1974 TV promo for the San Diego Gulls

[ICM1970]

At about 3:32 in the video. Nice, rare footage of WHL hockey from that time.

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[daver]

Interesting how their logo was downright friendly looking:

Here is the current Gulls logo, a typical angry looking creature that is ready to chop off your head:

An interesting contrast with how the league has changed from the "70s goonery to the somewhat tame game we see today.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Good God...I know they're trying to highlight toughness in there or whatever, but there are guys strewn all over the ice in every clip...that's never a good sign. Then again, Mike Walton - fresh off of his 47 points in 56 games NHL season with the league's best offense - led the league in goals and points that year. So...

 

[alko]

Hehe, very nice. You should come not to see ice-hockey, but tough guys on skates, that want to punch each other...

 

[RegDunlop]

Bring the whole family

 

[The Panther]

The NHL Colorado Rockies (Don Cherry era, naturally) did that kind of advertising with billboards all over Denver that said, "Come to the fights and watch a Rockies' game break out!".

(I think they stole the line from Rodney Dangerfield.)

 

[carjackmalone]

Willie o Rees final season was with the 74 gulls