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It's Official Finally; Whalers Join NHL
The National Hockey League's expansion to four cities became official Friday when league President John Ziegler announced the granting of franchises to the Hartford Whalers, Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets and Quebec Nordiques. The Expansion, which swells...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Sports, Buffalo Sabres, Edmonton Oilers, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Ticket Effort Starts; Saving Whalers The Goal
The Hartford CourantA Hartford Whalers season ticket sales campaign has become a referendum on the team's future and began Tuesday with a difficult request: Forget the candidate's record. Gov. John G. Rowland and Lt. Gov. Jodi Rell brought corporate leaders -- and, in a...Tags: Sports, Philadelphia 76ers, Employees, Public Employees, Tickets
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Another Empty Seat At Civic Center; Johnston Fired As GM; Liut May Get The Job
The Hartford CourantWhalers owner Richard Gordon brought the media to his Trumbull Street office Tuesday to confirm he had fired Ed Johnston as vice president and general manager -- three years to the day he was hired. But the more Gordon spoke at the 75-minute press...Tags: Joel Quenneville, Sports, Ray Ferraro, Madison Square Garden, Entertainment
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A Moving Tribute. Victory A Footnote To History
The Hartford CourantPerhaps the saddest moment in Hartford history was the circus tent fire of July 6, 1944. It became known as The Day the Clowns Cried. Another of the city's saddest moments arrived April 13, 1997. Perhaps it should be remembered as The Day They Cried...Tags: Sports, Tampa Bay Lightning, Glen Wesley, Sean Burke, Andrew Cassels
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Whalers' Gordie Howe Retires
The Hartford CourantReluctantly, wistfully, and perhaps a bit skeptically an era officially came to end Wednesday. Gordie Howe, in the wanning stages of his fantastic and almost unbelievable 32-year career, often joked that he would retire when everybody else did -- at the...Tags: Sports, Family, Gordie Howe, Lifestyle and Leisure, Retirement
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Whalers Trade Francis To Penguins. Samuelsson, Jennings Dealt For Cullen, Zalapski, Parker
The Hartford CourantThe Whalers Monday night completed the biggest trade in their history when they sent Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson and Grant Jennings to the Pittsburgh Penguins for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapski and Jeff Parker. General manager Ed Johnston, who had served...Tags: Sports, New York Jets, Phil Housley, Field Hockey, Pat Verbeek
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The Hartford Whalers Historical Timeline
The Hartford CourantNovember 1971 -- The World Hockey Association awards franchise to sports enthusiasts and businessmen Howard Baldwin, John Colburn, Godfrey Wood and William Barnes. January 1972 -- Jack Kelley, a successful coach at Boston University, joins the New...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Buffalo Sabres, Wales, Gary Suter, James Patrick
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Fan Guide To Rentschler Field: What You Need To Know
The Hartford CourantSome Rentschler Field Rules Alcohol policy: Limit of one beer sales limited to one per purchase. Everybody must show an ID. Sales stop midway through the middle of third quarter. Camera policy: No video cameras or recording devices. Confidential fan...Tags: Sports, Travel, Colleges and Universities, Family, University of Connecticut
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Colleen Howe dies at 76; 'Mrs. Hockey' was wife of Hall of Famer Gordie Howe
Associated PressColleen Howe, the wife of hockey great Gordie Howe and one of the first female sports agents, died Friday. She was 76. She died at her home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., after battling Pick's disease, a rare form of dementia similar to Alzheimer's, the...Tags: Sports, Death, Paulina Gretzky, Gordie Howe, National Hockey League
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Patient Profiles
The Hartford CourantJeffrey Bonini, 25 Jeffrey loved the Hartford Whalers. So in 1997, when employees at his Roxbury group home disciplined him for leaving the home unescorted by not allowing him to go to the team's final game in Hartford, he plotted his escape. As...Tags: Death, Head Injuries, Family, Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association
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