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A Possible Change Up For The Second Line vs Tampa 2008-10-20 12:19:00 Practice today was not the full time as expected since the team is due to travel this evening for a Southeast Division match-up against the Tampa
Bay Lightning tomorrow night. Mike Hoffman was back out on the ice with the team practicing for about half the practice time. When asked how he was feeling now he responded with a lot better.Colby Armstrong, who skated visibly injured, only skated with Read more:Change
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Atlanta Goes 5 For 5 Defeating Buffalo 2008-10-19 21:28:00 Saturday night the Buffalo
Sabres rolled in to Philips Arena looking to defeat our hometown boys for their fifth straight win. The Atlanta
Thrashers however had other plans handing Buffalo their first loss of the season.The first line, Kovalchuk/White/Little, shined bright in the first period. Ilya Kovalchuk scored first for the Thrashers and Bryan Little following with Todd White having an assist
Game Five: Buffalo vs. Atlanta 2008-10-19 20:42:00 After dropping their previous game against New Jersey, the Atlanta
Thrashers were looking to win the final game of their three game home stand. Despite the Buffalo
Sabres’ efforts, our Thrashers worked hard the entire game, and ultimately won in the shoot out. Last night’s final from Philips Arena: the Buffalo Sabres - 2 and our Atlanta Thrashers - 3.The period started off on the right foot fo
Game #5: Tonight's Line-Up: Thrashers vs Sabres 2008-10-18 10:00:00 Atlanta Thrashers Line-Up:Kovalchuk - White - LittleKozlov - Christensen - ArmstrongPerrin - Reasoner - WilliamsBoulton - Slater - ThorburnEnstrom - HavelidSchneider - BogosianHainsey - ExelbyLehtonenHedberg***ALL LINES SUBJECT TO CHANGE***Healthy Scratches:OystrickSterlingInjuries:Mike HoffmanBroken Right HandOut 10-14 DaysTeam Leaders:Goals: B. Little (3)Assists: N. Havelid (4)Points: B. Little Read more:Sabres
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Game Four Recap: New Jersey vs. Atlanta 2008-10-17 21:01:00 Last night, our Atlanta
Thrashers took on the New Jersey
Devils. With Atlanta’s Kari Lehtonen and New Jersey
’s Martin Brodeur between the pipes, it was a game of extreme goaltending skill, paired with fast paced puck action from both teams. Throughout the game, each team pushed their hardest, but Atlanta found themselves on the losing end of the game. The final from Philips Arena: the New Jers Read more:Recap
Game #4: Tonight's Line-Up: Thrashers vs Devils 2008-10-15 22:46:00 Atlanta Thrashers Line-Up:Kovalchuk - White - LittleKozlov - Christensen - WilliamsPerrin - Reasoner - ArmstrongBoulton - Slater - ThorburnEnstrom - HavelidSchneider - OystrickHainsey - ExelbyLehtonenHedberg***ALL LINES SUBJECT TO CHANGE***Healthy Scratches:BogosianSterlingInjuries:Mike HoffmanBroken Right HandOut 10-14 DaysTeam Leaders:Goals: B. Little (3)Assists: N. Havelid (4)Points: B. Little Read more:Tonight
Game Recap: Minnesota v. Atlanta 2008-10-15 20:50:00 After suffering a well-played lose to the Florida Panthers, our Atlanta
Thrashers returned home to take on the Minnesota
Wild Tuesday. The final from Philips Arena: the Minnesota Wild - 4 and our Atlanta Thrashers - 2.The first period was well played on both ends of the ice and, with the quality of play on the ice, it seemed like the period would end scoreless. Shortly after a penalty was drawn by Read more:Recap
Game #3: Tonight's Line-Up: Thrashers vs Wild 2008-10-13 19:36:00 Atlanta Thrashers Line-Up:Kovalchuk - White - LittleKozlov - Christensen - WilliamsPerrin - Reasoner - ArmstrongBoulton - Slater - ThorburnEnstrom - HavelidSchneider - BogosianHainsey - ExelbyLehtonenHedberg***ALL LINES SUBJECT TO CHANGE***Healthy Scratches:OystrickSterlingInjuries:Mike HoffmanBroken Right HandOut 10-14 DaysTeam Leaders:Goals: B. Little/S. Kozlov (2)Assists: N. Havelid (4)Points: Read more:Tonight
3 Out Of 4 Start For The Season 2008-10-12 00:39:00 The Thrashers earned three out of a possible four points over opening weekend. This is a great start for the season. The team was much improved in play. They have a couple of days off before hosting the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday Night at Philips Arena. Here is the fight video from Saturday Night where Eric Boulton dropped the gloves and took on Nick Boyton of the Florida Panthers.Eric Boulton Read more:Season
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Game #2: Tonight's Line-Up: Thrashers vs Panthers 2008-10-11 15:01:00 Atlanta Thrashers Line-Up:Kovalchuk - White - WilliamsKozlov - Christensen - ArmstrongPerrin - Reasoner - LittleBoulton - Slater - ThorburnEnstrom - HavelidSchneider - BogosianHainsey - ExelbyLehtonenHedbergHealthy Scratches:OystrickSterlingInjuries:Mike HoffmanBroken Right HandOut 10-14 DaysTeam Leaders:Goals: B. Little (2)Assists: N. Havelid (3)Points: N. Havelid, B. Little (3)+/-: B. Little (+2 Read more:Panthers
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The First Of Many Great Victories 2008-10-11 15:00:00 The starting of the regular season always brings a sense of excitement, no matter the sport. Friday night, our Atlanta Thrashers opened their season at home against the Washington Capitals. Our hometown boys put on a great show for us, managing to successfully defeat the Caps in an astounding fashion. The final from Philips Arena: the Washington Capitals - 4 and our Atlanta Thrashers - 7.The first Read more:First
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Thrashers March All Over Washington 2008-10-11 10:08:00 The Atlanta Thrashers opened the season at home against the Washington
Capitals with an impressive 7-4 win. Seeing the 80's style play of hockey from both teams brought the game to life.The 7 goal win was a franchise record for the Thrashers having scored the most goals in a season opening game. Zach Bogosian also set a new record for the franchise having been the youngest player to start with the Read more:March
Game #1: Tonight's Line-Up: Thrashers vs Capitals 2008-10-10 00:46:00 Atlanta Thrashers Line-Up:Kovalchuk - White - WilliamsKozlov - Christensen - ArmstrongPerrin - Reasoner - LittleBoulton - Slater - ThorburnEnstrom - HavelidSchneider - BogosianHainsey - ExelbyLehtonenHedbergHealthy Scratches:OystrickSterlingInjuries:Mike HoffmanBroken Right HandOut 10-14 DaysWashington Capitals Line-Up:Ovechkin - Backstrom - V. KozlovLaich - Fedorov - SeminFleischmann - Nylander - Read more:Tonight
Thrashers Season Kick Off 2008-10-09 20:40:00 The Atlanta Thrashers are on the eve of the 2008-2009 season opener. The puck is set to drop at Philips Arena tomorrow night at 7:30.With that I am stepping up and calling to all Thrashers fans to show support for the team. This is a brand new season and the Thrashers have made huge strides over the off season to build a new system and a new team.Many fans are holding back because they are holding Read more:Season
Pavelec Reports To The Wolves 2008-10-09 19:29:00 The drama that surrounds the position of Ondrej Pavelec has taken another turn and according to Craig Custance at the Sporting News. Pavelec was set to return to the Thrashers AHL affiliate team the Chicago Wolves
on Thursday for practice.Don Waddell has been in contact all week with Pavelec and his agent. Apparently it was Ondrej's agent that was upset that he had been assigned to the Wolves. Man
Unveiling The New 2008-10-09 19:15:00 The Atlanta Thrashers held their annual Face Off Event on Wednesday night at Philips Arena. Season Ticket Holders were treated to several unveiling's for the team. First order was to introduce the new coaching staff.They introduced the team and as tradition the Alternate Captains are introduced last. In front of the stage was a roped off area with a small section of exposed ice. As the Alterna Read more:Unveiling
Roster Set For The Season 2008-10-07 05:28:00 The final roster has been set by Coach John Anderson and the Atlanta Thrashers. Yesterday the Thrashers assigned Boris Valabik, Joey Crabb and Colin Stuart to the AHL affiliate team the Chicago Wolves.Nathan Oystrick, Brett Sterling & Mike Hoffman remain in Atlanta leaving the roster set at 23 players. Mike Hoffman is currently healing up from an injury which he aquired on Friday night when th Read more:Roster
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Opening Night Humor 2008-10-06 00:21:00 I saw this video and thought it was too good not to share with you. Read more:Humor
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Max Moosy is "Indiana Moose" 2008-10-05 23:30:00 On Friday Night, Johan Hedberg hit the ice wearing his newest goalie mask. Every season Johan gets a new mask that is created by Dave Gunnarsson. The name of the moose character on each of Johan's masks is Max Moosy. Dave is the originator of Max Moosy and from what I understand Johan gives him complete creative freedom to create his works of art. I could not get some real clear shots on Friday ni Read more:Indiana
The Ondrej Pavelec Drama 2008-10-05 22:54:00 On Saturday after the Thrashers open house practice, Ondrej Pavelec was cut from the Thrashers roster and assigned to the AHL affiliate team, the Chicago Wolves. From what I saw at practice, Ondrej seemed to be in good spirits and was laughing and joking with the rest of the team.After he was cut, his agent, Allan Walsh, released a statement to the media that Pavelec has refused to report to the
Closing Out The Preseason 2008-10-05 21:26:00 Saturday night the Atlanta Thrashers took on the St. Louis Blues for their final preseason exhibition game. This was the second of back to back games on home ice at Philips. The Thrashers had lost the previous four games in a row. That means absolutely nothing at this point. This is preseason and the Thrashers have made many changes and added new faces from the team up to coaching so for the playe
Thrashers Open House Practice Pictures 2008-10-05 21:12:00 Saturday mornings open house practice at Philips was a lot of fun. I got to sit and talk to Mr. Fred Johnson, a great photographer, and chat about the team and of course photography talk. The boys seemed to be having fun out on the ice. There was a good turn out of fans as well. I thought I would share a few shots of the guys during practice. It was definitely a different experience for prac Read more:House
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A Late Recap: Nashville v. Atlanta 2008-10-05 20:20:00 Having lost to the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday of last week, our Atlanta
Thrashers were looking for their first preseason win in front of the home crowd at Philips Arena. Even though the team, as well as the fans, were hoping for the win over their opponent, the Nashville
Predators, it wasn’t to be. The final from Philips Arena: the Nashville Predators - 6 and our Atlanta Thrashers - 4.Unfort Read more:Recap
Thrash vs Preds: Anderson's New Strategy Taking Shape 2008-10-05 16:37:00 (Johan Hedberg)Johan hit the ice during warm ups sporting his new goalie mask created by Dave Gunnarsson. Johan's mask character is Max Moosy who was created by Dave. This years theme of Max Moosy is Indiana Jones. I should have a better picture of this later that shows it up close with more detail. The neck guard has "INDIANA MOOSE" in flames. I like this new mask. Dave creates goalie mask for s Read more:Anderson
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Remembering Dan Snyder 2008-10-05 15:04:00 This Sunday, 10/05/08 marks the Fifth Anniversary of the passing of former Thrasher, Dan Snyder
. Sean Grace over at the Blueland Roar has written a piece, Tragedy In Blueland, that revisits that fateful day.In honor and remembrance in Dan's memory, this site will be having an auction to raise money for the Dan Snyder Memorial Foundation. All proceeds of the auction will benefit the foundation 100% Read more:Remembering
The Return Of The KÄRPPÄ!! 2008-11-11 12:44:00 Practice in Duluth started an hour later today than originally scheduled. I would say that was due to a team building event the previous day.Before the players hit the ice, there were two more nets placed on the ice at the sides of the rink and Coach Cunneyworth brought out two big blocks of wood that he nailed down in the ice. These were used for a puck handling drill.As always, Johan Hedberg was Read more:Return
Behind Enemy Lines: Thrashers Go 4 Straight 2008-11-10 22:31:00 Johan Hedberg Denying Carolina A Goal(Photo Via NHL.com's Frozen Moment)We decided to take a road trip to head to Raleigh to see the Thrashers take on the Hurricanes at the RBC Center for Sunday afternoon's match-up. As we drove in it was quite apparent how much the town loves their home team. Cars were driving in with no less than 6 window flags if not more on the vehicles.The weather was perfec Read more:Enemy
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Game Fifteen: Atlanta's Boost In Confidence Leads To Fourth Straight Win 2008-11-10 21:03:00 Last night, Sunday, November 9, the Atlanta
Thrashers took on the Southeast Division leading Carolina Hurricanes. Quality play throughout the game, accompanied with the on point goaltending skills of Johan Hedberg, made for an extremely successful game. Atlanta picked up their fourth straight win, defeating the Canes 5-2.The Thrashers did give the Hurricanes one power play opportunity in the first Read more:Boost
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Lehtonen Ready To Play, Pavelec To The Wolves 2008-11-10 13:23:00 Ondrej Pavelec has been reassigned to the Atlanta Thrashers AHL affiliate the Chicago Wolves
. Kari Lehtonen is ready to get back into action on the ice for the Thrashers after missing a few games due to illness. Johan Hedberg earned back to back wins and has proven that he is a solid net minder for the team.After so much speculation that Kari was on his way out the door by so many rumor mongers, t
Game #15: Tonight's Line-Up: Thrashers vs Hurricanes 2008-11-09 00:54:00 Atlanta Thrashers Line-Up:Kovalchuk - Williams - ChristensenKozlov - White - LittleThorburn - Reasoner - ArmstrongPerrin - Slater - BoultonEnstrom - HavelidHainsey - ExelbyValabik - OystrickLehtonenHedbergPavelec***ALL LINES SUBJECT TO CHANGE***Injuries:(D) Bogosian (Fractured Fibula)(D) Schneider (Hip Flexor)Team Leaders:Goals: S. Kozlov/B. Little (8)Assists: T. White (11)Points: T. White (15)+/- Read more:Hurricanes
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