I honestley don't remember that.I seen the play at he Hartford civic center.
I looked it up they were the New England Whalers.
NE Whalers was an original team of the then new WHA? WHL? World Hockey League.
New England Whalers logo 1972-1979
[edit] Early seasons in Boston (1971)
The Whalers franchise was born in November 1971 when the World Hockey Association awarded a franchise to New England businessmen Howard Baldwin, John Coburn, Godfrey Wood and William Edwin Barnes, to begin play in Boston. The team began auspiciously, signing former Detroit Red Wing star Tom Webster, hard rock Boston Bruins' defenseman Ted Green (the team's inaugural captain), Toronto Maple Leafs' defensemen Rick Ley, Jim Dorey and Brad Selwood, and former Pittsburgh Penguins' goaltender Al Smith.
New England also signed an unusually large number of American players including Massachusetts natives and former US Olympic hockey team members Larry Pleau (who had been a regular with the Montreal Canadiens the previous season), Kevin Ahearn, John Cunniff and Paul Hurley. Two other ex-US Olympians on the Whalers roster (Minnesotans Timothy Sheehy and Tommy Williams) had spent a significant part of their respective careers in Boston with Boston College and the Bruins, respectively.
The Whalers would have the WHA's best regular-season record in the 1972–73 WHA season, with Webster leading the team in scoring and rampaging through the playoffs, and behind legendary ex-Boston University coach Jack Kelley, would win the inaugural Avco World Trophy, the WHA championship.
The Civic Center roof collapsed in January of 1978 so The Whalers had to find a place for their home games. I believe they split them up between Springfield and New Haven.
The WHA had some awesome fights back then. There is a youtube of the bench clearing brawl between the Whalers and Minnesota Fighting Saints which is awesome, Bob Neumeir was doing the play by play.
