1968–69 Oakland Seals season

The 1968–69 Oakland Seals season was the Seals' second season in the NHL. For the first time in their short history they qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs after finishing second in the West Division (albeit with seven more losses than wins). They were upset in the playoffs, losing their quarter-finals series to the fourth-place Los Angeles Kings in seven games. (Oakland's three playoff game victories against Los Angeles were the only ones the franchise would get in their entire ten-year history.)

1968–69 Oakland Seals
Division2nd West
1968–69 record29–36–11
Goals for219
Goals against251
Team information
General managerFrank Selke, Jr.
CoachFred Glover
CaptainTed Hampson
ArenaOakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Team leaders
GoalsNorm Ferguson (34)
AssistsTed Hampson (49)
PointsTed Hampson (75)
Penalty minutesCarol Vadnais (151)
WinsGary Smith (21)
Goals against averageGary Smith (2.96)

Offseason

Amateur draft
Main article: 1968 NHL Amateur Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
2 13. Doug Smith (C)  Canada Winnipeg Jets (WCJHL)
3 20. Jim Trewin (D)  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCJHL)

Regular season

Final standings
West Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1St. Louis Blues76372514204157+4788
2Oakland Seals76293611219251−3269
3Philadelphia Flyers76203521174225−5161
4Los Angeles Kings76244210185260−7558
5Pittsburgh Penguins76204511189252−6351
6Minnesota North Stars76184315189270−8151

Record vs. opponents
1968-69 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET LAK MIN MON NYR OAK PHI PIT STL TOR
Boston —5–2–13–2–35–14–0–24–2–23–3–23–1–24–25–12–2–24–2–2
Chicago 2–5–1—3–4–15–15–0–11–74–3–11–53–0–34–23–2–13–4–1
Detroit 2–3–34–3–1—4–24–22–5–14–3–13–2–13–1–24–20–4–23–4–1
Los Angeles 1–51–52–4—1–4–30–4–23–34–2–23–4–15–2–11–6–13–3
Minnesota 0–4–20–5–12–44–1–3—0–5–11–53–4–12–3–33–52–4–21–3–2
Montreal 2–4–27–15–2–14–0–25–0–1—3–4–12–3–15–14–1–15–0–14–3–1
New York 3–3–23–4–13–4–13–35–14–3–1—5–13–1–25–13–1–24–4
Oakland 1–3–25–12–3–12–4–24–3–13–2–11–5—4–2–24–2–21–72–4
Philadelphia 2–40–3–31–3–24–3–13–2–31–51–3–22–4–2—4–1–31–6–11–1–4
Pittsburgh 1–52–42–42–5–15–31–4–11–52–4–21–4–3—3–4–10–3–3
St. Louis 2–2–22–3–14–0–26–1–14–2–20–5–11–3–27–16–1–14–3–1—1–4–1
Toronto 2–4–24–3–14–3–13–33–1–23–4–14–44–21–1–43–0–34–1–1—

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 11, 19681–5Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)0–1–0
2TOctober 13, 19684–4Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)0–1–1
3LOctober 16, 19681–2Boston Bruins (1968–69)0–2–1
4LOctober 19, 19681–4@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)0–3–1
5WOctober 20, 19684–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)1–3–1
6WOctober 22, 19683–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)2–3–1
7LOctober 23, 19681–6@ New York Rangers (1968–69)2–4–1
8LOctober 25, 19682–4Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)2–5–1
9TOctober 27, 19682–2Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)2–5–2
10WNovember 1, 19685–2Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)3–5–2
11LNovember 3, 19681–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)3–6–2
12LNovember 8, 19682–3New York Rangers (1968–69)3–7–2
13LNovember 10, 19681–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)3–8–2
14LNovember 12, 19681–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)3–9–2
15WNovember 13, 19682–1Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)4–9–2
16TNovember 16, 19683–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)4–9–3
17LNovember 17, 19683–6@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)4–10–3
18LNovember 20, 19680–7@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)4–11–3
19LNovember 21, 19681–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)4–12–3
20WNovember 23, 19682–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)5–12–3
21LNovember 24, 19682–3@ New York Rangers (1968–69)5–13–3
22TNovember 27, 19683–3@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)5–13–4
23WNovember 29, 19685–4Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)6–13–4
24TDecember 1, 19684–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)6–13–5
25WDecember 6, 19684–0Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)7–13–5
26LDecember 8, 19681–4Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)7–14–5
27WDecember 12, 19686–0Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)8–14–5
28LDecember 14, 19681–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)8–15–5
29LDecember 15, 19684–7@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)8–16–5
30WDecember 17, 19683–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)9–16–5
31LDecember 18, 19682–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)9–17–5
32LDecember 20, 19680–1St. Louis Blues (1968–69)9–18–5
33WDecember 22, 19682–1Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)10–18–5
34WDecember 25, 19683–1@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)11–18–5
35LDecember 26, 19681–3@ New York Rangers (1968–69)11–19–5
36WDecember 28, 19684–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)12–19–5
37WDecember 29, 19682–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)13–19–5
38LJanuary 1, 19693–7@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)13–20–5
39LJanuary 3, 19691–3St. Louis Blues (1968–69)13–21–5
40TJanuary 5, 19690–0Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)13–21–6
41LJanuary 9, 19694–8@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)13–22–6
42WJanuary 11, 19694–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)14–22–6
43LJanuary 12, 19691–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)14–23–6
44WJanuary 15, 19694–3Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)15–23–6
45LJanuary 17, 19691–3New York Rangers (1968–69)15–24–6
46WJanuary 19, 19696–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)16–24–6
47WJanuary 23, 19695–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)17–24–6
48LJanuary 25, 19693–5@ Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)17–25–6
49LJanuary 26, 19691–3@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)17–26–6
50TJanuary 29, 19693–3Boston Bruins (1968–69)17–26–7
51WJanuary 31, 19695–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)18–26–7
52LFebruary 1, 19695–8@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)18–27–7
53WFebruary 5, 19695–1Montreal Canadiens (1968–69)19–27–7
54WFebruary 8, 19694–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)20–27–7
55TFebruary 9, 19693–3@ Boston Bruins (1968–69)20–27–8
56WFebruary 12, 19693–2New York Rangers (1968–69)21–27–8
57TFebruary 15, 19694–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)21–27–9
58LFebruary 16, 19692–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)21–28–9
59WFebruary 19, 19695–2Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)22–28–9
60WFebruary 21, 19693–2St. Louis Blues (1968–69)23–28–9
61LFebruary 23, 19693–4Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)23–29–9
62WFebruary 26, 19696–5Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)24–29–9
63LFebruary 27, 19690–9Boston Bruins (1968–69)24–30–9
64TMarch 2, 19694–4Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)24–30–10
65LMarch 5, 19692–5@ Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)24–31–10
66LMarch 8, 19692–5@ St. Louis Blues (1968–69)24–32–10
67LMarch 9, 19693–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1968–69)24–33–10
68WMarch 12, 19694–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1968–69)25–33–10
69LMarch 13, 19691–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1968–69)25–34–10
70WMarch 16, 19697–2Pittsburgh Penguins (1968–69)26–34–10
71LMarch 18, 19692–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)26–35–10
72TMarch 19, 19694–4Detroit Red Wings (1968–69)26–35–11
73WMarch 22, 19694–0@ Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)27–35–11
74WMarch 23, 19695–4Los Angeles Kings (1968–69)28–35–11
75LMarch 26, 19693–5St. Louis Blues (1968–69)28–36–11
76WMarch 29, 19697–2Minnesota North Stars (1968–69)29–36–11

Player statistics

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
Ted Hampson1076264975673472
Bill Hicke9672536616870334
Norm Ferguson17763420543171457
Gary Jarrett12632223452272134
Gerry Ehman8702124451272240
Mike Laughton15532023432273250
Carol Vadnais576152742151714510
Brian Perry20611021311061124
Earl Ingarfield†726815238746102
Joe Szura1870912212072352
Doug Roberts2761192079701134
Bob Dillabough†214871219473030
Bert Marshall19683151881707720
Francois Lacombe472216185031010
George Swarbrick‡14503131675–––––
Gene Ubriaco†162647111472022
Dick Mattiussi†62419101670116
Gerry Odrowski11745162470112
Bryan Watson‡65023597–––––
Billy Harris‡7190442–––––
John Brenneman1621123670000
Gary Smith3054022770000
Len Ronson1550000–––––
Charlie Hodge1140000–––––
Chris Worthy25140000–––––

†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 against; 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
Gary Smith305429932124714842.967420342303.29
Charlie Hodge1147814614803.69–––––––
Chris Worthy25147864635404.12–––––––

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
PlayerFormer teamVia
Brian PerryProvidence Reds (AHL)Inter-league Draft (1968–06–06)
Carol VadnaisMontreal CanadiensIntra-league Draft (1968–06–12)
Subtractions
PlayerNew teamVia
Charlie BurnsPittsburgh PenguinsIntra-league Draft (1968–06–12)
Larry CahanMontreal CanadiensIntra-league Draft (1968–06–12)
Howie YoungChicago Black HawksWaivers (1968–10–02)
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Roster
1968–1969 Oakland Seals Roster
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

Playoffs

The Seals made it into the playoffs and went against Los Angeles in the Quarter-finals in a best of seven series and lost in 7 games, or 3–4.

References
  1. "1968–1969 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
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