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This year marks 50 years since the Hartford Whalers played their first game in Hartford. To celebrate the milestone, on ...
If Carolina kept the Whalers’ name and logo would there even be a documentary about the team that wouldn’t die.
When you think of the whalers, you think of the iconic logo. Get top local Connecticut stories delivered to you every morning with the News Headlines newsletter. “It's one of the most famous ...
(WTNH) — Fifty years after the Hartford Whalers skated their way into Connecticut’s sports history ... “You heard it’s one of the most famous logos in hockey history, ranked in the ...
The Whalers,” which will air on SNY multiple times in May, chronicles the team’s history from inception to its final days in Hartford.
But for fans in Connecticut, it still stings, even all these years later. Even if there may be something wonderful about seeing the Whalers logo back on the ice in an NHL game, to most fans it ...
In an interview on WTNH’s “This Week in Connecticut,” Lamont ... he said of Hartford’s classic logo design. “Coyotes are great, but I love the Whalers.” In the short term, the Coyotes ...
And the players embraced the fans.” Connecticut’s love for the Whalers exists despite the team’s spotty history. In 18 NHL seasons, the Whalers only finished higher than fourth place in ...
The Hurricanes are hosting their sixth Whalers Night, complete with the iconic logo on their chests and ... sore that who Connecticut's only major sports franchise was headed South and to a ...
Connecticut lost its beloved Hartford Whalers in 1997, when the team relocated to Raleigh as the Hurricanes. Now, Governor Ned Lamont believes there may be an opportunity to bring an NHL team ...
In the 1970s, Connecticut sports was all about the Whalers hockey team. They had their fair share of ups and downs, mergers, acquisitions, trades, and a roof collapse at their rink. In fact ...