====== October 14, 1965 ====== ===== News ===== • After months of contention, the group led by Bing Crosby and Barry Van Gerbig reported they had “reached a verbal understanding” with the management of the Western Hockey League’s San Francisco Seals to merge their efforts to get an NHL expansion team • NHL president Clarence Campbell said a major hurdle to granting the Seals an NHL franchise was the possibility that the league would have to compensate the WHL financially ---- |[[june-25-1965|< Jun 25, 1965]]| |[[1965_calendar|Back to Calendar]]| | [[october-19-1965|Oct 19, 1965 >]]|