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| | Hartford Whalers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Whalers franchise was born in November 1971 when the World Hockey Association awarded a franchise to New England businessmen Howard Baldwin, John Coburn, Godfrey Wood, and William Barnes, to begin play in Boston. |
 | | The Whalers would have the WHA's best regular-season record in the 1972-73 WHA season, with Webster leading the team in scoring and rampaging through the playoffs, and behind legendary ex-Boston University coach Jack Kelley, would win the inaugural league championship. |
 | | They had a more stable roster than most WHA teams -- Ley, Webster, Selwood, Larry Pleau, and Tommy Earl would all play over 350 games with the club -- and scored a major coup when they signed legend Gordie Howe and his sons Mark and Marty from the Houston Aeros in 1977. |
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