“Hartford and the Whalers, the two will always go together.” The Carolina Hurricanes can have their one Whalers retro night complete with Whalers jerseys and “Brass Bonanza,” because in ...

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.

The Whalers played in Hartford from 1975 through 1997 before leaving to become to Carolina Hurricanes. Once a year, they have Whalers night, where the team wears the old Whalers uniforms.

It's scheduled to reopen in the fall. The Civic Center also was home to the NHL's Hartford Whalers, who left town in 1997 and became the Carolina Hurricanes. Three years after it opened ...