The proclamation offered “sincerest congratulations” to the team, which played its last game in Hartford in 1997 before becoming the Carolina Hurricanes. Russia, China, North Korea condemn ...

The Whalers played in Hartford from 1975 through 1997 before leaving to become to Carolina Hurricanes. Once a year, they have Whalers night, where the team wears the old Whalers uniforms.

This year marks 50 years since the Hartford Whalers played their first game in Hartford. To celebrate the milestone, on Tuesday state legislators presented the team with an official citation.

Would there be a Whalers Booster Club today if the Carolina Hurricanes had adopted Hartford’s team nickname ... the next time you see a fan wearing a Whalers hat at a far-flung airport somewhere ...

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Walk through the souvenir shops at Bradley Airport, and you’d be forgiven for not realizing that the Hartford ... “Or the hat. They see the hat, and they go, oh cool, the Whalers.

He was later inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Early in his coaching career, he took over the Binghamton Whalers, Hartford’s AHL affiliate, and led the “Baby Whale” to the Calder ...

It’s been nearly three decades since the Hartford Whalers left Connecticut’s capital city for points south, but the former NHL team still has a firm grip on nostalgic fans. In January ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Fifty years after the Hartford Whalers skated their way into Connecticut’s sports history, a documentary is set to honor the legacy. The state acquired the Whalers for ...

Hartford is looking to bring back the NHL to Connecticut after fans hold hope for a return of the state’s former team ‘the Whalers’. Photo by Sarah Connors/Flickr. During the 1980s and 90s, the ...