WHA Hockey.TV: A Tribute to the Legends of the World Hockey Association by Mark Willand

Video -- WHA Winnipeg Jets Tribute: "Raise Your Glasses"

Mark Willand — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:21:00 -0500

Winnipeg Jets WHA Tribute: "Raise Your Glasses" - KISS

WHA Photo of the Day: Rick Ley and Curt Brackenury

Mark Willand — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:00 -0500

Rick Ley (Whalers) and Curt Brackenbury (Fighting Saints) Let 'em fly.

Video: Paul Shmyr 1977 WHA All Star Game Interview

Mark Willand — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:19:34 -0500

San Diego Mariner Paul Shmyr interviewed at 1977 WHA All Star Game by Bob Lamey.

Ex-Cowboy Oiler Ron Chipperfield Profiled

Mark Willand — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:26:00 -0500

Profile by Jim Atheson, Edmomton Sun Thirty years ago, Ron Chipperfield was the first NHL captain of the Edmonton Oilers. And while he lives in Vancouver now and runs a hugely successful European hockey agency, the former centre still has...

Video: Winnipeg Jets Top Quebec 12-3, 1977 Playoffs

Mark Willand — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:53:00 -0500

Winnipeg Jets Beat Quebec 12-3 in game 6 of 1977 playoffs

Profile: Gerry Cheevers, Cleveland Crusaders

Mark Willand — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:43:18 -0500

A very entertaining article by Greg Popelka at the ClevelandFan.com It’s one of the rich images of baseball: a ten-year-old, listening to games on a transistor radio, during times when he should not be doing so. For example, during the...

Bullish Over the Birmingham "Baby Bulls" SI Feature

Mark Willand — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:03:00 -0500

April 09, 1979 Bullish Over Baby Bulls Now that the pro hockey leagues are definitely going to merge, NHL teams are drooling over all the young stars of the soon-to-be-defunct Birmingham Bulls ... EM Swift Last summer John Bassett, owner...

Video: Bobby Hull 1974 Team Canada Feature

Mark Willand — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:50:40 -0500

Bobby Hull Discusses his farm, the new Swedes and Team Canada.

Toros vs. Leafs -- The Battle of Toronto

Mark Willand — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:28:19 -0500

The Toronto Star 1975 Article on the box office battle between the WHA Toros and NHL Leafs, who both played at Leaf Gardens in 1974-75 and 1975-76. Of course, the Leafs prevailed and the Toros moved to Birmingham in 1976....

Video: Marc Tardif Profile

Mark Willand — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:37:52 -0500

Marc Tardif was hockey's top left wing in the 1970s and one of the WHA's top 2-3 all-time players. Tardif began his professional hockey career in the standard way. He was drafted second overall by Montreal in 1969, the last...

Video: Marc Tardif and Bobby Hull Interview 1977 Avco Cup Finals

Mark Willand — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:59:17 -0500

Bobby Hull (Winnipeg) and Marc Tardif (Quebec) prior to Avco Playoff Final game #7

Video: Houston Aeros vs. Winnipeg Jets, Jan. 26,1978

Mark Willand — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:14:15 -0500

The Aeros top the Jets in overtime.

Video: Racers Playoff Win Over Stingers 1977

Mark Willand — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:55:53 -0500

Video: 1976 Houston Aeros "Dynamics" (10 minutes)

Mark Willand — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:39:52 -0500

Profile, Jim Neilson, Edmonton Oilers

Mark Willand — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:22:44 -0500

It's been a long time since Jim Neilson was a stay-at-home defenceman in the NHL. But listening to Neilson talk about his journey from Prince Albert to playing in the NHL, it sounds like it was just yesterday. Neilson had...

Video: Whalers 1972-73 Championship Video (23 minutes)

Mark Willand — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:55:30 -0500

New England Whalers WHA 1972-73 Highlite Video in its entirety

Video: Rick Ley Whalers Hall of Fame Induction

Mark Willand — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:35:05 -0500

Tim Sheehy Recalls ‘Forgotten Team’

Mark Willand — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:25:50 -0500

Jay Gearan -- Worcester telegram and Gazette Former Hartford Whaler Tim Sheehy doesn’t play hockey anymore, but he’s still always around rinks, some nights watching his son, Dan, play for Algonquin Regional, other nights scouting potential college and professional players....

Hartford Courant: Howard Baldwin Bringing Brass Bonanza Back to Hartford?

Mark Willand — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:31:29 -0500

According to the Hartford Courant, former WHA President and Whalers founder Howard Baldwin is in discussions to bring the Whalers back to Hartford: "Howard Baldwin has taken serious steps toward taking over management of the AHL franchise in Hartford. That's...

New Minnesota Fighting Saints Video Found: "You're a Saint or You Ain't"

Mark Willand — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:53:42 -0500

This newly-found Minnesota Fighting Saints 1972-73 Hilite Film includes some of the best WHA footage found in the last 20 years.