Well, the trip down to Hartford was well worth it. We drove down for Whalers Appreciation Night, a special cermony hosted by the Hartford Wolfpack (an AHL team) at the Hartford Civic Center. There were an amazing 12,206 in attendance for the ceremony (the Wolfpack’s average attendance this season is just over 4,600), with the first 12,000 fans getting a great Whalers poster. Ronnie, Kevin, and Ulf were given keys to the city, a framed proclamation from the Governor, and a painting depicting the three players.

Brass Bonanza lived on and was played during some classic Whalers video clips and the full version was played as the new banners were hoisted to the Civic Center rafters. As if that wasn’t great enough, Brass Bonanza was played after each Hartford Wolfpack goal. It didn’t hurt that the Wolfpack went on to score 5 goals last night!

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 7th, 2006 at 2:31 am and is filed under General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.