Baldwin hopes for Whalers nostalgia from book
-
Share on Facebook
-
Share on Bluesky
-
Share on X
- Copy Link
When producer Howard Baldwin’s film “Ray” was up for an Academy Award, the former Hartford Whalers owner spent his night at the Oscars sitting next to Adam Sandler. When the actor asked about his WHA championship ring, Baldwin said it would take a book to tell his whole story.
The result, some nine years later, is “Slim And None: My Wild Ride From the WHA to the NHL and All the Way to Hollywood.” The book gives readers a glimpse of how the Whalers came together, joined the NHL and more.
In the process, Baldwin hopes to conjure up some Whalers nostalgia at a time when the team might be even more popular than it was when it was still in existence.
“There’s nothing worse than being forgotten,” Baldwin said in a recent phone interview. “It meant so much to so many. It’s nice not to be forgotten and for people to realize, ‘Hey this is what happened, this is the way it happened.’ I’m sure a lot of people don’t know how the team originated, but they’ll know after reading this book. It’s just a nice piece of history to always have.”
