Oct 10, 2022
The Hartford Whalers
were a beloved hockey team from the moment of their
founding in 1972 as the World Hockey
Association's New England Whalers.
Playing in the
National Hockey League’s smallest market and arena after the
1979 WHA merger/absorption/expansion, the Whalers
struggled in a division that included both the Boston Bruins and
Montreal Canadiens - but the
club's fans were among the
NHL’s most loyal. In 1995, new owners demanded a
new arena - and when plans
fell through, moved the team to Ralegh, North
Carolina - where they became today's
Carolina Hurricanes.
Astonishingly, the
Whalers remain as popular as ever
in their former home town and
previous incarnation. Even though more than two decades have
passed since
Connecticut’s only professional sports team relocated, nobody has
truly forgotten the team, its
history, or its
uniquely memorable (and still highly
profitable) logo. And while the
NHL continues to thrive without them, the Whalers' impact stretches
far beyond the ice and into a still very-much-alive
cultural phenomenon.
Boston Globe sportswriter Christopher Price ("Bleeding Green: A History of the Hartford Whalers") grew up in Connecticut as a diehard Whalers fan, experiencing firsthand the team’s bond with the community. Drawing from all aspects of the team’s past, he shares an uncensored history of the region’s still-favorite professional sports franchise.
Boston Globe sportswriter Christopher Price ("Bleeding Green: A History of the Hartford Whalers") grew up in Connecticut as a diehard Whalers fan, experiencing firsthand the team’s bond with the community. Drawing from all aspects of the team’s past, he shares an uncensored history of the region’s still-favorite professional sports franchise.
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