Time stood still in Hartford on March 25, 1997. News of the Whalers’ move to North Carolina had leaked to the press and was broadcast on Channel 30 an hour before the Whalers’ game against the ...

April 13, 1997 -- The Whalers finish 18 years of NHL play in Hartford with a 2-1 victory over Tampa Bay. Kevin Dineen scores the last Whalers goal at the Civic Center (Geoff Sanderson and Andrew ...

The book "Bleeding Green: A History of the Hartford Whalers" is written by Boston Globe sportswriter Christopher Price, who grew up in Connecticut. The franchise moved to North Carolina in 1997.

The Whalers moved out of Connecticut in 1997, but their loyal fan base remains intact. “I love the fact that people remember,” said former Hartford Whalers Player Bob Crawford.

It’s almost as if they never left. Walking around UConn’s campus you can spot the iconic logo scattered on the occasional shirt or hat. The blue whale fin serving as a hat on a crisp green W, creating ...

The Hartford Whalers defeated the Tampa Bay Lighting 2-1 in that final game 26 years ago, before they left the capital city to become the Carolina Hurricanes. The franchise did not earn a Stanley Cup.

O'Leary, who was born into a Whalers family (his uncle had season tickets), has a large collection of Whalers ticket stubs, T-shirts, photos and more -- all for a team that left town in 1997. Or ...

At the end of the 1997 season, the Hartford Whalers skated on NHL ice for what seemed like the final time. The team was on its way to North Carolina to become the Carolina Hurricanes and it was ...

The Hurricanes, who moved in 1997, will hold a Whalers Night on Dec. 23 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to honor the franchise's NHL beginnings in Hartford, Connecticut.

Cue “Brass Bonanza,” Thursday’s press release out of Raleigh began. Cute. The Carolina Hurricanes, what became of Hartford’s 1997 hockey nightmare, announced plans to wear W… ...

The Whalers moved out of Connecticut in 1997, but their loyal fan base remains intact. “I love the fact that people remember,” said former Hartford Whalers player Bob Crawford.