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| 6th August, 2007 - 10:12 am |  Hartford Courant - Then there was the Whalers logo in the bottom of a pool at the horse/tobacco farm owned by the parents of Boo Quenneville, the wife of defenseman/Colorado Avalanche coach Joel Quenneville and the brains behind the first reunion of Hartford's NHL team.
Kevin Dineen, the Whalers' final captain who scored the last goal in franchise history, took the microphone and got more than 200 hockey lovers roaring with laughter with a PG version of tales that had been circulating for years.
When the strains of "Brass Bonanza" echoed across the farm, everyone wondered why it all had to end 10 years and four months ago.
"There was always something about the guys' team chemistry, and we wanted to rekindle that camaraderie," Joel Quenneville said. "It's been like a wedding."
Thirty-five players and management types returned to Connecticut for a lobster bake at the farm Friday night and a golf tournament at nearby Willow Brook Golf Course Saturday before a barbecue that included a band playing under one of two tents. [READ] |
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