Covering the Intersection of Sports and the Law
Will the NHL return to Hartford? Not without a new or refurbished arena, according to the commonly held belief. Howard Baldwin, President of Whalers Sports and Entertainment and chairman of the Connecticut Whale now has a plan to address this need. Baldwin has unveiled a plan to revitalize the XL Center in Hartford, ultimately leading to the return of [...]
Stanley Cup Draws Strong Ratings in Hartford After the announcement that the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers will move to Winnipeg, many fans of former Hartford Whalers asked “why not Hartford?” A few days later, Hartford drew the fourth-highest TV rating in the US for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup: 1. Boston, 25.5/39 2. Providence, 16.7/24 3. Buffalo, [...]
Yesterday a rumor surfaced that the Phoenix Coyotes would be moving to Winnipeg at the conclusion of the NHL playoffs. Bill Daly, the deputy commissioner of the league, subsequently refuted those rumors, stating as follows: “No decisions have been made at this point one way or the other. Efforts to sell the club in Glendale remain ongoing.” [...]
Versus NHL Overtime featured a nice piece on whether the NHL should bring back the Whalers. Of course, if you ask any fans of the former Whalers, the answer is an unequivocal yes. But what would it take to bring the NHL back to Hartford? Connecticut Sports Law Featured columnist Dan Canavan has weighed in on [...]
By Dan Canavan On Saturday, Connecticut hockey fans turned their shoulders into the wind and huddled into Rentschler Field to be a part of the Whale Bowl, the main event of a two-week hockey festival produced by Howard Baldwin and Whalers Sports and Entertainment (“WSE”). The exact number of fans who watched Baldwin’s Connecticut Whale take [...]
