If Carolina kept the Whalers’ name and logo would there even be a documentary about the team that wouldn’t die.

This year marks 50 years since the Hartford Whalers played their first game in Hartford. To celebrate the milestone, on ...

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 ...