Slim and None · My Wild Ride From the WHA to the NHL and All the Way to Hollywood by Baldwin, Howard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Openers Contents Preface Introduction: Who is Howard Baldwin? PART ONE - FROM THE GROUND UP

“Howdy” Parris Island: Basic Training Boston University, Jack Kelley and My Baseball Career New York Shenanigans, and a Big Break The Eastern Hockey League: The Real Slap Shot In the Stands and on the Road The Move to Philly The Flyers Get off the Ground The First of My Missing Roofs

PART TWO - THE WHA YEARS: THE ’70S

Winging It Game On Finding a Rink, the Hard Way Building the Whalers The “W-Hull-A” and the Whalers’ First Season The “W-Howes-A” and the Whalers’ Second Season Goodbye to Boston Start-Up Fever Hockey Comes to Hartford The First Go at Pittsburgh Letting Loose South of the Border And Howe! (And Howe, and Howe) Merge Ahead The Roof Collapse The Whalers and ESPN The Final Six . . . and the Deal

PART THREE - THE NHL: THE PROSPEROUS ’80S

Into the NHL at Last The Whalers’ Dark Ages Francis and Francis and Co.: The Renaissance Begins A Taste of Hollywood Karen Moving On

PART FOUR - THE NHL: THE TURBULENT ’90S

Back in the Game The Penguins, Part II Bumpy Road Back to the Stanley Cup Embracing Change Mario’s Battle The First NHL Lockout Sudden Death The Russian Penguins Reluctant Bankruptcy and Leaving the Penguins Postscript to Pittsburgh

PART FIVE - HOLLYWOOD: THE GLITTERING ’00S

A Taste for the Movies The Kelley Connection L.A.: The Early Days Mystery, Alaska Crusader Entertainment Sahara Star Power

PART SIX - OUR FINAL CHAPTER IN HARTFORD, AND BEYOND

The Connecticut Whale The Guardian Project Entertainment Value in Hockey — You Didn’t Really Ask, But . . . Honoring the Past

Epilogue Photo Insert Index About the Author About the Publisher