Binghamton Whalers

Binghamton Whalers
founding	1980
resolution	1990
history	Providence Reds 1926–1976 Rhode Island Reds 1976–1977 Binghamton Dusters 1977–1980 Binghamton Whalers 1980–1990 Binghamton Rangers 1990–1997 Hartford Wolf Pack 1997–2010 Connecticut Whale 2010–2013 Hartford Wolf Pack since 2013
Stadion	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Location	Binghamton , New York
Team colors	green Blue
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Washington Capitals Hartford Whalers

The Binghamton Whalers were an American ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Binghamton , New York . The Whalers' venue was the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena .

history

The club was founded in 1980 as the Hartford Whalers' farm team . They were the successors to the Binghamton Dusters , who played in the American Hockey League from 1977 to 1980 . The greatest success in the ten years of their existence for the Whalers was reaching the finals for the Calder Cup , in which they lost 4-1 to the New Brunswick Hawks in the best-of-seven series in 1981/82 . The 1989/90 season, in which the team won only eleven of the 80 season games, was the worst playing time of an AHL team of all time with 31 points. For this reason, the Hartford Whalers decided to use the Springfield Indians as a new farm team. Seven players from the Binghamton Whalers' last AHL season also moved to Springfield and won the Calder Cup the following year. After the Hartford Whalers left the franchise, it was renamed Binghamton Rangers in 1990 .

Career records

Games: 273 Dallas Gaume

Goals: 120 Paul Fenton

Assists: 181 Ross Yates

Points: 283 Ross Yates

Penalty minutes: 723 Shane Churla

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Binghamton Whalers
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Binghamton Whalers