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Major league teams are franchises that played in the National Hockey League or the World Hockey Association. Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, was bereft of a professional ice hockey team until 1974, when the Whalers franchise from the World Hockey Association came to town, occupying the newly built Hartford Civic Center. After the Whalers ...
The Bridgeport Islanders are a hockey team based in Bridgeport, Connecticut that plays in the American Hockey League (AHL). They are affiliated with the NHL's New York Islanders. They play their home games at Total Mortgage Arena. Hartford Wolf Pack The Hartford Wolf Pack is a hockey team based in Hartford that plays in the American Hockey ...
The franchise was renamed the Connecticut Whale in October 2010, in honor of the former Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League (NHL), but reverted to their current name after the 2012–13 AHL season. The Wolf Pack is the top affiliate of the NHL's New York Rangers and is one of the three professional hockey teams in Connecticut.
On June 3, 2015, due to city council’s obscenely overpriced security demanded of the Danbury Whalers, the Federal Hockey League announced the team would be sold or moved to Brewster, New York, to be called the Stateline Whalers, and would play at the Brewster Ice [3] [4] The team was announced as being owned by Alan Friedman and Herm Sorcher ...
Connecticut Ice is an annual ice hockey event celebrating the tradition and progress of youth and amateur hockey in the state of Connecticut. The three-day event is headlined by a four-team tournament with participation from all of the state's four Division I programs: Connecticut , Quinnipiac , Sacred Heart and Yale .
They are the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders, who own the franchise. The team started in 2001–02 season and was purchased by the Islanders in 2004. The team is based in Bridgeport, Connecticut and plays their home games at the Total Mortgage Arena.
The Connecticut Cougars were a semi-professional ice hockey team in North Eastern Hockey League (NEHL). The team was originally the Poughkeepsie Panthers and was based in Poughkeepsie, New York. After very low attendance in the first few games in Poughkeepsie, the team was to be relocated to Connecticut and renamed the Connecticut Cougars, but ...
The team did well in its inaugural season, finishing 10 games above .500 while reaching the league finals. For the second season, the team was renamed 'Nutmegs' after Connecticut, the nutmeg state. The rebranding didn't help their attendance figures but, more likely, the main culprit was their fall in the standings.