Bleeding Green is a lifelong fan’s look at the Hartford Whalers, a National Hockey League team that, despite an inglorious past and a future that unexpectedly vanished, have had a lasting impact to this day on not only the NHL but the sports landscape as a whole.
Christopher Price is a native New Englander who lived for the Whalers as a youngster. He is an award-winning sportswriter who has covered the New England sports scene for more than twenty years. Price has served as a contributor to ESPN.com and SI.com, as well as the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Miami Herald, Rocky Mountain News, and the Cape Cod Times. He is the author of The Blueprint: How the New England Patriots Beat the System to Create the Last Great NFL Superpower and Drive for Five: The Remarkable Run of the 2016 Patriots.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. You Say You Want a Revolution?, 1970–72
2. Building a Champion, 1972–74
3. Welcome to Hartford, 1974–77
4. Next Stop: NHL, 1977–79
5. The Merger, 1979–81
6. Ronnie Franchise, 1981–85
7. Brass Bonanza, 1985–88
8. The Trade(s), 1988–92
9. End of Days, 1992–97
10. The Load Out/Stay, 1997–99