Today, in Uniforms I Miss, the Hartford Whalers. Whether it’s the green beauty modelled above by Ron Francis, who was pretty good, or the blue one sported below by Robert Petrovicky, who is 41 years old and still plays professional hockey, the Whalers had a great look.
A few things that are worth noting about the Whalers franchise:
- They were originally based in Boston for the first two years of their WHA tenure, throughout which they were known as the New England Whalers.
- They had a theme song. It was called “Brass Bonanza“
- They were the first Avco Cup winners as WHA champions in 1972-73, but when the trophy wasn’t yet ready, the team had to use their divisional trophy instead for their celebration.
- They missed the playoffs in ten of their 18 NHL seasons, but, in a magical run in the 1985-86 season, made it all the way to the second round before losing. In fairness, they lost game seven in overtime to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, but the point is they were never very good. But they looked good.
All this and I didn’t even mention the Cooperalls!
Uh-Oh, Rexy 