In the early-to-middle 1980s, the Hartford Whalers failed to make the playoffs. And in this THN archive story from 1984, the Whalers discussed their optimism things would change. They wouldn't make ...
Walk through the souvenir shops at Bradley Airport, and you’d be forgiven for not realizing that the Hartford Whalers no longer exist. Whalers gear is nearly as prevalent as UConn memorabilia, and ...
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, the ...
The former voice of the Hartford Whalers says he’s still amazed by how much support the team receives more than two decades after its move to North Carolina. “The love that Whaler fans have for their ...
The Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche turned back the clock in Denver on Thursday night, as both wore throwback ...
The Carolina Hurricanes and Colorado Avalanche played on Thursday night and decided to break out some of the most popular ...
The proud members of the Hartford Whalers Booster Club will gather at the Black Bear Saloon on Allyn Street Sunday and reminisce over the team they still love, the one that played its final NHL game ...
The Hartford Whalers might be gone, but they are far from forgotten and you can now order a commemorative Hartford Whaler license plate. A law that went into effect as of Jan.1 makes the plates ...
It was one of the best logos in all of sports. A green “W,” and a blue whale’s tail, neatly using the negative space to form an “H,” as in “Hartford Whalers.” Unfortunately, they don’t give out ...
On the NHL expansion/relocation front, most of the news during the past year has been coming from Winnipeg and Quebec. Winnipeg's strategy has been to play up how bad the condition of certain American ...
They've been in Raleigh for longer than they played in New England, but hockey fans in Hartford haven't forgotten the days when NHL action was played here in Connecticut's capital city. On Thursday, ...