1969–70 Oakland Seals season

1969–70 Oakland Seals
Division	4th West
1969–70 record	22-40-14
Goals for	169
Goals against	243
Team information
General manager	Frank Selke Jr.
Coach	Fred Glover
Captain	Ted Hampson
Alternate captains	Bill Hicke Bert Marshall
Arena	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Carol Vadnais (24)
Assists	Ted Hampson (35)
Points	Ted Hampson (52)
Penalty minutes	Carol Vadnais (212)
Wins	Gary Smith (19)
Goals against average	Gary Smith (3.11)

The 1969–70 Oakland Seals season was the Seals' third season in the NHL. The Seals finished 4th in the West, qualifying for the playoffs for the second year in a row but lost in the first round to the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 0. It was the last time the Seals qualified for the playoffs.

Off-season

Bob Boughner's 1969-70 jersey.

The Seals jerseys were the same design as in the 1967-68 season except that the green jersey had white shoulder yolks added and the stripe design was modified.

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	7.	Tony Featherstone	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
2	18.	Ron Stackhouse	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3	29.	Don O'Donoghue	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
4	41.	Pierre Farmer	Canada	Shawinigan Bruins (QJHL)
5	53.	Warren Harrison	Canada	Sorel Black Hawks (QJHL)
6	65.	Neil Nicholson	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
7	76.	Pete Vipond	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHA)

Regular Season

Carol Vadnais and Keith Magnuson fought three times, December 19, 1969.

During the December 19, 1969 Chicago Black Hawks-Seals match, early in the second period with the game scoreless, Carol Vadnais caught Keith Magnuson on the boards with a high hit and after Magnuson fell to the ice, Vadnais began to pummel him. A melee broke out which resulted in minor penalties only. Ten minutes later, Vadnais and Magnuson fought again and both went off for seven minutes. Shortly after, the Hawks scored two quick goals and the third period started with them leading 2-0. At 1:42, Vadnais and Magnuson began to joust again and exhausted, the linemen backed away. The two fought for a third time and both were given game misconducts. The Hawks scored twice more and Gary Smith earned the shutout in the 4-0 victory.

Bob Boughner played his first NHL game (of 20 total) on March 3, 1970 in the Seals 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Final Standings

West Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
St. Louis Blues	76	37	27	12	224	179	86
Pittsburgh Penguins	76	26	38	12	182	238	64
Minnesota North Stars	76	19	35	22	224	257	60
Oakland Seals	76	22	40	14	169	243	58
Philadelphia Flyers	76	17	35	24	197	225	58
Los Angeles Kings	76	14	52	150	168	290	38

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	T	October 11, 1969	2–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	0–0–1
2	W	October 12, 1969	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	1–0–1
3	L	October 15, 1969	0–6	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	1–1–1
4	W	October 17, 1969	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	2–1–1
5	L	October 18, 1969	0–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	2–2–1
6	W	October 21, 1969	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	3–2–1
7	L	October 24, 1969	2–4	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	3–3–1
8	W	October 29, 1969	3–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	4–3–1
9	L	October 31, 1969	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	4–4–1
10	L	November 4, 1969	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	4–5–1
11	L	November 7, 1969	1–8	New York Rangers (1969–70)	4–6–1
12	T	November 9, 1969	2–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	4–6–2
13	L	November 10, 1969	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	4–7–2
14	L	November 12, 1969	0–5	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	4–8–2
15	L	November 15, 1969	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	4–9–2
16	W	November 19, 1969	4–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	5–9–2
17	L	November 22, 1969	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	5–10–2
18	L	November 23, 1969	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	5–11–2
19	L	November 26, 1969	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	5–12–2
20	L	November 29, 1969	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	5–13–2
21	W	November 30, 1969	1–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	6–13–2
22	L	December 2, 1969	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	6–14–2
23	L	December 3, 1969	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	6–15–2
24	T	December 5, 1969	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	6–15–3
25	L	December 6, 1969	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	6–16–3
26	T	December 10, 1969	3–3	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	6–16–4
27	W	December 12, 1969	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	7–16–4
28	W	December 17, 1969	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	8–16–4
29	L	December 19, 1969	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	8–17–4
30	L	December 21, 1969	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	8–18–4
31	L	December 25, 1969	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	8–19–4
32	W	December 27, 1969	5–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	9–19–4
33	L	December 28, 1969	3–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	9–20–4
34	T	December 31, 1969	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	9–20–5
35	L	January 3, 1970	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	9–21–5
36	L	January 4, 1970	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1969–70)	9–22–5
37	L	January 7, 1970	1–6	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	9–23–5
38	T	January 10, 1970	2–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	9–23–6
39	L	January 11, 1970	3–6	@ Boston Bruins (1969–70)	9–24–6
40	L	January 13, 1970	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	9–25–6
41	T	January 15, 1970	1–1	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	9–25–7
42	W	January 17, 1970	3–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	10–25–7
43	L	January 18, 1970	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	10–26–7
44	T	January 21, 1970	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	10–26–8
45	W	January 23, 1970	6–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	11–26–8
46	W	January 25, 1970	4–1	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	12–26–8
47	L	January 28, 1970	1–6	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	12–27–8
48	L	January 30, 1970	1–2	New York Rangers (1969–70)	12–28–8
49	L	February 1, 1970	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	12–29–8
50	W	February 4, 1970	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	13–29–8
51	W	February 6, 1970	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	14–29–8
52	L	February 7, 1970	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	14–30–8
53	W	February 11, 1970	2–1	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	15–30–8
54	W	February 13, 1970	4–2	New York Rangers (1969–70)	16–30–8
55	T	February 17, 1970	3–3	Boston Bruins (1969–70)	16–30–9
56	L	February 20, 1970	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	16–31–9
57	W	February 21, 1970	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	17–31–9
58	L	February 25, 1970	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	17–32–9
59	L	February 26, 1970	1–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	17–33–9
60	L	February 28, 1970	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	17–34–9
61	L	March 3, 1970	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1969–70)	17–35–9
62	L	March 6, 1970	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1969–70)	17–36–9
63	L	March 7, 1970	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	17–37–9
64	T	March 8, 1970	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	17–37–10
65	T	March 11, 1970	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1969–70)	17–37–11
66	W	March 15, 1970	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	18–37–11
67	T	March 18, 1970	2–2	Montreal Canadiens (1969–70)	18–37–12
68	W	March 20, 1970	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1969–70)	19–37–12
69	L	March 22, 1970	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	19–38–12
70	T	March 24, 1970	2–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	19–38–13
71	W	March 25, 1970	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1969–70)	20–38–13
72	W	March 27, 1970	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	21–38–13
73	L	March 29, 1970	3–8	Minnesota North Stars (1969–70)	21–39–13
74	T	April 1, 1970	2–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1969–70)	21–39–14
75	W	April 3, 1970	4–1	Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	22–39–14
76	L	April 4, 1970	1–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1969–70)	22–40–14

Playoffs

Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Oakland Seals 0

#26 Dunc McCallum checks #5 Carol Vadnais as Les Binkley makes a save, Quarter-finals Game 4, April 12, 1970.

In Game 1, Nick Harbaruk's goal midway through the third period was the winner as Pittsburgh won 2–1. In Game 2, Gary Jarrett gave Oakland a 1–0 lead, but Pittsburgh came back to win 3–1. Game 3 at Oakland featured a hat trick by Ken Schinkel of the Penguins as Pittsburgh won 5–2. In Game 4, Oakland had 1–0 and 2–1 leads, but the Seals just couldn't hold on and the game was tied 2–2 at the end of regulation time. Michel Brière scored the winner as the Penguins won the first playoff series in their history.

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	17	35	52	13		4	1	1	2	0
7	Earl Ingarfield		54	21	24	45	10		4	1	0	1	4
5	Carol Vadnais		76	24	20	44	212		4	2	1	3	15
9	Bill Hicke		69	15	29	44	14		4	0	1	1	2
15	Mike Laughton		76	16	19	35	39		4	0	1	1	0
12	Gary Jarrett		75	12	19	31	31		4	1	0	1	5
2	Doug Roberts		76	6	25	31	107		4	0	2	2	6
8	Gerry Ehman		76	11	19	30	8		4	1	1	2	0
17	Norm Ferguson		72	11	9	20	19		3	0	0	0	0
3	Harry Howell		55	4	16	20	52		4	0	1	1	2
19	Bert Marshall		72	1	15	16	109		4	0	1	1	12
20	Brian Perry		34	6	8	14	14		2	0	0	0	0
6	Dick Mattiussi		65	4	10	14	38		1	0	0	0	0
11, 22	Don O'Donoghue		68	5	6	11	21		3	0	0	0	0
21	Bob Dillabough		52	5	5	10	16		4	0	0	0	0
14, 22	Joe Hardy		23	5	4	9	20		4	0	0	0	0
4, 23	Wayne Muloin		71	3	6	9	53		4	0	0	0	0
16	Howie Menard†		38	2	7	9	16		1	0	0	0	0
16	Gene Ubriaco‡		16	1	1	2	4		-	-	-	-	-
18	Tony Featherstone		9	0	1	1	17		2	0	0	0	0
30	Gary Smith		65	0	1	1	17		4	0	0	0	4
23	Neil Nicholson		-	-	-	-	-		2	0	0	0	0
30	Chris Worthy		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
23	Aut Erickson		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
22	Francois Lacombe		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
14	Barry Boughner		4	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
1	Charlie Hodge		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		65	3762	19	34	12	195	2	3.11		4	240	0	4	13	0	3.15
1	Charlie Hodge		14	738	3	5	2	43	0	3.49		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
29	Chris Worthy		1	60	0	1	0	5	0	5.00		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and Records

• The Seals did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

The Seals were involved in the following transactions during the 1969–70 season:

Trades

June 19, 1969	To Oakland Seals Harry Howell	To New York Rangers cash
December 15, 1969	To Oakland Seals Howie Menard	To Chicago Black Hawks Gene Ubriaco

Additions and Subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Joe Hardy Providence Reds (AHL) free agency (1969–06) Wayne Muloin Providence Reds (AHL) free agency (1969–06)

Subtractions Player New team Via

Trivia

• Seals who recorded a hat trick this season include:
  • Earl Ingarfield during the 5-3 win over the Minnesota North Stars on December 27, 1969.
  • Earl Ingarfield during the 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on January 23, 1970.
  • Mike Laughton during the 4-1 win over Minnesota on January 25, 1970.

Gallery

Fred Stanfield and Gary Smith, November 10, 1969.

John Bucyk scores career goal 300, assisted by Jim Lorentz, January 7, 1970.

#26 Dunc McCallum checks #5 Carol Vadnais as Les Binkley makes a save, Quarter-finals Game 4, April 12, 1970.

Video

Leafs-Seals game from February 7, 1970.

1970 Oakland vs Toronto with Norm Ullman

References

• Seals on Hockey Database
• Seals on Database Hockey
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