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id="toc-The_early_1980s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_early_1980s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>The early 1980s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_early_1980s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Success_in_the_mid-1980s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Success_in_the_mid-1980s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Success in the mid-1980s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Success_in_the_mid-1980s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_1989–90_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_1989–90_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>The 1989–90 season</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_1989–90_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Ron_Francis_trade" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Ron_Francis_trade"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>The Ron Francis trade</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Ron_Francis_trade-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_1992_playoffs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_1992_playoffs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>The 1992 playoffs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_1992_playoffs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Brian_Burke_and_Paul_Holmgren_years" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Brian_Burke_and_Paul_Holmgren_years"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>The Brian Burke and Paul Holmgren years</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Brian_Burke_and_Paul_Holmgren_years-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-New_ownership" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_ownership"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>New ownership</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_ownership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Departure_from_Hartford" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Departure_from_Hartford"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>Departure from Hartford</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Departure_from_Hartford-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-departure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-departure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>Post-departure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-departure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uniforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uniforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Uniforms</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Uniforms-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Uniforms subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Uniforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-New_England:_1972–1979" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#New_England:_1972–1979"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>New England: 1972–1979</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-New_England:_1972–1979-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Green_uniform_era:_1979–1992" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Green_uniform_era:_1979–1992"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Green uniform era: 1979–1992</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Green_uniform_era:_1979–1992-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Blue_and_silver_uniform_era:_1992–1997" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blue_and_silver_uniform_era:_1992–1997"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Blue and silver uniform era: 1992–1997</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blue_and_silver_uniform_era:_1992–1997-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hurricanes'_Whalers_tribute" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hurricanes'_Whalers_tribute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Hurricanes' Whalers tribute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hurricanes'_Whalers_tribute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Brass_Bonanza"_theme_song" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Brass_Bonanza"_theme_song"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>"Brass Bonanza" theme song</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Brass_Bonanza"_theme_song-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Pucky_The_Whale"_mascot" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Pucky_The_Whale"_mascot"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>"Pucky The Whale" mascot</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Pucky_The_Whale"_mascot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Season-by-season_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Season-by-season_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Season-by-season record</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Season-by-season_record-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Season-by-season record subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Season-by-season_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-WHA_–_New_England_Whalers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#WHA_–_New_England_Whalers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>WHA – New England Whalers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-WHA_–_New_England_Whalers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NHL_–_Hartford_Whalers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NHL_–_Hartford_Whalers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>NHL – Hartford Whalers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NHL_–_Hartford_Whalers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notable players</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_players-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable players subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hall_of_Famers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hall_of_Famers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Hall of Famers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hall_of_Famers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Team_captains" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Team_captains"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Team captains</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Team_captains-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retired_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retired_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Retired numbers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retired_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-First-round_draft_picks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First-round_draft_picks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>First-round draft picks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First-round_draft_picks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hartford_Whalers_individual_records_(NHL)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hartford_Whalers_individual_records_(NHL)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>Hartford Whalers individual records (NHL)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hartford_Whalers_individual_records_(NHL)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Franchise_scoring_leaders_in_Hartford" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Franchise_scoring_leaders_in_Hartford"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.6</span> <span>Franchise scoring leaders in Hartford</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Franchise_scoring_leaders_in_Hartford-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career_leaders_(WHA,_1972–1979)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Career_leaders_(WHA,_1972–1979)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.7</span> <span>Career leaders (WHA, 1972–1979)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Career_leaders_(WHA,_1972–1979)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career_leaders_(NHL,_1979–1997)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Career_leaders_(NHL,_1979–1997)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.8</span> <span>Career leaders (NHL, 1979–1997)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Career_leaders_(NHL,_1979–1997)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_affiliations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_affiliations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Former affiliations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_affiliations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header 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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Hartford Whalers</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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(Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hartford Whalers" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hartford Whalers" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Hartford Whalers" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whalers_de_Hartford" title="Whalers de Hartford – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Whalers de Hartford" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%ED%8A%B8%ED%8D%BC%EB%93%9C_%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%BC%EB%9F%AC%EC%8A%A4" title="하트퍼드 웨일러스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="하트퍼드 웨일러스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Hartford Whalers" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hartford Whalers" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B2" title="هارتفورد ويلرز – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هارتفورد ويلرز" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hartford Whalers" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA" title="ハートフォード・ホエーラーズ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ハートフォード・ホエーラーズ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford_Whalers" title="Hartford Whalers – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hartford Whalers" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" 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border-top:#00205B 5px solid !important; border-bottom:#046A38 5px solid !important;; color:#000000; border-color:{{{border_color}}} 2px solid;">Hartford Whalers</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hartford_Whalers_1992.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Hartford_Whalers_1992.svg/220px-Hartford_Whalers_1992.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Hartford_Whalers_1992.svg/330px-Hartford_Whalers_1992.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Hartford_Whalers_1992.svg/440px-Hartford_Whalers_1992.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>New England Whalers</b><br /><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972</a>–<a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_WHA_season" title="1978–79 WHA season">1979</a> (<a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">WHA</a>)<br /><b>Hartford Whalers</b><br /><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season" title="1979–80 NHL season">1979</a>–<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NHL_season" title="1996–97 NHL season">1997</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NHL_season" title="1997–98 NHL season">1997</a>–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Home arena</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Arena">Boston Arena</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Big_E_Coliseum" title="Big E Coliseum">Big E Coliseum</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Civic Center">Springfield Civic Center</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartford Civic Center">Hartford Civic Center</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford, Connecticut</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Green, black, white (<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972</a>–<a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_WHA_season" title="1974–75 WHA season">1975</a>)<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00B140; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#000000; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span><br />Green, gold, white (<a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_WHA_season" title="1975–76 WHA season">1975</a>–<a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_WHA_season" title="1978–79 WHA season">1979</a>)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00B140; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFD100; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span><br />Green, blue, white (<a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season" title="1979–80 NHL season">1979</a>–<a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_NHL_season" title="1991–92 NHL season">1992</a>)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#009A44; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#005EB8; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span><br />Navy, green, silver, white<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_NHL_season" title="1992–93 NHL season">1992</a>–<a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NHL_season" title="1996–97 NHL season">1997</a>)<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00205B; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#046A38; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8D9093; color:black;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>0</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Avco_World_Trophy" title="Avco World Trophy">Avco World Trophy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>1</b> (<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972–73</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference championships</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>2</b> (<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972–73</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_WHA_season" title="1977–78 WHA season">1977–78</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presidents' Trophy</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>0</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division championships</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>4</b> (<a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972–73</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_WHA_season" title="1973–74 WHA season">1973–74</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_WHA_season" title="1974–75 WHA season">1974–75</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_NHL_season" title="1986–87 NHL season">1986–87</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Hartford Whalers</b> were a professional <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> team based for most of its 25-year existence in <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford, Connecticut</a>. The club played in the <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a> (WHA) from <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972</a> until <a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_WHA_season" title="1978–79 WHA season">1979</a>, and in the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL) from <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_NHL_season" title="1979–80 NHL season">1979</a> to <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_NHL_season" title="1996–97 NHL season">1997</a>. </p><p>Originally based in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, they were <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">charter members</a> of the WHA, known as the <b>New England Whalers</b> for all seven seasons. After their <a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1973–74 New England Whalers season">second season</a>, the team moved one hundred miles (160 km) southwest to Hartford in April 1974;<sup id="cite_ref-mvtohrf_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mvtohrf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> five years later, the Whalers joined the NHL in the 1979 <a href="/wiki/NHL%E2%80%93WHA_merger" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL–WHA merger">NHL–WHA merger</a> and were renamed the "Hartford Whalers".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 25 years in <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a>, the franchise relocated to <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> in <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NHL_season" title="1997–98 NHL season">1997</a> and became the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="WHA_history">WHA history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: WHA history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_seasons_in_Boston_(1971–1974)"><span id="Early_seasons_in_Boston_.281971.E2.80.931974.29"></span>Early seasons in Boston (1971–1974)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early seasons in Boston (1971–1974)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Whalers franchise was created in November 1971 when the <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">World Hockey Association</a> (WHA) awarded a franchise to <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> businessmen <a href="/wiki/Howard_Baldwin" title="Howard Baldwin">Howard Baldwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/W._Godfrey_Wood" title="W. Godfrey Wood">W. Godfrey Wood</a>, John Coburn and William Edward Barnes to begin play in Boston. The team began auspiciously, signing former <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a> star <a href="/wiki/Tom_Webster_(ice_hockey)" title="Tom Webster (ice hockey)">Tom Webster</a>, hard rock <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a>' <a href="/wiki/Defenceman" title="Defenceman">defenseman</a> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Green" title="Ted Green">Ted Green</a> (the team's inaugural <a href="/wiki/Captain_(hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (hockey)">captain</a>), <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a>' defensemen <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ley" title="Rick Ley">Rick Ley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Dorey" title="Jim Dorey">Jim Dorey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Selwood" title="Brad Selwood">Brad Selwood</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>' <a href="/wiki/Goaltender" title="Goaltender">goaltender</a> <a href="/wiki/Al_Smith_(hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Smith (hockey)">Al Smith</a>. </p><p>New England signed an unusually large number of American players, including <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> natives and former <a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="United States men's national ice hockey team">U.S. Olympic hockey team</a> members <a href="/wiki/Larry_Pleau" title="Larry Pleau">Larry Pleau</a> (who had been a regular with the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> the previous season), <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Ahearn" title="Kevin Ahearn">Kevin Ahearn</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cunniff" title="John Cunniff">John Cunniff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hurley" title="Paul Hurley">Paul Hurley</a>. Two other ex-U.S. Olympians on the Whalers' roster (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesotans</a> <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Sheehy_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timothy Sheehy (ice hockey)">Timothy Sheehy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Williams_(ice_hockey_b._1940)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Williams (ice hockey b. 1940)">Tommy Williams</a>) had spent a significant part of their careers in Boston with <a href="/wiki/Boston_College_Eagles_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey">Boston College</a> and the Bruins, respectively. </p><p>The Whalers had the WHA's best regular season record in the <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972–73 season</a>. Webster led the team in scoring and through the playoffs. Behind legendary ex-<a href="/wiki/Boston_University_Terriers_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey">Boston University</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kelley_(ice_hockey)" title="Jack Kelley (ice hockey)">Jack Kelley</a>, the team defeated the <a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets_(1972%E2%80%9396)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)">Winnipeg Jets</a> to win the inaugural <a href="/wiki/Avco_World_Trophy" title="Avco World Trophy">WHA championship</a>. </p><p>The club played its <a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1972–73 New England Whalers season">first season</a>'s home games at <a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston Arena">Boston Arena</a>. However, the Arena was too small and antiquated to sustain a WHA team while the Garden was owned by the rival NHL Bruins in which the Whalers found themselves fourth in priority for dates behind the Bruins, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>, and even the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves_(AHL)" title="Boston Braves (AHL)">Boston Braves</a>. Fed up with the situation, Baldwin decided to move elsewhere. In late February 1974, he announced the Whalers' upcoming relocation to Hartford, targeted for early April.<sup id="cite_ref-mvtohrf_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mvtohrf-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relocation_to_Hartford_(1974)"><span id="Relocation_to_Hartford_.281974.29"></span>Relocation to Hartford (1974)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Relocation to Hartford (1974)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hartford was about to open a new, modern downtown arena and convention center, the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartford Civic Center">Hartford Civic Center</a>. The city had hoped to get an <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> (ABA) team as the main tenant, but when that fell through, city leaders got in touch with the Whalers. Aside from various minor league teams in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven</a>, the area had been largely bereft of professional hockey until the Whalers' arrival. The Civic Center was still being finished when the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1974–75 New England Whalers season">1974–75 season</a> began, so the Whalers played the first part of the season at <a href="/wiki/The_Big_E_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="The Big E Coliseum">The Big E Coliseum</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="West Springfield, Massachusetts">West Springfield</a>, Massachusetts, about thirty miles (50 km) north. </p><p>On January 11, <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_WHA_season" title="1974–75 WHA season">1975</a>, the team played its first game at the Hartford Civic Center in front of a sellout crowd. The franchise remained in Hartford until it relocated to North Carolina for the <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_NHL_season" title="1997–98 NHL season">1997–98 season</a>, save for a temporary relocation to the nearby <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Civic_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Civic Center">Springfield Civic Center</a> in the late 1970s while their Hartford arena was being rebuilt after heavy snow followed by heavy rain caused the roof, which suffered from several engineering and construction shortcomings, to collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though they never again won the WHA championship, the New England Whalers were a successful team, never missing the playoffs in league history, and finishing first in their division three times. They had a more stable roster than most WHA teams: Ley, Webster, Selwood, Pleau, and <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Earl" title="Tommy Earl">Tommy Earl</a> played over 350 games each with the club. The team scored a major coup when it signed legend <a href="/wiki/Gordie_Howe" title="Gordie Howe">Gordie Howe</a> and his sons <a href="/wiki/Mark_Howe" title="Mark Howe">Mark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marty_Howe" title="Marty Howe">Marty</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Aeros_(WHA)" title="Houston Aeros (WHA)">Houston Aeros</a> in 1977. </p><p>The Whalers recorded losing records in their first two full seasons in Hartford, their final two WHA seasons saw more success. They went to the finals again in <a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_WHA_season" title="1977–78 WHA season">1978</a>, with a veteran team spearheaded by the Howes—50-year-old Gordie led the team in scoring—future NHL stars <a href="/wiki/Gordie_Roberts" title="Gordie Roberts">Gordie Roberts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Rogers (ice hockey)">Mike Rogers</a>, All-Star defenseman <a href="/wiki/Ron_Plumb" title="Ron Plumb">Ron Plumb</a>, and forwards <a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(ice_hockey)" title="John McKenzie (ice hockey)">John McKenzie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Keon" title="Dave Keon">Dave Keon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Antonovich_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Antonovich (ice hockey)">Mike Antonovich</a>, and possessed the league's best defense. The next season was not so fine, however, but while age finally caught up with Gordie Howe, the slack was picked up by <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Lacroix_(ice_hockey)" title="André Lacroix (ice hockey)">Andre Lacroix</a>, the WHA's all-time leading scorer, acquired from the Aeros. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Admission_to_the_NHL">Admission to the NHL</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Admission to the NHL"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hartford_Whalers_Logo-79-92.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Hartford_Whalers_Logo-79-92.svg/220px-Hartford_Whalers_Logo-79-92.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Hartford_Whalers_Logo-79-92.svg/330px-Hartford_Whalers_Logo-79-92.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/Hartford_Whalers_Logo-79-92.svg/440px-Hartford_Whalers_Logo-79-92.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="144" data-file-height="143" /></a><figcaption>The original Hartford Whalers logo (1979–1992), designed by Peter Good, a Connecticut-based graphic designer.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It combines a green "W" with a blue whale's tail to create the letter "H" in the negative (white) space in the center of the logo between the two shapes.</figcaption></figure> <p>As the Whalers were one of the most stable WHA teams, the club was one of the four franchises admitted to the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> when the rival leagues <a href="/wiki/NHL%E2%80%93WHA_merger" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL–WHA merger">merged</a> in 1979. Unlike the other former WHA teams, the Whalers were not stripped of most of their players. The Howes, Rogers, Ley, Keon, Smith, Roberts and Lacroix are the New England Whalers players who stayed on the team as it made the transition to the NHL and became the Hartford Whalers. (In the case of the Howes, Detroit intentionally turned down their option to re-sign longtime Red Wing Gordie, out of respect for his legacy already in place there.) Only Selwood, <a href="/wiki/George_Lyle_(hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Lyle (hockey)">George Lyle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Miller_(ice_hockey)" title="Warren Miller (ice hockey)">Warren Miller</a> were reclaimed by their former NHL teams. The Whalers were the only American-based WHA team to join the NHL. </p><p>The New England Whalers renamed themselves the Hartford Whalers in May 1979,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the insistence of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> who objected to the team naming themselves for New England.<sup id="cite_ref-lostfranchises_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lostfranchises-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Connecticut-based graphic designer Peter Good (1942–2023)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was hired by the Jack Lardis Associates <a href="/wiki/Advertising_agency" title="Advertising agency">advertising agency</a> to design a new logo for the team.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sportslogos.net_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sportslogos.net-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Good put a whale's tail over a "W", allowing the negative space between the two shapes to create an "H". Good also helped design the team's new uniforms for the 1979–80 season in the team's new colors of green and blue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NHL_history">NHL history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: NHL history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Whalers were never as successful in the NHL as they had been in the WHA. They recorded only three winning seasons in their 18 years in the NHL, made the <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">Stanley Cup playoffs</a> eight times and won only one playoff series, earning the nickname "The Forever .500s" in mocking jest of their winning percentage. Whenever they did make the playoffs, they faced the near-certainty of having to get past the Boston Bruins or Montreal Canadiens to make it to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Conference_(NHL)" title="Eastern Conference (NHL)">Conference</a> Finals. The team developed a heated rivalry with the Bruins because they were based only 100 miles northeast of Hartford and the fact they used to play in the same arena. Home games against the Bruins usually attracted the Whalers' largest crowds, as many Bruins fans followed their team to Hartford. The Whalers had an all-time head-to-head record of 37–69–12 against Boston. </p><p>The Whalers were hampered by numerous off-ice factors. Hartford was the smallest American market in the NHL and was located on the traditional dividing line between the home territories for Boston and New York area teams. This limited the team's marketability. Additionally, for most of the Whalers' tenure as an NHL team, the Hartford Civic Center was one of the smallest arenas in the league. At its maximum, it seated just 15,635 for hockey. The team averaged over 14,000 fans only twice in its 15 years at the Civic Center. They averaged only 13,867 from 1980 to 1997. Most of their sellouts came when either the Bruins, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> played in Hartford, bringing thousands of their own fans with them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inaugural_NHL_season">Inaugural NHL season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Inaugural NHL season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon joining the NHL, the Whalers were placed in the Norris Division of the Wales Conference. Their first NHL season in <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1979–80 Hartford Whalers season">1979–80</a> looked somewhat promising. They were led by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Rogers (ice hockey)">Mike Rogers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blaine_Stoughton" title="Blaine Stoughton">Blaine Stoughton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_Keon" title="Dave Keon">Dave Keon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Howe" title="Mark Howe">Mark Howe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ley" title="Rick Ley">Rick Ley</a>, NHL legend <a href="/wiki/Gordie_Howe" title="Gordie Howe">Gordie Howe</a> and the all-time WHA leading scorer, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Lacroix_(ice_hockey)" title="André Lacroix (ice hockey)">Andre Lacroix</a>, along with the franchise's first starting goaltender, <a href="/wiki/Al_Smith_(ice_hockey)" title="Al Smith (ice hockey)">Al Smith</a>. The Whalers also acquired another NHL legend, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/NHL_trade_deadline" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL trade deadline">NHL trade deadline</a> in 1980. They finished the season with 73 points and a playoff berth and had the best record of the four former WHA franchises that entered the NHL in 1979–80. The Whalers remained the most recent first year expansion franchise to make the playoffs in their inaugural season, along with the <a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Edmonton_Oilers_season" title="1979–80 Edmonton Oilers season">1979–80 Edmonton Oilers</a>, until the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Vegas_Golden_Knights_season" title="2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights season">2017–18 Vegas Golden Knights</a> accomplished the feat. In the first round of the playoffs, the Whalers were swept by the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a> three games to none. Following this season, Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull and Andre Lacroix all announced their retirements from professional hockey. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_early_1980s">The early 1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The early 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the 1979–80 season, the Whalers had many aging veterans left over from their WHA days. To make matters worse, the Whalers reputation of making disastrous trades began to unfold, as the team began to trade away stars for mediocre players in an attempt to gain depth. For instance, they traded star defenseman Mark Howe and their first NHL scoring leader, Mike Rogers, in separate deals for players and draft picks which never panned out, and also swapped defensive-defenseman <a href="/wiki/Gordie_Roberts" title="Gordie Roberts">Gordie Roberts</a>, who would go on to play 15 remaining professional seasons, for the remaining half of the season of <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fidler" title="Mike Fidler">Mike Fidler</a>'s NHL career. For the <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1981–82 Hartford Whalers season">1981–82 season</a>, the NHL realigned its divisions and the Whalers were resituated in the Adams Division of the Wales Conference. The Whalers bottomed out in the <a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1982–83 Hartford Whalers season">1982–83 season</a> with a record of 19–54–7 (45 points), ranked 20th out of 21 teams in the NHL standings. On May 2, 1983, the Whalers hired <a href="/wiki/Emile_Francis" title="Emile Francis">Emile Francis</a> as their new general manager to rebuild the team. About two months later, on July 7, Francis hired <a href="/wiki/Jack_Evans_(ice_hockey)" title="Jack Evans (ice hockey)">Jack Evans</a> to be the Whalers' new head coach. By the end of the <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1986–87 Hartford Whalers season">1986–87 season</a>, Francis had cut or traded away every player from the 1982–83 Whalers' roster save for <a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_MacDermid" title="Paul MacDermid">Paul MacDermid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Lawless" title="Paul Lawless">Paul Lawless</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Success_in_the_mid-1980s">Success in the mid-1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Success in the mid-1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The team had a brief period of success in the <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1985–86 Hartford Whalers season">1985–86</a> and <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1986–87 Hartford Whalers season">1986–87</a> seasons. The Whalers began 1985–86 looking like a playoff contender. By the end of January, they had a record of 26–20–1 for 53 points after 47 games. At this time, however, the Whalers began to struggle when they lost their franchise player Ron Francis and star goal scorer <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Dineen" title="Kevin Dineen">Kevin Dineen</a> to injuries. As a result, the Whalers struggled through February, winning just two games in the month and in danger of missing the playoffs for the sixth year in a row. In March, Francis and Dineen returned from their injuries and the Whalers put up a record of 12–4–2 in the months of March and April. The Whalers finished fourth in the <a href="/wiki/Adams_Division" title="Adams Division">Adams Division</a> in the 1985–86 regular season, earning themselves a playoff berth for the first time since 1980. The Whalers went on to eliminate the first-place <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Nordiques" title="Quebec Nordiques">Quebec Nordiques</a> in a three-game sweep in the first round, winning their first, and only, NHL playoff series in Hartford. The Whalers then pushed the division finals to seven games, losing the final game 2–1 in overtime to the eventual <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> champions, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a>. The Canadiens disposed of both the Rangers and <a href="/wiki/Calgary_Flames" title="Calgary Flames">Calgary Flames</a> in five games in the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals, respectively. </p><p>The following season, 1986–87, the Whalers won their lone division championship, led by centers Ron Francis and <a href="/wiki/Ray_Ferraro" title="Ray Ferraro">Ray Ferraro</a>, emerging winger Kevin Dineen, defenseman <a href="/wiki/Ulf_Samuelsson" title="Ulf Samuelsson">Ulf Samuelsson</a>, superstar goaltender <a href="/wiki/Mike_Liut" title="Mike Liut">Mike Liut</a> and scorer <a href="/wiki/Sylvain_Turgeon" title="Sylvain Turgeon">Sylvain Turgeon</a>. The 93 points earned that season were the most they would earn as an NHL team in Hartford; however, they were quickly eliminated in the first round by the Nordiques. The Whalers started the series strongly, winning the first two games at home, but, beginning in Game 3, the Nordiques were able to successfully take the Whalers off their game by playing a tough, chippy style of hockey. As a result, both teams broke NHL records in penalty minutes for an individual playoff game and a whole playoff series. The Nordiques won the next four games and thus the series, four games to two. While Hartford would make the playoffs for the next five seasons in a row, they never came close to duplicating their previous success, with one exception in the <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_NHL_season" title="1989–90 NHL season">1989–90 season</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_1989–90_season"><span id="The_1989.E2.80.9390_season"></span>The 1989–90 season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The 1989–90 season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1989–90, the Whalers finished seventh overall in the NHL standings and fourth overall in the Wales Conference, with 85 points. This was the franchise's second-highest point total in the NHL while located in Hartford. The regular season was highlighted by captain Ron Francis putting up career highs in goals (32), assists (69) and points (101). Later in his career, Francis was only able to exceed 101 points once (in 1995–96) and never again exceeded 32 goals in a single season. At the trade deadline, the Whalers first year general manager <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Johnston" title="Eddie Johnston">Eddie Johnston</a> made the first in a series of destructive trades by sending franchise goaltender Mike Liut to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> in exchange for center <a href="/wiki/Yvon_Corriveau" title="Yvon Corriveau">Yvon Corriveau</a>. Liut was having a career year during the 1989–90 season and this trade left the Whalers with sophomore goaltender <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sidorkiewicz" title="Peter Sidorkiewicz">Peter Sidorkiewicz</a> as their starter, with rookie <a href="/wiki/Kay_Whitmore" title="Kay Whitmore">Kay Whitmore</a> as the backup. </p><p>The Whalers went on to face the Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. In Game 4, the Whalers were in front of their home crowd with a two games to one series lead and a 5–2 lead in the game entering the third period. Bruins starting goaltender <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Lemelin" class="mw-redirect" title="Reggie Lemelin">Reggie Lemelin</a> was struggling throughout the series and was replaced by backup <a href="/wiki/Andy_Moog" title="Andy Moog">Andy Moog</a> in the third period. At the same time, Peter Sidorkiewicz began struggling in goal for the Whalers, and the Bruins scored four unanswered goals in the third period, winning the game 6–5. Sidorkiewicz struggled for the rest of the series and Moog was spectacular for the Bruins. Without Liut, the Whalers had to either stick with Sidorkiewicz, which they did, or use the unproven rookie, Kay Whitmore, in goal. Goaltending turned out to be one of the big differences in this series and the Bruins won it in seven games. The Bruins went on to dispose of the Canadiens in five games, then sweep the Capitals in the Wales Conference Finals before losing in the Stanley Cup finals to the Edmonton Oilers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Ron_Francis_trade">The Ron Francis trade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Ron Francis trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 4, 1991, Francis was traded to the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>, along with Ulf Samuelsson and <a href="/wiki/Grant_Jennings" title="Grant Jennings">Grant Jennings</a>, in exchange for <a href="/wiki/John_Cullen" title="John Cullen">John Cullen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zarley_Zalapski" title="Zarley Zalapski">Zarley Zalapski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Parker_(ice_hockey)" title="Jeff Parker (ice hockey)">Jeff Parker</a>. Francis was one of the most popular players on the team, and held nearly every significant offensive record in the franchise's history, both in the WHA and NHL. The trade was savagely condemned by Whalers fans, few of whom believed <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hockey_News" title="The Hockey News">The Hockey News</a></i> assessment that the Whalers had actually come out on the better end of the trade. Parker would only play four games in Hartford before suffering a concussion and a knee injury within two weeks of each other, effectively ending his NHL career. The Francis trade was made all the more painful when Francis and Samuelsson promptly helped lead the Penguins to two consecutive Stanley Cup titles. Coincidentally, Eddie Johnston, the Hartford general manager who had orchestrated the Francis trade, would follow him to Pittsburgh as the Penguins' head coach two years later. </p><p>The trades that Johnston made, particularly the Ron Francis trade, proved to be disastrous for the Whalers, since the players acquired did not meet the team's expectations, leaving the Whalers depleted of talent and costing them substantial goodwill in Hartford. The links below show all of the trades and transactions Ed Johnston made as the general manager of the Whalers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_1992_playoffs">The 1992 playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: The 1992 playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Whalers went to the playoffs for the final time in <a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1991–92 Hartford Whalers season">1992</a> behind <a href="/wiki/Jim_Roberts_(ice_hockey,_born_1940)" title="Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940)">Jimmy Roberts</a>' coaching, despite winning only 26 games. In those days, however, the top four teams in each division made the playoffs, regardless of record. They faced the heavily-favored Montreal Canadiens in the Adams Division Semi-finals. The Whalers lost Game 1 by a score of 2–0 and Game 2 by a score of 5–2, creating the expectation that the Canadiens would sweep the Whalers out of the first round, as they did in the 1989 playoffs. However, the Whalers came back home to win Games 3 and 4 by scores of 5–2 and 3–1, respectively. The main turning point in the series came in the second period of Game 5 — the Whalers had a 3–1 lead midway through the second period, where the Canadiens began rushing the crease and getting in the face of Whalers goaltender <a href="/wiki/Frank_Pietrangelo" title="Frank Pietrangelo">Frank Pietrangelo</a> to distract him. The strategy worked, as the Canadiens scored four unanswered goals in the final five minutes of the second period. These goals were not called back, since this was before the time when the NHL began strictly enforcing crease infractions on goals. The Whalers lost Game 5 by a score of 7–4. The Whalers came back to win Game 6 by a score of 2–1 just 24 seconds into overtime on a goal by <a href="/wiki/Yvon_Corriveau" title="Yvon Corriveau">Yvon Corriveau</a>. The series went back to Montreal for game 7 and the Whalers lost a dramatic double <a href="/wiki/Overtime_(hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Overtime (hockey)">overtime</a> game by a score of 3–2, as <a href="/wiki/Russ_Courtnall" title="Russ Courtnall">Russ Courtnall</a> scored on a turn-around shot against Pietrangelo. Corriveau had an excellent chance for a second consecutive overtime winner in the first overtime period on a breakaway, but his shot missed the net. It was the last time the Whalers would qualify for the playoffs for the rest of their time in Hartford. </p><p>Roberts was fired thereafter, along with general manager Eddie Johnston. At the end of the three-year Johnston era, only seven players remained from the Whalers' active roster prior to Johnston taking over as general manager. Those players were forwards <a href="/wiki/Ed_Kastelic" title="Ed Kastelic">Ed Kastelic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Yake" title="Terry Yake">Terry Yake</a>; defensemen <a href="/wiki/Randy_Ladouceur" title="Randy Ladouceur">Randy Ladouceur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brad_Shaw" title="Brad Shaw">Brad Shaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adam_Burt" title="Adam Burt">Adam Burt</a>; and goaltenders Peter Sidorkiewicz and Kay Whitmore. During the summer of 1992, following Johnston's departure, Shaw and Whitmore were traded away, Kastelic left via free agency and Sidorkiewicz was lost to the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Ottawa Senators</a> in the expansion draft. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Brian_Burke_and_Paul_Holmgren_years">The Brian Burke and Paul Holmgren years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The Brian Burke and Paul Holmgren years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the summer of 1992, the Whalers hired <a href="/wiki/Brian_Burke_(ice_hockey)" title="Brian Burke (ice hockey)">Brian Burke</a> to replace Eddie Johnston as general manager to rebuild the Whalers. Burke had worked for the <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Canucks" title="Vancouver Canucks">Vancouver Canucks</a>, helping them build the team that eventually went to the Stanley Cup Finals in <a href="/wiki/1994_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1994 Stanley Cup Finals">1994</a>. Burke hired <a href="/wiki/Paul_Holmgren" title="Paul Holmgren">Paul Holmgren</a> to be the Whalers' new head coach. Holmgren had been the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a>. Holmgren immediately named <a href="/wiki/Pat_Verbeek" title="Pat Verbeek">Pat Verbeek</a> the new captain and he ended up playing on a line with young stars <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cassels" title="Andrew Cassels">Andrew Cassels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Sanderson" title="Geoff Sanderson">Geoff Sanderson</a>. The Whalers also acquired goaltender <a href="/wiki/Sean_Burke" title="Sean Burke">Sean Burke</a> in exchange for former first-round draft pick <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hol%C3%ADk" title="Bobby Holík">Bobby Holik</a>. Cassels, Sanderson and Sean Burke remained star players for the Whalers through their final season in Hartford. In addition, future NHL star <a href="/wiki/Michael_Nylander" title="Michael Nylander">Michael Nylander</a> began his NHL career with the Whalers during the <a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1992–93 Hartford Whalers season">1992–93 season</a>. Since the 1992–93 season was a rebuilding year for the Whalers, they finished the season with only 58 points, the second-worst point total in franchise history, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1985. </p><p>The Whalers entered the <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1993–94 Hartford Whalers season">1993–94 season</a> as members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference, and with high hopes from a core of young talented players. The Whalers were also able to draft defenseman <a href="/wiki/Chris_Pronger" title="Chris Pronger">Chris Pronger</a>, who began his career with the Whalers, playing alongside veteran defenseman <a href="/wiki/Brad_McCrimmon" title="Brad McCrimmon">Brad McCrimmon</a>, and later became an NHL star. However, problems began at the management level when general manager Brian Burke announced he would resign when the season began to take an executive position with the NHL. In addition, Burke had some disagreements with Whalers owner Richard Gordon. After Burke left, Holmgren took over as both the head coach and general manager. The Whalers started off the season poorly. Holmgren felt he was unable to handle the job of general manager and head coach, so he made <a href="/wiki/Pierre_McGuire" title="Pierre McGuire">Pierre McGuire</a> the new head coach. The coaching change did not help the Whalers, however, since McGuire was not popular with the players; the Whalers continued to struggle. The Whalers reached a low point in the season when six players and two assistant coaches were arrested in <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>, after being involved in a bar room brawl. Pronger was one of the players arrested; he was 19 years of age at the time, two years below than the legal drinking age in the State of New York. Around this same time, Paul Holmgren checked himself into rehab for <a href="/wiki/Alcoholism" title="Alcoholism">alcohol addiction</a> after being arrested with a DUI in <a href="/wiki/Simsbury,_Connecticut" title="Simsbury, Connecticut">Simsbury</a>. The Whalers finished the season with 63 points, only a five-point improvement from the previous season. One bright spot for the Whalers was the emergence of Sean Burke as their franchise and star goaltender. Another highlight of the 1993–94 season was when <a href="/wiki/Brian_Propp" title="Brian Propp">Brian Propp</a> scored his 1,000th career NHL point with the Whalers. Propp announced his retirement after the season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_ownership">New ownership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: New ownership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the summer of 1994, the Whalers were purchased, in a deal brokered by the Connecticut Development Authority, by <a href="/wiki/Compuware" title="Compuware">Compuware</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Peter_Karmanos_Jr." title="Peter Karmanos Jr.">Peter Karmanos</a>, along with partners <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thewes" title="Thomas Thewes">Thomas Thewes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rutherford" title="Jim Rutherford">Jim Rutherford</a>. Rutherford became the team's new general manager and Holmgren returned as the head coach. The new ownership wanted to turn the team into a winner for the lockout-shortened <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1994–95 Hartford Whalers season">1994–95 season</a>, so Rutherford went out to the free agent market and signed <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carson" title="Jimmy Carson">Jimmy Carson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Rice" title="Steven Rice">Steven Rice</a>. On draft day, the Whalers selected the highly rated <a href="/wiki/Jeff_O%27Neill" title="Jeff O'Neill">Jeff O'Neill</a> in the first round. Rutherford also acquired defenseman <a href="/wiki/Glen_Wesley" title="Glen Wesley">Glen Wesley</a> from the Boston Bruins in exchange for three first-round draft picks (<a href="/wiki/Kyle_McLaren" title="Kyle McLaren">Kyle McLaren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnathan_Aitken" title="Johnathan Aitken">Johnathan Aitken</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Samsonov" title="Sergei Samsonov">Sergei Samsonov</a>). Despite these acquisitions, the Whalers struggled at the beginning of the season, starting off with a record of 2–7–2. In mid-February, the Whalers began improving, led by their top line of Sanderson, Cassels and Verbeek, along with franchise goaltender Sean Burke. For the next 30 games, the Whalers put up a record of 16–11–3 and it appeared as if the Whalers were on their way to their first playoff berth since 1992. Unfortunately, the Whalers played poorly down the stretch, winning only one game in the last seven and missed the playoffs by four points. </p><p>Before the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1995–96 Hartford Whalers season">1995–96 season</a>, the Whalers management became frustrated with the slow development of highly rated prospect Chris Pronger. As a result, Pronger was sent to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Blues" title="St. Louis Blues">St. Louis Blues</a> in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Shanahan" title="Brendan Shanahan">Brendan Shanahan</a>. Shanahan was not happy with the trade even before playing a single game in Hartford. However, he was immediately made the team's new captain. The Whalers won their first four games of the season, but then struggled for the rest of the calendar year of 1995. As a result, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Maurice" title="Paul Maurice">Paul Maurice</a> replaced Holmgren as head coach in November. On December 28, 1995, the Whalers received a morale boost when they reacquired one of their most popular players from the 1980s, Kevin Dineen. His skills and leadership had an immediate impact on the team, as the Whalers began playing significantly better in January. Despite the strong finish in the second half of the season, the Whalers were unable to recover from their poor start and they missed the playoffs for the fourth year in a row. </p><p>Before the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1996–97 Hartford Whalers season">1996–97 season</a>, Brendan Shanahan ended his silence about his displeasure about playing in Hartford. He demanded a trade out of Hartford because he claimed he did not want to play in a small market for a team with an uncertain future about its location. Whalers fans and local media condemned Shanahan for his comments and he was immediately stripped of his captaincy; Kevin Dineen took over the role. After the second game of the season, Shanahan was traded (along with <a href="/wiki/Brian_Glynn_(ice_hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Glynn (ice hockey)">Brian Glynn</a>) to the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a> for <a href="/wiki/Keith_Primeau" title="Keith Primeau">Keith Primeau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Coffey" title="Paul Coffey">Paul Coffey</a> and a first-round draft pick. Despite these problems, the Whalers got off to a very good start, with a 14–7–6 record after the first 27 games, sitting in first in their division. They were led by a strong first line of Sanderson, Cassels and Dineen along with a solid second line of Primeau, O'Neill and <a href="/wiki/Sami_Kapanen" title="Sami Kapanen">Sami Kapanen</a>. During the calendar year of 1996, the Whalers achieved a record of 41–30–10 in 81 games. In 1997, following the good start, the Whalers' season began to slip away. This included a nine-game losing streak in January and a six-game losing streak in March. Despite the poor performance down the stretch, the Whalers still had an opportunity to make the playoffs in the final week of the season. However, the Whalers lost two games on the road to Ottawa and the New York Islanders, which eliminated them from the playoffs before their final regular season game against the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Departure_from_Hartford">Departure from Hartford</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Departure from Hartford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owner Peter Karmanos pledged to keep the Whalers in the city of Hartford for four years when he purchased the team in 1994. However, two years later, frustrated with lackluster attendance and little corporate support, he announced that if the Whalers were unable to sell at least 11,000 season tickets for the <a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1996–97 Hartford Whalers season">1996–97 season</a>, he would likely move the team.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, ownership only made season tickets available in full-season (41-game) packages, eliminating the popular six-, 9-, 10- and 20-game mini-plans in a strategy largely designed to spur purchases from corporations and wealthier individuals. Sales were underwhelming at the beginning of the campaign, and at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1995–96 Hartford Whalers season">1995–96 season</a>, it was still unknown whether the Whalers would stay in Connecticut past 1998 or move elsewhere. However, thanks to an aggressive civic campaign and the efforts of many fans, the Whalers announced that they would stay in Connecticut through at least 1997, one year shy of his original promise. The "Save the Whale" campaign netted season ticket sales totaling 8,563 in less than a 45-day span, despite the Whalers raising ticket prices by an average of 20 percent, eliminating partial ticket plans and increasing the deposit amount for season tickets by 750 percent. This represented an expansion of over 3,500 tickets from the existing base.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1997, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Connecticut">Connecticut Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/John_G._Rowland" title="John G. Rowland">John G. Rowland</a> stated that he did not want to spend Connecticut taxpayer dollars to fund a new arena in Hartford. Despite this, negotiations between the Whalers and Rowland to build a new $147.5 million arena seemed to be going well. Talks fell apart when Karmanos wanted an additional $45 million to cover losses during the three years the new arena was to be built. The Whalers ultimately announced that they would be leaving Hartford after the 1996–97 season. This marks one of the few times that a team announced it would leave its current city without having already announced an agreement with a new one. Karmanos had discussed relocating the Whalers to <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> (which would have been the first major sports team for that market) as the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads_Rhinos" title="Hampton Roads Rhinos">Hampton Roads Rhinos</a>, but the failure of a season-ticket drive in Norfolk, coupled with a lack of an adequate arena, led to those plans being canceled. Karmanos stated that Rowland had no intention of making a serious offer to keep the Whalers in Connecticut since Rowland harbored hopes to bring a <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) franchise to the State. Rowland went on to negotiate a tentative deal that would bring the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> to Connecticut, but those talks also fell apart after the state and Patriots ownership failed to reach an agreement on a new stadium, instead choosing to stay in Foxborough to build what would become <a href="/wiki/Gillette_Stadium" title="Gillette Stadium">Gillette Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 13, 1997, the Whalers played their last game in Hartford, defeating the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> 2–1. Team <a href="/wiki/Captain_(hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (hockey)">captain</a> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Dineen" title="Kevin Dineen">Kevin Dineen</a>, who had returned to Hartford midway through the 1995–96 season after being acquired in a trade with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a>, scored the final goal in Whalers history. On May 6, 1997, Karmanos announced the team would move to <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>, to become the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes</a>, playing its first two seasons in North Carolina at the <a href="/wiki/Greensboro_Coliseum" class="mw-redirect" title="Greensboro Coliseum">Greensboro Coliseum</a> while awaiting arena construction in Raleigh, a year earlier than planned. Talks with <a href="/wiki/Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville">Nashville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a>, and even <a href="/wiki/Auburn_Hills,_Michigan" title="Auburn Hills, Michigan">Suburban Detroit</a> were discussed before bringing the Whalers to North Carolina. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-departure">Post-departure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Post-departure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following summer in 1997, the <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_Rangers" title="Binghamton Rangers">Binghamton Rangers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a> (AHL) affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a>, relocated to the Hartford market to take the place of the Whalers, renaming themselves the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Wolf_Pack" title="Hartford Wolf Pack">Hartford Wolf Pack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Whalers owner Howard Baldwin acquired the right to manage the team in 2010 and announced that the Wolf Pack were changing their name to the Connecticut Whale in the middle of the 2010–11 season, adopting the Whalers' old green-blue-white palette.<sup id="cite_ref-articles.courant.com_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-articles.courant.com-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team changed back to the Hartford Wolf Pack after the Rangers terminated the relationship following the 2012–13 season.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Glen_Wesley" title="Glen Wesley">Glen Wesley</a> was the last Whaler still active with the Hartford/Carolina franchise, upon his retirement on June 5, 2008, though his stint was not continuous, playing seven games for the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leafs" title="Toronto Maple Leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a> in <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NHL_season" title="2002–03 NHL season">2003</a> after a deadline deal before re-signing in Carolina in the 2003 off-season.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Craig_Adams_(ice_hockey)" title="Craig Adams (ice hockey)">Craig Adams</a> was the last player drafted in Whalers' history. However, Adams did not become a member of the team until 2000, after the team had already moved to North Carolina, and he retired in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Goaltender <a href="/wiki/Jean-S%C3%A9bastien_Gigu%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Sébastien Giguère">Jean-Sebastien Giguere</a> was the final former Hartford Whalers player still playing in the NHL; he retired after the end of the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NHL_season" title="2013–14 NHL season">2013–14 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3bert_Petrovick%C3%BD" title="Róbert Petrovický">Robert Petrovicky</a> was the last former Whaler active in professional hockey, playing in European leagues through the end of the 2015–16 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Uniforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_England:_1972–1979"><span id="New_England:_1972.E2.80.931979"></span>New England: 1972–1979</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: New England: 1972–1979"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the New England Whalers, the team generally wore dark green and white uniforms with a similar style to the iconic <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a> uniforms. The uniforms feature the team roundel in front and the Pucky logo on either shoulder. In 1974, the white uniform added yellow trim and replaced the roundel logo with the "harpoon W" logo, and the following year, the green uniform adopted the same elements. In 1977, the striping on the waist and socks was modified. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Green_uniform_era:_1979–1992"><span id="Green_uniform_era:_1979.E2.80.931992"></span>Green uniform era: 1979–1992</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Green uniform era: 1979–1992"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After becoming the Hartford Whalers, the team adopted its most iconic uniform design: green and white uniforms with blue, white and green stripes and the new Peter Good-designed logo in front. The design underwent a few cosmetic changes, such as wearing <a href="/wiki/Cooperalls" title="Cooperalls">Cooperalls</a> in the 1982–83 season, switching from angular to straight sleeve stripes and back during the early 1990s, and removing the Pucky logo in 1985. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blue_and_silver_uniform_era:_1992–1997"><span id="Blue_and_silver_uniform_era:_1992.E2.80.931997"></span>Blue and silver uniform era: 1992–1997</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Blue and silver uniform era: 1992–1997"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the Whalers' final years in Hartford, the team switched their primary colors to dark blue and added silver accents to the logo and striping. The numbers received extra contrasting trim. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hurricanes'_Whalers_tribute"><span id="Hurricanes.27_Whalers_tribute"></span>Hurricanes' Whalers tribute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Hurricanes' Whalers tribute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2018, the Hurricanes announced they would wear green Hartford Whalers throwback uniforms during two games against the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a>, first on December 23, 2018, at home and again on March 5, 2019, in Boston.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The announcement was generally viewed as positive recognition of the roots of the Hurricane franchise, although not all former Whalers' fans approved of the use.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hurricanes again wore the Whalers uniforms for a home game against the Los Angeles Kings, on January 11, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its fourth appearance came on January 29, 2022, against the New Jersey Devils.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most recent appearance came on March 26, 2023, in a 4–3 shootout loss to the Bruins. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Adidas" title="Adidas">Adidas</a>' "Reverse Retro" program in 2021 saw the Hurricanes wear silver versions of the classic Whalers uniform, bridging both Whalers eras in the design.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2023–24 season, the Hurricanes wore a white version of the Whalers uniform against the Devils, and donned Cooperalls in pregame warmups.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id=""Brass_Bonanza"_theme_song"><span id=".22Brass_Bonanza.22_theme_song"></span>"Brass Bonanza" theme song</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: "Brass Bonanza" theme song"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unlike most sports teams at any level the Whalers' had an official theme song. The song was entitled "Brass Bonanza", and was a tune composed and arranged by Jacques Ysaye (under the pseudonym of Jack Say), originally called "Evening Beat".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was a big hit with the team, Whalers fans, and even fans of other NHL teams and was played at home games when the Whalers entered the rink for warmups and also after they scored a goal. It was introduced in the mid-1970s on the B side of a souvenir record of team radio-broadcast highlights while they were still named the New England Whalers and playing in the WHA. However, in 1992, then-general manager Brian Burke cancelled the use of the song because he said "there were players who were embarrassed by it", and replaced it with a goal horn and the song "<a href="/wiki/Hot_Hot_Hot_(Arrow_song)" title="Hot Hot Hot (Arrow song)">Hot, Hot, Hot</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Buster_Poindexter" class="mw-redirect" title="Buster Poindexter">Buster Poindexter</a>, then a year later, "<a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Part_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock and Roll Part 2">Rock and Roll Part 2</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Glitter" title="Gary Glitter">Gary Glitter</a>. While the goal horn is still used by the Hurricanes today, "Brass Bonanza" was quickly reintroduced after Burke left the team the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song is still very popular with Hartford crowds and continues to occasionally be played at <a href="/wiki/XL_Center" title="XL Center">XL Center</a> events, including at <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Wolf_Pack" title="Hartford Wolf Pack">Hartford Wolf Pack</a>/Connecticut Whale games from 2011 to 2013 and at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Connecticut" title="University of Connecticut">University of Connecticut</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Huskies_men%27s_basketball" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecticut Huskies men's basketball">basketball</a> and <a href="/wiki/UConn_Huskies_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="UConn Huskies men's ice hockey">men's ice hockey</a> games. The song plays whenever a player on the city's minor-league baseball team, the <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Yard_Goats" title="Hartford Yard Goats">Hartford Yard Goats</a>, hits a home run. It was also previously used by the Whalers' AHL affiliate, the <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_Whalers" title="Binghamton Whalers">Binghamton Whalers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Danbury_Whalers" title="Danbury Whalers">Danbury Whalers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Hockey League">Federal Hockey League</a> (FHL), and <a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_University" title="Quinnipiac University">Quinnipiac University</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_Bobcats_men%27s_ice_hockey" title="Quinnipiac Bobcats men's ice hockey">men</a>'s and <a href="/wiki/Quinnipiac_Bobcats_women%27s_ice_hockey" title="Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey">women</a>'s ice hockey teams. It has also been played at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> during <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> games in between innings for several years. <a href="/wiki/Rock_bands" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock bands">Rock bands</a> have been known to play the song during shows in Connecticut, most notably <a href="/wiki/The_Zambonis" title="The Zambonis">The Zambonis</a>. The song was played when the Carolina Hurricanes scored a goal on an event called heritage night where the Hurricanes dressed in Whalers attire. The <a href="/wiki/Florida_Everblades" title="Florida Everblades">Florida Everblades</a>, a former affiliate of the Hurricanes in the <a href="/wiki/ECHL" title="ECHL">ECHL</a>, play the song after every home game at <a href="/wiki/Hertz_Arena" title="Hertz Arena">Hertz Arena</a>. The song has now been adopted by the city's soccer team, <a href="/wiki/Hartford_Athletic" title="Hartford Athletic">Hartford Athletic</a>, and by the <a href="/wiki/Premier_Hockey_Federation" title="Premier Hockey Federation">Premier Hockey Federation</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Whale_(PHF)" title="Connecticut Whale (PHF)">Connecticut Whale</a>, being played after goals scored by the teams.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>The Victoria Royals of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hockey_League" title="Western Hockey League">WHL</a> - Western Hockey League - have used the theme for goals since 2017. <sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id=""Pucky_The_Whale"_mascot"><span id=".22Pucky_The_Whale.22_mascot"></span>"Pucky The Whale" mascot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: "Pucky The Whale" mascot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official mascot of the Whalers was named "Pucky The Whale" and most commonly referred to as "Pucky". Depicted as a green whale, it was the team's secondary logo appearing on the shoulders of their jerseys from the 1970s WHA days until the mid 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-sportslogos.net_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sportslogos.net-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2010s a new mascot costume version of Pucky was making appearances around Connecticut. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season-by-season_record">Season-by-season record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Season-by-season record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><b>Note:</b> GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals scored for, GA = Goals scored against, PIM = Penalty minutes</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WHA_–_New_England_Whalers"><span id="WHA_.E2.80.93_New_England_Whalers"></span>WHA – New England Whalers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: WHA – New England Whalers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>GP</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>T</th> <th>Pts</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA</th> <th>PIM</th> <th>Finish</th> <th>Playoffs </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#d0e7ff"> <td><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1972–73 New England Whalers season">1972–73</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>46</td> <td>30</td> <td>2</td> <td>94</td> <td>318</td> <td>263</td> <td>858</td> <td><b>first, Eastern</b></td> <td>Won quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Nationals" title="Ottawa Nationals">Nationals</a>)<br />Won semi-final (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Crusaders" title="Cleveland Crusaders">Crusaders</a>)<br /><b>Won final (<a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets_(1972%E2%80%9396)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)">Jets</a>)</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1973–74 New England Whalers season">1973–74</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>43</td> <td>31</td> <td>4</td> <td>90</td> <td>291</td> <td>260</td> <td>875</td> <td><b>first, Eastern</b></td> <td>Lost quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cougars" title="Chicago Cougars">Cougars</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1974–75 New England Whalers season">1974–75</a></td> <td>78</td> <td>43</td> <td>30</td> <td>5</td> <td>91</td> <td>274</td> <td>279</td> <td>867</td> <td><b>first, Eastern</b></td> <td>Lost quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Fighting_Saints" title="Minnesota Fighting Saints">Fighting Saints</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1975%E2%80%9376_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1975–76 New England Whalers season">1975–76</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>33</td> <td>40</td> <td>7</td> <td>73</td> <td>255</td> <td>290</td> <td>1012</td> <td>third, Eastern</td> <td>Won Preliminary (<a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Crusaders" title="Cleveland Crusaders">Crusaders</a>)<br />Won quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Racers" title="Indianapolis Racers">Racers</a>)<br />Lost semi-final (<a href="/wiki/Houston_Aeros_(WHA)" title="Houston Aeros (WHA)">Aeros</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1976%E2%80%9377_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1976–77 New England Whalers season">1976–77</a></td> <td>81</td> <td>35</td> <td>40</td> <td>6</td> <td>76</td> <td>275</td> <td>290</td> <td>1254</td> <td>fourth, Eastern</td> <td>Lost quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Quebec_Nordiques" title="Quebec Nordiques">Nordiques</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1977%E2%80%9378_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1977–78 New England Whalers season">1977–78</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>44</td> <td>31</td> <td>5</td> <td>93</td> <td>335</td> <td>269</td> <td>1255</td> <td>second, WHA</td> <td>Won quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Oilers</a>)<br />Won semi-final (<a href="/wiki/Quebec_Nordiques" title="Quebec Nordiques">Nordiques</a>)<br />Lost final (<a href="/wiki/Winnipeg_Jets_(1972%E2%80%9396)" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)">Jets</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379_New_England_Whalers_season" title="1978–79 New England Whalers season">1978–79</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>37</td> <td>34</td> <td>9</td> <td>83</td> <td>298</td> <td>287</td> <td>1090</td> <td>fourth, WHA</td> <td>Won quarter-final (<a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Stingers" title="Cincinnati Stingers">Stingers</a>)<br />Lost semi-final (<a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Oilers" title="Edmonton Oilers">Oilers</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eeeddd;"> <td><b>WHA totals</b></td> <td><b>555</b></td> <td><b>281</b></td> <td><b>236</b></td> <td><b>38</b></td> <td><b>600</b></td> <td><b>2,046</b></td> <td><b>1,938</b></td> <td><b>7,211</b></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NHL_–_Hartford_Whalers"><span id="NHL_.E2.80.93_Hartford_Whalers"></span>NHL – Hartford Whalers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: NHL – Hartford Whalers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>GP</th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>T</th> <th>Pts</th> <th>GF</th> <th>GA</th> <th>PIM</th> <th>Finish</th> <th>Playoffs </th></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1979–80 Hartford Whalers season">1979–80</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>27</td> <td>34</td> <td>19</td> <td>73</td> <td>303</td> <td>312</td> <td>875</td> <td>fourth, Norris</td> <td>Lost Preliminary (<a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Canadiens</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1980–81 Hartford Whalers season">1980–81</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>21</td> <td>41</td> <td>18</td> <td>60</td> <td>292</td> <td>372</td> <td>1584</td> <td>fourth, Norris</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1981–82 Hartford Whalers season">1981–82</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>21</td> <td>41</td> <td>18</td> <td>60</td> <td>264</td> <td>351</td> <td>1493</td> <td>fifth, Adams</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1982–83 Hartford Whalers season">1982–83</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>19</td> <td>54</td> <td>7</td> <td>45</td> <td>261</td> <td>403</td> <td>1392</td> <td>fifth, Adams</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1983–84 Hartford Whalers season">1983–84</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>28</td> <td>42</td> <td>10</td> <td>66</td> <td>288</td> <td>320</td> <td>1184</td> <td>fifth, Adams</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1984–85 Hartford Whalers season">1984–85</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>30</td> <td>41</td> <td>9</td> <td>69</td> <td>268</td> <td>318</td> <td>1606</td> <td>fifth, Adams</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1985–86 Hartford Whalers season">1985–86</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>40</td> <td>36</td> <td>4</td> <td>84</td> <td>332</td> <td>302</td> <td>1759</td> <td>fourth, Adams</td> <td>Won Adams Semifinal (<a href="/wiki/Quebec_Nordiques" title="Quebec Nordiques">Nordiques</a>)<br />Lost Adams Final (<a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Canadiens</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1986–87 Hartford Whalers season">1986–87</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>43</td> <td>30</td> <td>7</td> <td>93</td> <td>287</td> <td>270</td> <td>1496</td> <td><b>first, Adams</b></td> <td>Lost Adams Semifinal (<a href="/wiki/Quebec_Nordiques" title="Quebec Nordiques">Nordiques</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1987–88 Hartford Whalers season">1987–88</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>35</td> <td>38</td> <td>7</td> <td>77</td> <td>249</td> <td>267</td> <td>2046</td> <td>fourth, Adams</td> <td>Lost Adams Semifinal (<a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Canadiens</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1988–89 Hartford Whalers season">1988–89</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>37</td> <td>38</td> <td>5</td> <td>79</td> <td>299</td> <td>290</td> <td>1672</td> <td>fourth, Adams</td> <td>Lost Adams Semifinal (<a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Canadiens</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1989–90 Hartford Whalers season">1989–90</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>38</td> <td>33</td> <td>9</td> <td>85</td> <td>275</td> <td>268</td> <td>2102</td> <td>fourth, Adams</td> <td>Lost Adams Semifinal (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Bruins</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1990–91 Hartford Whalers season">1990–91</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>31</td> <td>38</td> <td>11</td> <td>73</td> <td>238</td> <td>276</td> <td>2209</td> <td>fourth, Adams</td> <td>Lost Adams Semifinal (<a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Bruins</a>) </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1991–92 Hartford Whalers season">1991–92</a></td> <td>80</td> <td>26</td> <td>41</td> <td>13</td> <td>65</td> <td>247</td> <td>283</td> <td>1793</td> <td>fourth, Adams</td> <td>Lost Adams Semifinal (<a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Canadiens</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1992–93 Hartford Whalers season">1992–93</a></td> <td>84</td> <td>26</td> <td>52</td> <td>6</td> <td>58</td> <td>284</td> <td>369</td> <td>2354</td> <td>fifth, Adams</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1993–94 Hartford Whalers season">1993–94</a></td> <td>84</td> <td>27</td> <td>48</td> <td>9</td> <td>63</td> <td>227</td> <td>288</td> <td>1809</td> <td>sixth, Northeast</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1994–95 Hartford Whalers season">1994–95</a><sup>1</sup></td> <td>48</td> <td>19</td> <td>24</td> <td>5</td> <td>43</td> <td>127</td> <td>141</td> <td>915</td> <td>fifth, Northeast</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eee;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1995–96 Hartford Whalers season">1995–96</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>34</td> <td>39</td> <td>9</td> <td>77</td> <td>237</td> <td>259</td> <td>1834</td> <td>fourth, Northeast</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Hartford_Whalers_season" title="1996–97 Hartford Whalers season">1996–97</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>32</td> <td>39</td> <td>11</td> <td>75</td> <td>226</td> <td>256</td> <td>1513</td> <td>fifth, Northeast</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr style="background:#eeeddd;"> <td><b>NHL totals</b></td> <td><b>1,420</b></td> <td><b>534</b></td> <td><b>709</b></td> <td><b>177</b></td> <td><b>1,245</b></td> <td><b>4,704</b></td> <td><b>5,345</b></td> <td><b>29,636</b></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ddd;"> <td><b>Grand total</b></td> <td><b>1,975</b></td> <td><b>815</b></td> <td><b>945</b></td> <td><b>215</b></td> <td><b>1,845</b></td> <td><b>6,750</b></td> <td><b>7,283</b></td> <td><b>36,847</b></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Notes:</b> </p> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> Season was shortened due to the <a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_NHL_lockout" title="1994–95 NHL lockout">1994–95 NHL lockout</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_players">Notable players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Notable players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HartfordWhalersBanners.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/HartfordWhalersBanners.jpg/400px-HartfordWhalersBanners.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/HartfordWhalersBanners.jpg/600px-HartfordWhalersBanners.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/HartfordWhalersBanners.jpg/800px-HartfordWhalersBanners.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Whaler banners hanging from the Hartford Civic Center rafters in 2007. The numbers 2, 9 and 19 were retired while the team was still in Hartford and honor <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ley" title="Rick Ley">Rick Ley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gordie_Howe" title="Gordie Howe">Gordie Howe</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(ice_hockey)" title="John McKenzie (ice hockey)">John McKenzie</a>, respectively. In 2006, the numbers 5, 10 and 11 were added by Hartford Wolf Pack management in honor of <a href="/wiki/Ulf_Samuelsson" title="Ulf Samuelsson">Ulf Samuelsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Dineen" title="Kevin Dineen">Kevin Dineen</a>, respectively. These are joined by a banner commemorating the Whalers' only divisional title and a New England Whalers championship banner.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hall_of_Famers">Hall of Famers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Hall of Famers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Players</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Coffey" title="Paul Coffey">Paul Coffey</a>, 1996, inducted 2004</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a>, 1981–1991, inducted 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordie_Howe" title="Gordie Howe">Gordie Howe</a>, 1977–1980, inducted 1972</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Howe" title="Mark Howe">Mark Howe</a>, 1977–1982, inducted 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hull" title="Bobby Hull">Bobby Hull</a>, 1980, inducted 1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Keon" title="Dave Keon">Dave Keon</a>, 1976–1982, inducted 1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pronger" title="Chris Pronger">Chris Pronger</a>, 1993–1995, inducted 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Shanahan" title="Brendan Shanahan">Brendan Shanahan</a>, 1995–1996, inducted 2013</li></ul> <dl><dt>Builders</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emile_Francis" title="Emile Francis">Emile Francis</a>, 1983–1989, inducted 1982</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Team_captains">Team captains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Team captains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: includes both WHA Whalers and NHL Whalers</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Green" title="Ted Green">Ted Green</a>, 1972–1975</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Ley" title="Rick Ley">Rick Ley</a>, 1975–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Rogers (ice hockey)">Mike Rogers</a>, 1980–1981</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Keon" title="Dave Keon">Dave Keon</a>, 1981–1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Anderson" title="Russ Anderson">Russ Anderson</a>, 1982–1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(ice_hockey)" title="Mark Johnson (ice hockey)">Mark Johnson</a>, 1983–1985</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a>, 1985–1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Ladouceur" title="Randy Ladouceur">Randy Ladouceur</a>, 1991–1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Verbeek" title="Pat Verbeek">Pat Verbeek</a>, 1992–1995</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Shanahan" title="Brendan Shanahan">Brendan Shanahan</a>, 1995–1996</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Dineen" title="Kevin Dineen">Kevin Dineen</a>, 1996–1997</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Retired numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="5" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00205B 5px solid; border-bottom:#046A38 5px solid;"><b>Hartford Whalers retired numbers</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:40px;">No. </th> <th style="width:150px;">Player </th> <th style="width:80px;">Position </th> <th style="width:100px;">Tenure </th> <th style="width:170px;">No. Retirement </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rick_Ley" title="Rick Ley">Rick Ley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Defenceman" title="Defenceman">D</a></td> <td>1972–1981</td> <td>December 26, 1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>9</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordie_Howe" title="Gordie Howe">Gordie Howe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winger_(ice_hockey)" title="Winger (ice hockey)">RW</a></td> <td>1977–1980</td> <td>February 18, 1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>19</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(ice_hockey)" title="John McKenzie (ice hockey)">John McKenzie</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winger_(ice_hockey)" title="Winger (ice hockey)">RW</a></td> <td>1977–1979</td> <td>February 27, 1980 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The retirement of McKenzie's number was notable, in so far as it was one of the only three instances in NHL history (the others being the NHL <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Nordiques" title="Quebec Nordiques">Quebec Nordiques</a> retiring <a href="/wiki/J._C._Tremblay" title="J. C. Tremblay">J. C. Tremblay</a>'s number and the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Ottawa Senators</a> retiring <a href="/wiki/Frank_Finnigan" title="Frank Finnigan">Frank Finnigan</a>'s number) that an NHL franchise retired the number of a player who had never played for it while the franchise was in the NHL. </p><p>After the move to North Carolina, the Hurricanes returned number 2 and 19 to circulation; <a href="/wiki/Glen_Wesley" title="Glen Wesley">Glen Wesley</a> was the only player to wear number 2 in Carolina before that number was re-retired in 2009 in his honor. Howe's number 9 remained officially retired by Carolina, and has never been issued since the relocation to North Carolina, but there is no banner to acknowledge it.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaiton's_Korner,_Feb._26_2011_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaiton's_Korner,_Feb._26_2011-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First-round_draft_picks">First-round draft picks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: First-round draft picks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: This list does not include selections from the <a href="/wiki/World_Hockey_Association" title="World Hockey Association">WHA</a>.</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 NHL Entry Draft">1979</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Allison" title="Ray Allison">Ray Allison</a> (18th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 NHL Entry Draft">1980</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Arthur" title="Fred Arthur">Fred Arthur</a> (8th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1981 NHL Entry Draft">1981</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a> (4th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 NHL Entry Draft">1982</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Lawless" title="Paul Lawless">Paul Lawless</a> (14th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1983 NHL Entry Draft">1983</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sylvain_Turgeon" title="Sylvain Turgeon">Sylvain Turgeon</a> (2nd overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 NHL Entry Draft">1984</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sylvain_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Sylvain Côté">Sylvain Cote</a> (11th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1985 NHL Entry Draft">1985</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dana_Murzyn" title="Dana Murzyn">Dana Murzyn</a> (5th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 NHL Entry Draft">1986</a>: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Young_(ice_hockey_b._1967)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scott Young (ice hockey b. 1967)">Scott Young</a> (11th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 NHL Entry Draft">1987</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jody_Hull" title="Jody Hull">Jody Hull</a> (18th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 NHL Entry Draft">1988</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Govedaris" title="Chris Govedaris">Chris Govedaris</a> (11th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1989 NHL Entry Draft">1989</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hol%C3%ADk" title="Bobby Holík">Bobby Holik</a> (10th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 NHL Entry Draft">1990</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Greig" title="Mark Greig">Mark Greig</a> (15th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 NHL Entry Draft">1991</a>: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Poulin" title="Patrick Poulin">Patrick Poulin</a> (9th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 NHL Entry Draft">1992</a>: <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3bert_Petrovick%C3%BD" title="Róbert Petrovický">Robert Petrovicky</a> (9th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 NHL Entry Draft">1993</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Pronger" title="Chris Pronger">Chris Pronger</a> (2nd overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 NHL Entry Draft">1994</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_O%27Neill" title="Jeff O'Neill">Jeff O'Neill</a> (5th overall)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="1995 NHL Entry Draft">1995</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jean-S%C3%A9bastien_Gigu%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Sébastien Giguère">Jean-Sebastien Giguere</a> (13th overall)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hartford_Whalers_individual_records_(NHL)"><span id="Hartford_Whalers_individual_records_.28NHL.29"></span>Hartford Whalers individual records (NHL)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Hartford Whalers individual records (NHL)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Most goals in a season: <a href="/wiki/Blaine_Stoughton" title="Blaine Stoughton">Blaine Stoughton</a>, 56 (1979–80)</li> <li>Most assists in a season: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a>, 69 (1989–90)</li> <li>Most points in a season: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Rogers (ice hockey)">Mike Rogers</a>, 105 (1979–80/1980–81)</li> <li>Most penalty minutes in a season: <a href="/wiki/Torrie_Robertson" title="Torrie Robertson">Torrie Robertson</a>, 358 (1985–86)</li> <li>Most points in a season, defenseman: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Howe" title="Mark Howe">Mark Howe</a>, 80 (1979–80)</li> <li>Most points in a season, rookie: <a href="/wiki/Sylvain_Turgeon" title="Sylvain Turgeon">Sylvain Turgeon</a>, 72 (1983–84)</li> <li>Most wins in a season: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Liut" title="Mike Liut">Mike Liut</a>, 31 (1986–87)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Franchise_scoring_leaders_in_Hartford">Franchise scoring leaders in Hartford</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Franchise scoring leaders in Hartford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are the top-ten point-scorers in Hartford Whalers' history, combining NHL and WHA totals. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes#Franchise_scoring_leaders" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Carolina Hurricanes § Franchise scoring leaders</a></div> <p><i><b>Legend:</b> Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game</i> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="background:#FFFFFF;border-top:#00205B 5px solid;border-bottom:#046A38 5px solid;">Points </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Pos</th> <th><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Games played">GP</span></th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Goals">G</span></th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Assists">A</span></th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Points">Pts</span></th> <th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Points per game">P/G</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a></td> <td>C</td> <td>714</td> <td>264</td> <td>557</td> <td><b>821</b></td> <td>1.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Dineen" title="Kevin Dineen">Kevin Dineen</a></td> <td>RW</td> <td>587</td> <td>235</td> <td>268</td> <td><b>503</b></td> <td>0.85 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rogers_(ice_hockey)" title="Mike Rogers (ice hockey)">Mike Rogers</a></td> <td>C</td> <td>434</td> <td>182</td> <td>285</td> <td><b>467</b></td> <td>1.08 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Webster_(ice_hockey)" title="Tom Webster (ice hockey)">Tom Webster</a></td> <td>RW</td> <td>352</td> <td>220</td> <td>205</td> <td><b>425</b></td> <td>1.21 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pat_Verbeek" title="Pat Verbeek">Pat Verbeek</a></td> <td>RW</td> <td>433</td> <td>192</td> <td>211</td> <td><b>403</b></td> <td>0.93 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Howe" title="Mark Howe">Mark Howe</a></td> <td>LW/D</td> <td>360</td> <td>123</td> <td>273</td> <td><b>396</b></td> <td>1.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Stoughton" title="Blaine Stoughton">Blaine Stoughton</a></td> <td>RW</td> <td>393</td> <td>228</td> <td>161</td> <td><b>389</b></td> <td>0.99 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Pleau" title="Larry Pleau">Larry Pleau</a></td> <td>RW</td> <td>468</td> <td>157</td> <td>215</td> <td><b>372</b></td> <td>.79 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Sanderson" title="Geoff Sanderson">Geoff Sanderson</a></td> <td>LW</td> <td>439</td> <td>189</td> <td>163</td> <td><b>352</b></td> <td>.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Ferraro" title="Ray Ferraro">Ray Ferraro</a></td> <td>C</td> <td>442</td> <td>157</td> <td>194</td> <td><b>351</b></td> <td>.79 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_leaders_(WHA,_1972–1979)"><span id="Career_leaders_.28WHA.2C_1972.E2.80.931979.29"></span>Career leaders (WHA, 1972–1979)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Career leaders (WHA, 1972–1979)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Games: <a href="/wiki/Rick_Ley" title="Rick Ley">Rick Ley</a>, 478</li> <li>Goals: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Webster_(ice_hockey)" title="Tom Webster (ice hockey)">Tom Webster</a>, 220</li> <li>Assists: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Pleau" title="Larry Pleau">Larry Pleau</a>, 215</li> <li>Points: Tom Webster, 425</li> <li>Penalty minutes: Rick Ley, 716</li> <li>Goaltender wins: <a href="/wiki/Al_Smith_(hockey)" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Smith (hockey)">Al Smith</a>, 141</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_leaders_(NHL,_1979–1997)"><span id="Career_leaders_.28NHL.2C_1979.E2.80.931997.29"></span>Career leaders (NHL, 1979–1997)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Career leaders (NHL, 1979–1997)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Games: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Francis" title="Ron Francis">Ron Francis</a>, 714</li> <li>Goals: Ron Francis, 264</li> <li>Assists: Ron Francis, 557</li> <li>Points: Ron Francis, 821</li> <li>Penalty minutes: <a href="/wiki/Torrie_Robertson" title="Torrie Robertson">Torrie Robertson</a>, 1,368</li> <li>Goaltender games: <a href="/wiki/Sean_Burke" title="Sean Burke">Sean Burke</a>, 256</li> <li>Goaltender wins: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Liut" title="Mike Liut">Mike Liut</a>, 115</li> <li>Shutouts: Mike Liut, 13</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_affiliations">Former affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Former affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During its existence the team was affiliated with the following teams:<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Indians" title="Springfield Indians">Springfield Indians</a>, 1979–1980, 1990–1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binghamton_Whalers" title="Binghamton Whalers">Binghamton Whalers</a>, 1980–1990</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Falcons" title="Springfield Falcons">Springfield Falcons</a>, 1994–1997</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonial Hockey League">Colonial Hockey League</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_Wheels" title="Chatham Wheels">Chatham Wheels</a>, 1992–1993</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="East Coast Hockey League">East Coast Hockey League</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Icehawks" title="Louisville Icehawks">Louisville Icehawks</a>, 1991–1993</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_IceCaps" title="Raleigh IceCaps">Raleigh IceCaps</a>, 1993–1994</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Renegades" title="Richmond Renegades">Richmond Renegades</a>, 1994–1997</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Central_Professional_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Professional Hockey League">Central Hockey League</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Stingers" title="Cincinnati Stingers">Cincinnati Stingers</a>, 1979–1980</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hockey_League_(1978%E2%80%931981)" title="Eastern Hockey League (1978–1981)">Eastern Hockey League</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Utica_Mohawks" title="Utica Mohawks">Utica Mohawks</a>, 1979–1980</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Hornets" title="Syracuse Hornets">Syracuse Hornets</a>, 1980–1981</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/International_Hockey_League_(1945%E2%80%932001)" title="International Hockey League (1945–2001)">International Hockey League</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saginaw_Gears_(IHL)" title="Saginaw Gears (IHL)">Saginaw Gears</a>, 1980–1983</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint_Generals_(1969%E2%80%9385)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flint Generals (1969–85)">Flint Generals</a>, 1983–1984</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Golden_Eagles" title="Salt Lake Golden Eagles">Salt Lake Golden Eagles</a>, 1984–1987</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Admirals" title="Milwaukee Admirals">Milwaukee Admirals</a>, 1987–1988</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Ice" title="Indianapolis Ice">Indianapolis Ice</a>, 1988–1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Blades" title="Kansas City Blades">Kansas City Blades</a>, 1990–1991</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_New_England_Whalers_players" title="List of New England Whalers players">List of New England Whalers players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hartford_Whalers_players" title="List of Hartford Whalers players">List of Hartford Whalers players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_and_relocated_National_Hockey_League_teams" title="List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams">List of defunct and relocated National Hockey League teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_ice_hockey_in_Connecticut" title="Professional ice hockey in Connecticut">Professional hockey in Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hartford_Whalers_broadcasters" title="List of Hartford Whalers broadcasters">List of Hartford Whalers broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford_Wailers" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartford Wailers">Hartford Wailers</a>, a roller derby team named for the former hockey team</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hartford_Whalers&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 1,</span> 2021</span>. <q>The Whalers may be gone, but they will never be forgotten. Adapted for the Whalers' move to the NHL in 1979 from the World Hockey Association, the classic green-and-blue logo features a W with the tail of a whale on the top. While that alone would make for a great design, the H for Hartford, formed by the negative space between the W and the tail, puts this one over the top. Hartford used this logo until 1992, then modernized it and added silver for the 1992-93 season. 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box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C8102E, inset -2px -2px 0 #C8102E;"><div> <ul><li>Formerly the <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">New England/Hartford Whalers</a></b></li> <li>Founded in <b><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHA_season" title="1972–73 WHA season">1972</a></b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C8102E, inset -2px -2px 0 #C8102E;">Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hartford_Whalers/Carolina_Hurricanes_general_managers" title="List of Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes general managers">General managers</a></li> <li><a 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#C8102E;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes#Franchise_records" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Carolina_Hurricanes_award_winners" title="List of Carolina Hurricanes award winners">Award winners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Hurricanes#Retired_numbers" title="Carolina Hurricanes">Retired numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Carolina_Hurricanes_broadcasters" title="List of Carolina Hurricanes broadcasters">Broadcasters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh_IceCaps" title="Raleigh IceCaps">Raleigh IceCaps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color: #FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #C8102E, inset -2px -2px 0 #C8102E;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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title="Gordie Howe Trophy">Gary L. Davidson Award / Gordie Howe Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hunter_Trophy" title="Bill Hunter Trophy">Bill Hunter Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Kaplan_Trophy" title="Lou Kaplan Trophy">Lou Kaplan Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hatskin_Trophy" title="Ben Hatskin Trophy">Ben Hatskin Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_A._Murphy_Trophy" title="Dennis A. Murphy Trophy">Dennis A. Murphy Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Deneau_Trophy" title="Paul Deneau Trophy">Paul Deneau Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Baldwin_Trophy" title="Howard Baldwin Trophy">Howard Baldwin Trophy / Robert Schmertz Memorial Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHA_Playoff_MVP" title="WHA Playoff MVP">WHA Playoff MVP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b>Related articles</b>: <a href="/wiki/List_of_WHA_seasons" title="List of WHA seasons">List of WHA seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_WHA_players" title="List of WHA players">List of WHA players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHA_amateur_draft" title="WHA amateur draft">WHA amateur draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_NHL_expansion" title="1979 NHL expansion">NHL–WHA merger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Hockey_League_(1973%E2%80%931977)" title="North American Hockey League (1973–1977)">North American Hockey League</a></li> <li><a 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title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#D0E7FF;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Avalanche" title="Colorado Avalanche">Colorado Avalanche</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#D0E7FF;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Stars" title="Dallas Stars">Dallas Stars</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#D0E7FF;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Wild" title="Minnesota Wild">Minnesota Wild</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#D0E7FF;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Predators" title="Nashville 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class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFCCCC;"><div id="Atlantic_Division" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Division_(NHL)" title="Atlantic Division (NHL)">Atlantic Division</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings" title="Detroit Red Wings">Detroit Red Wings</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Panthers" title="Florida Panthers">Florida Panthers</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Senators" title="Ottawa Senators">Ottawa Senators</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Lightning" title="Tampa Bay Lightning">Tampa Bay Lightning</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Blue_Jackets" title="Columbus Blue Jackets">Columbus Blue Jackets</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils" title="New Jersey Devils">New Jersey Devils</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Islanders" title="New York Islanders">New York Islanders</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#FFCCCC;text-align:center;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#eee;">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#eee;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_seasons" title="List of NHL seasons">Seasons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Season_structure_of_the_NHL" title="Season structure of the NHL">structure</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup" title="Stanley Cup">Stanley Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_playoffs" title="Stanley Cup playoffs">playoffs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NHL_playoff_ties" title="NHL playoff ties">tied games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_conference_finals" title="NHL conference finals">conference finals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="Stanley Cup Finals">Finals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stanley_Cup_champions" title="List of Stanley Cup champions">champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Cup_winning_players" title="Stanley Cup winning players">winning players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditions_and_anecdotes_associated_with_the_Stanley_Cup" title="Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup">traditions and anecdotes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidents%27_Trophy" title="Presidents' Trophy">Presidents' Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="National Hockey League All-Star Game">All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NHL_Entry_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="NHL Entry Draft">Draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NHL_players" title="List of NHL players">Players</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League_Players%27_Association" title="National Hockey League Players' Association">Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Hockey_League_retired_numbers" title="List of National Hockey League retired numbers">retired jersey numbers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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