173--Bookin’ w/ Pat Pickens

<p>This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Pat Pickens, author of <a href='https://www.quailridgebooks.com/book/9781493044023'>The Whalers: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Mystique of New England's (Second) Greatest NHL Franchise</a>, which is published by our friends at Lyons Press.  Topics of conversation include the heartache of losing a favorite team, the resurgence of the Whalers brand, "Brass Bonanza", hockey as a welcoming sport for fans and journalists, Ron Francis, whether the Whalers needed to move to North Carolina to win a Stanley Cup, whether the NHL will ever return to Hartford, and much more.  Copies of <a href='https://www.quailridgebooks.com/book/9781493044023'>The Whalers</a> can be ordered <a href='https://www.quailridgebooks.com/book/9781493044023'>here</a> with FREE SHIPPING.</p>