Love seeing the old Whalers clips. I grew up outside of Hartford and went to many games at the Civic Center. 89 was a bit before my time though--I was more 93-97.
Regardless, I always like checking the crowd as I always hope to see someone I know! That barn was (and still is) tiny and they didn't draw at all (although the box score above says 14K). In the 80s, my dad worked for an insurance company right next to the Civic Center and they had a corporate box so he went to tons of games in this era.
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