Connecticut unveils Whalers-themed license plates

Now there's something worthy of cuing up "Brass Bonanza."

The state of Connecticut has unveiled a new license plate design that features the iconic Hartford Whalers logo, 21 years after the team left.

The franchise relocated to Raleigh and now plays as the Carolina Hurricanes, but passion for the Whalers never left Hartford.

"I ask the Whalers fans to get out there and purchase those license plates because maybe then they will come back," said Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, according to the Associated Press.

"We'll keep hoping. It was two decades ago that we lost on the Whalers, but in our hearts we have not."

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The plates start at $60, and $45 from each sale will go toward a new infusion and dialysis center at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center.

It's not the first time Connecticut has pushed for the NHL to return in some form. Last February, Gov. Dannel Malloy invited the New York Islanders to play out of the XL Center (the Whalers' former home) when it seemed they had run out of options for a new arena in New York.

The state has also discussed a $250-million renovation to the XL Center, which opened in 1975, to bring it up to modern standards in an effort to lure the NHL back.

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