The New York Rangers’ AHL affiliate Hartford Wolf Pack will be renamed to the Connecticut Whale sometime this season. Howard Baldwin and Whalers Sports & Entertainment will take control of the business operations of Hartford's American Hockey League. Maybe I should get some signatures on my Wolf Pack jersey soon. The old Hartford Whalers played in the same arena before moving to
Carolina and changing their name to the Hurricanes after the 1996-97 season.
"Based on internal discussions and significant feedback from both Whalers fans and Wolf Pack fans, we've chosen a name that touches on our past but also signifies this new era in Hartford hockey," one source close to Baldwin said. "Fans have always referred to the Hartford Whalers as the 'The Whale,' so it's a very familiar name."
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