World Hockey Association: Redux
An Alternate Reimagining of History by Steelman

[About this Series]

I've long been fascinated by the short-lived World Hockey Association. This series will be a fictional reimagining of how the WHA unfolded and how it could have been more successful if not for major financial troubles and so many teams fluctuating in and out of the league. A few of the nicknames and identities will be borrowed from the real life WHA but it is primarily a fictional series with real life just being a backdrop from which to build a series. Think of it as a starting point with an upstart rival league threatening an NHL that has been stuck in its ways for a long time. I will not be using real life players or people. All people in the series will be fictional except for occasional references to the NHL and national leaders. The main storyline will be about the rival league and its successes and failures as it competes against the NHL.

I will introduce some WHA-inspired storylines but most of this will be fictional and not to be taken literally. I will attempt to follow general trends of sports and the world during the appropriate time periods but I do have my own style and will illustrate why I think teams would do the things they do in my timeline. I will primarily stick to the real-life NHL timeline but I may deviate from reality down the line if it better suits the story. I only bring these points up so you can enjoy the story and not worry about me not being completely factual compared to real life!

[Editor's Note]

I've been flirting with this project for a long time and I've decided to give it a go while I've got so many other projects going on. The THL and PUCH are on temporary hiatus while I figure things out for both series, but by no means is either series dead. I actually have a ton of new stuff for the THL but it requires a full overhaul of all my templates. I still love PUCH (and you'll never believe who won the first championship...) and I'm looking forward to bringing it back soon but for now with my life and work schedule I believe this WHA: Redux series will allow me to continue doing a hockey series while being less time consuming than other projects. I will allow prospect submission in the future and will announce when I've got that set up.

[Series Links and Docs]

WHA Redux Prospects
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[League Introduction]

The story begins in 1972...



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