The Hartford Civic Center was the Whalers' home from 1975 until April 13, 1997, with a two-year gap after the roof collapsed. The same downtown arena still operates. Ticket Timeline helps you log every Whalers night you attended there under the name the stub actually carries.
Verified milestones and rare moments that actually happened in this building.
The New England Whalers beat the San Diego Mariners 4–3 in overtime before a sellout of 10,507 in the first professional hockey game at the Hartford Civic Center. Garry Swain scored at 5:45 of overtime.
1975
San Diego Mariners at New England Whalers, WHA regular season
Hours after UConn beat UMass 56–49, the Civic Center's space-truss roof collapsed onto empty seats at about 4:20 a.m. No one was in the building. The Whalers moved to Springfield until the rebuilt arena reopened in 1980.
1978
Hartford Civic Center roof collapse
Hartford beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–3 in the first game back at the rebuilt Civic Center. Gordie Howe scored; Mark Howe had two goals and the game-winner. Al Smith made 26 saves.
1980
Los Angeles Kings at Hartford Whalers, regular season
The Wales Conference beat the Campbell Conference 4–3 in overtime at the Hartford Civic Center. Bryan Trottier scored the winner; Grant Fuhr was named MVP before 15,100.
1986
1986 NHL All-Star Game at Hartford Civic Center
Hartford beat Tampa Bay 2–1 in the franchise's final game at the Civic Center. Kevin Dineen scored the winner; Glen Wesley also scored. Sean Burke stopped 38 of 39 shots.
1997
Tampa Bay Lightning at Hartford Whalers, regular season
If your stub says Hartford Civic Center or Veterans Memorial Coliseum, that is this building. XL Center is a later printed name for the same downtown arena, not a different barn. Whalers-era tickets never said XL Center. Nights after the 1978 roof collapse sat in Springfield, not here. The building still stands and still hosts hockey. Log Civic Center nights on the Hartford Whalers game tracker.
A Whalers stub from Asylum Street does not say XL Center. It says Civic Center, and the roof-collapse years sat in Springfield, not here. Ticket Timeline helps you pin each Hartford night you attended to the real matchup and roster.
Facts that help date a stub. The building still stands; the NHL tenant does not.
Follow the teams and league context connected to this building.
Once a Whalers game is in your timeline, Ticket Timeline surfaces the attendance story from your seats—not a league-wide feed.
Log every game you were physically at in this building—matchups, dates, and scores tied to nights you actually had a ticket at the Hartford Civic Center.
Ticket Timeline matches each attended game to real rosters, so the athletes you watched in this building become part of your personal record.
Surface career highs, records, and rare moments that happened while you were in these seats—not league-wide highlights you only saw on TV.
Yes. Ticket Timeline helps you log Whalers games you attended at the Hartford Civic Center—including the WHA years, the rebuilt-arena return in 1980, and the April 13, 1997 finale—along with the matchup, players, and moments tied to each game.
No. XL Center is a later printed name for the same downtown Hartford arena. Whalers tickets said Civic Center or Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Those stubs belong here. The building still stands and still hosts events.
After the January 18, 1978 roof collapse, the club played in Springfield until the rebuilt Civic Center reopened on February 6, 1980. Springfield nights belong on that building, not this one.
Yes. Ticket Timeline matches each attended Whalers game to real box scores and rosters, so the players on the ice that night become part of your Civic Center record.
Yes. Import a spreadsheet of attended games, scan ticket stubs, or import Gmail ticket confirmations. Ticket Timeline matches entries to NHL context so you are not retyping every Civic Center date.
No. Ticket Timeline does not sell tickets. It is a stat tracker for games you've already attended, built to help you explore the players, moments, and milestones you witnessed at the Hartford Civic Center.
Download Ticket Timeline to turn every Hartford Whalers game you attended at the Civic Center into a lasting personal record.
