1997 Event NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes 1997 Event Hartford Whalers last NHL game 1994 Death Tutta Rolf, actress (Whalers), dies at 87 1984 Event New Jersey Devils 1st OT goal, Jan Ludvig beats Hartford Whalers 6-5 1983 Event Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard 1980 Event Islanders and Whalers play a NHL penalty-free game 1979 Event NHL votes to accept 4 WHA teams (Oilers, Jets, Nordiques and Whalers) 1976 Birthday Jeff O'Neill, Richmond Hill, NHL center, Hartford Whalers 1973 Birthday Sami Kapanen, Vantaa Fin, NHL left wing, Whalers, Carolina, Bronze Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Event 1st WHA championship, New England Whalers beat Win Jets, 4 games to 1 1973 Birthday Andrei Nikolishin, born in Vorkuta, Russia, NHL center, Hartford Whalers 1972 Birthday Geoff Sanderson, Hay River, NHL left wing, Hartford Whalers 1971 Birthday Steven Rice, Kitchener, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers 1970 Birthday Jason Muzzatti, Toronto, NHL goalie, Hartford Whalers 1969 Birthday Andrew Cassels, Bramalea, NHL center, Hartford Whalers 1969 Birthday Brendan Shanahan, Mimico Ont, NHL left wing, Whalers, Red Wings 1969 Birthday Adam Burt, Detroit, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1968 Birthday Glen Wesley, Red Deer, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1968 Birthday Glen Featherstone, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1968 Birthday Mark Janssens, Surrey, NHL center, Hartford Whalers 1967 Birthday Brian Glynn, Iserlohn Ger, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1967 Birthday Kelly Chase, Porcupine Plain California, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers 1967 Birthday Nelson Emerson, Hamilton, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers 1967 Birthday Robert Kron, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers 1967 Birthday Sean Burke, Windsor, NHL goalie, Hartford Whalers 1966 Birthday Jeff Brown, Ottawa, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1966 Birthday Paul Ranheim, St. Louis, NHL left wing, Hartford Whalers 1965 Birthday Gerald Diduck, born in Edmonton, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1963 Birthday Kevin Dineen, Quebec City, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers 1959 Birthday Brad McCrimmon, Dodsland, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers 1926 Birthday Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/General Manager, Rangers, Blues, Whalers 1907 Birthday Tutta Rolf, Norway, actress, Whalers
