene Ubriaco 26 4 7 11 14 7 2 0 2 2
3 Dick Mattiussi 24 1 9 10 16 7 0 1 1 6
11 Gerry Odrowski 74 5 1 6 24 7 0 1 1 2
6 Bryan Watson 50 2 3 5 97 - - - - -
7 Billy Harris 19 0 4 4 2 - - - - -
16 John Brenneman 21 1 2 3 6 7 0 0 0 0
30 Gary Smith 54 0 2 2 7 7 0 0 0 0
15 Len Ronson 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1 Charlie Hodge 14 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1 Chris Worthy 14 0 0 0 0 - - - - -

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Seals. Stats reflect time with the Seals only. ‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals sgainst; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

    Regular Season   Playoffs
# Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA GP TOI W L GA SO GAA
30 Gary Smith 54 2993 21 24 7 148 4 2.96 7 420 3 4 23 0 3.29
1 Charlie Hodge 14 781 4 6 1 48 0 3.69 - - - - - - -
1 Chris Worthy 14 786 4 6 3 54 0 4.12 - - - - - - -

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

The Seals were involved in the following transactions during the 1968–69 season:

Trades[]

May 14, 1968 To Oakland Seals
cash
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Terry Clancy
May 21, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Norm Ferguson
Stan Fuller
Francois Lacombe
Michel Jacques
To Montreal Canadiens
Wally Boyer
Alain Caron
rights to Lyle Bradley
May 27, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Gary Jarrett
Doug Roberts
Chris Worthy
Howie Young
To Detroit Red Wings
Bobby Baun
Ron Harris
June 6, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Bryan Watson
cash
To Montreal Canadiens
1st round pick in 1972 (Michel Larocque)
August, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Len Ronson
To Montreal Canadiens
cash
September 13, 1968 To Oakland Seals
cash
To New York Rangers
Ron Boehm
November, 1968 To Oakland Seals
cash
To San Diego Gulls (WHL)
Len Ronson
November 29, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Bob Dillabough
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Billy Harris
January 30, 1969 To Oakland Seals
Earl Ingarfield
Dick Mattiussi
Gene Ubriaco
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Tracy Pratt
George Swarbrick
Bryan Watson

Additions and Subtractions[]

Additions
Player Former team Via
Brian Perry Providence Reds (AHL) Inter-league Draft (1968–06–06)
Carol Vadnais Montreal Canadiens Intra-league Draft (1968–06–12)
Subtractions
Player New team Via
Charlie Burns Pittsburgh Penguins Intra-league Draft (1968–06–12)
Larry Cahan Montreal Canadiens Intra-league Draft (1968–06–12)
Howie Young Chicago Black Hawks Waivers (1968–10–02)

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.162, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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