The Blues are grateful to be 1-1, and now test their fortunes in California
The San Jose Sharks were formed in 1991, but are really the spiritual successors to the California Golden Seals. The Blues and the Seals are both classmates from the 1967 expansion that doubled the size of the league. At the same time as ice hockey was being introduced to the Bay Area, a local musical act called the Warlocks added a member and changed their name to avoid confusion with another band of the same name. For the Blues, the Seals/Sharks, and the Grateful Dead it has most certainly been a long, strange trip since then.