(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1997 1999 2006 Move to North Carolina Despite assurances made when he purchased the team in 1994 that the Whalers would remain in Hartford at least through 1998, in March 1997 owner Peter Karmanos announced that the team would move elsewhere after the 1996 – 1997 season because of the team’s inability to negotiate a …