When the team was absorbed into the NHL in 1979, it was renamed the Hartford Whalers, having moved to the Hartford Civic Center years earlier.ġ9 John McKenzie *On January 6, 2006, Hartford's new pro hockey team, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL, honored three other members of the Whalers - Ulf Samuelsson (5), Ron Francis (10) and Kevin Dineen (11). The name is a backhanded nod to the league the team started in ( WHAlers). Whaling is a major industry in Massachusetts seaport towns. When the team began in the WHA in 1972, it was based in Boston and named the New England Whalers. The Whalers' nickname is significant in two ways: 1. Moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, via Greensboro became Carolina Hurricanes Entered NHL following seven seasons in the World Hockey Association
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