"California Seals" redirects here. For the minor league hockey team which played in the Western Hockey League from 1961 to 1967, see San Francisco Seals (ice hockey).
California Golden Seals
Founded
1961 (WHL) 1967 (as NHL expansion team)
History
San Francisco Seals 1961–1966 (WHL) California Seals 1966–1967 (WHL) California Seals 1967 (NHL) Oakland Seals 1967–1970 (NHL) Bay Area Seals 1970 (NHL) California Golden Seals 1970–1976 (NHL) Cleveland Barons 1976–1978 (NHL)
Home arena
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena
City
Oakland, California
Team colors
Kelly green, royal blue, white (1967–1970) Kelly green, California gold, snow white (1970–1974) Pacific teal, gold, white (1974–1976)
Stanley Cups
0
Conference championships
0
Division championships
0
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. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of the 1967 NHL expansion. Initially named the California Seals, the team was renamed the Oakland Seals during the 1967–68 season and then the Bay Area Seals in 1970 before becoming the California Golden Seals the same year.[1]
The Seals were the least successful of the teams added in the 1967 expansion, never earning a winning record and only making the playoffs twice in nine seasons of play. Off the ice, they were plagued by low attendance. The franchise was relocated in 1976 to become the Cleveland Barons, who would cease operations two years later.[1] They are the only franchise from the 1967 expansion never to reach the Stanley Cup Finals.[a]
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