Read !Book The Whalers: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Mystique of New England's (Second) Greatest NHL Franchise

The Whalers: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Mystique of New England's (Second) Greatest
NHL Franchise
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More than twenty years after departing Hartford, Connecticut, for Raleigh, North Carolina, the
NHL's Whalers continue to inspire passion among fans. As HartfordBusiness.com reported in
2015, 'Whalers merchandise...still has a cult following not only among fans in Connecticut but
around the country.' But Whalers devotees aren't just clamoring for jerseys, hats and t-shirts.
They're nostalgic for a team that had New England roots for nearly 25 years--in Boston,
Springfield, and Hartford--and featured some of the greatest players in NHL history, including
Gordie Howe (with his sons Mark and Marty), Bobby Hull, and Ron Francis. Pat Pickens’s book
details the Whalers’ origin in Boston in 1972, the team’s WHA championship in 1973, the roof
collapse of their home arena that indirectly led to their entrance to the NHL in 1979, their stunning
NHL playoff-series win against the top-seeded Quebec Nordiques in 1986, the 1986-87 season
when they claimed their first division championship, and their relocation south in 1997 as the
Carolina Hurricanes. Pickens imagines a Stanley Cup delivered to hockey-crazed Hartford in
2006, when the Hurricanes instead brought it home to North Carolina. The book also explores the
likelihood of an NHL team returning to the Nutmeg State. em em
More than twenty years after departing Hartford, Connecticut, for Raleigh, North Carolina, the
NHL's Whalers continue to inspire passion among fans. As HartfordBusiness.com reported in
2015, 'Whalers merchandise...still has a cult following not only among fans in Connecticut but
around the country.' But Whalers devotees aren't just clamoring for jerseys, hats and t-shirts.
They're nostalgic for a team that had New England roots for nearly 25 years--in Boston,
Springfield, and Hartford--and featured some of the greatest players in NHL history, including
Gordie Howe (with his sons Mark and Marty), Bobby Hull, and Ron Francis. Pat Pickens’s book
details the Whalers’ origin in Boston in 1972, the team’s WHA championship in 1973, the roof
collapse of their home arena that indirectly led to their entrance to the NHL in 1979, their stunning
NHL playoff-series win against the top-seeded Quebec Nordiques in 1986, the 1986-87 season
when they claimed their first division championship, and their relocation south in 1997 as the
Carolina Hurricanes. Pickens imagines a Stanley Cup delivered to hockey-crazed Hartford in
2006, when the Hurricanes instead brought it home to North Carolina. The book also explores the
likelihood of an NHL team returning to the Nutmeg State. em em