List of professional sports teams in Connecticut

Connecticut is home to the WNBA's Connecticut Sun and several minor league sports teams, although it has not had a men's major league franchise since the Hartford Whalers of the NHL relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997.

Baseball

  • Hartford Yard Goats
    The Hartford Yard Goats are a minor league baseball team that was founded in 2015 when the New Britain Rock Cats relocated to Hartford. The franchise is a Colorado Rockies affiliate in the AA Eastern League. Their home stadium is Dunkin' Park.
  • Norwich Sea Unicorns
    The Norwich Sea Unicorns are a collegiate summer baseball league team that was founded in 2010. They started out as the Connecticut Tigers of the New York-Penn League and were the Detroit Tigers affiliate. In 2019 the Tigers decided to change their name to the Norwich Sea Unicorns. The franchise was dropped by the MiLB in 2020 and then joined the Futures Collegiate Baseball League and have played there since. Their home stadium is Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium.
 Danbury Westerners the Danbury Westerners are a collegiate summer baseball league team that that plays in the New England Collegiate Baseball League The team plays their home games at Rodgers Park in Danbury Ct. 

Basketball

  • Connecticut Sun
    The Connecticut Sun are a women's professional basketball team in the WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association). The Sun plays at the Mohegan Sun Arena inside the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Uncasville. After an April training camp, they play a 34-game season that lasts from May to August.

Football

  • Western Connecticut Hawks
    The (Western) Connecticut Hawks are a women's professional tackle football team in the Women's Football Alliance in Division III. The Hawks play at Kaplanis Memorial Fields in Danbury.
  • Northern Connecticut Nightmare
    The Northern Connecticut Nightmare are a developmental women's tackle football team in the Women's Football Alliance. The Nightmare play at Windsor High School.[1]

Ice Hockey

  • Danbury Hat Tricks
    The Danbury Hat Tricks is a Single-A hockey team that plays in the Federal Prospects Hockey League. They play their games at the Danbury Ice Arena in Danbury, CT. The team is known for its rowdy fans who sit in section 102.

Soccer

References

  1. ^ "Northern Connecticut". Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  • TravelNE. "Connecticut Sports Teams". Travel New England.
  • "TheAHL.com". theahl.com.
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