Carrie Healy, NEPM: The Whalers had a history ... which was more of kind of the rustic old barn of an arena. And then when the Hartford Civic Center was finished, the first version, they moved ...

Bringing a National Hockey League team back to Hartford might not economically benefit residents, according to a New England sports economist. Andrew Zimbalist, a professor of economics at Smith ...

He stopped short of calling for a new arena, saying that a “totally ... I’ve got a development group that says, ‘Boy, if the Whalers were back into Hartford, I’d be very interested in ...

Mohegan Sun Arena, home of the state’s only major pro team—the WNBA’s Sun—is not equipped to host hockey. Hartford’s XL Center, the former home of the Whalers, is 48 years old and would ...

Whalers gear is nearly as prevalent ... as if it were a wonder that it ever came to exist, with its arena inside a shopping mall at the then-Hartford Civic Center, representing one of the smallest ...

Ned Lamont says the state is ready to welcome an NHL team to Connecticut to replace the Hartford Whalers and has an ownership ... The Arizona Coyotes need a new arena and possibly a new home.

‘Brass Bonanza’ blared from the arena loudspeakers. Pucky the Whale roamed the concourses. The Whalers were back. “It might be balmy here in Raleigh tonight, but it’ll feel like ...

It’s not the Carolina Hurricanes — originally the Hartford Whalers — but Connecticut ... since the Sun’s Mohegan Sun Arena can’t house hockey games. Lamont’s request to Bettman comes ...

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 ...