HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Fifty years after the Hartford Whalers skated their way into Connecticut’s sports history, a documentary is set to honor the legacy. The state acquired the Whalers for $25,000 ...

It was nearly 50 years ago when the New England Whalers – later the Hartford Whalers – played their first professional hockey game in Hartford and the Hartford Wolf Pack will be honoring the team this ...

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

It’s been nearly three decades since the Hartford Whalers left Connecticut’s capital city for points south, but the former NHL team still has a firm grip on nostalgic fans. In January, 50 years to the ...

They have been gone longer than they were with us, but the Hartford Whalers live on in the hearts and minds of the fans that loved them. The 50th anniversary of the birth of the franchise will be ...

In the early-to-middle 1980s, the Hartford Whalers failed to make the playoffs. And in this THN archive story from 1984, the Whalers discussed their optimism things would change. They wouldn't make ...

Larry Kish, who served as coach of the Whalers for 49 games and helped develop many of the stars of the franchise’s best teams, died in Florida on Jan. 2. He was 83. “He was always about the underdog, ...

At recent screening of the documentary film “The Whalers,” the following question was asked: If the Carolina Hurricanes decided to keep the Whalers’ brand right down its green and iconic logo, how ...