With their backs against the wall and the team at risk of slipping dangerously behind in the playoff race the Thrashers came up with a huge win on Friday night against the Rangers. Had the Thrashers gone winless this weekend they could have woken up on Monday up to five points out of eighth. Now [...]
The Thrashers enter tonight’s game with the Rangers one spot behind the Hurricanes for eighth in the East and four points behind New York, but all you really need to know is that Toby Enstrom is back. While some fans have bemoaned the lack of action on the trade front getting Toby back is like [...]
Donate a package of diapers (any brand) at this Friday’s game versus the New York Rangers and you’ll receive a voucher good for a pair of tickets to a select March home game. Hockey for Huggies is an NHL program designed to help underprivileged families who are unable to purchase diapers for their children. All [...]
There are bad hockey teams and there are good hockey teams that play badly. I would argue that over the last several weeks the Thrashers have been a good team playing badly, but the good news is that despite the recent loss to the Flames and OT loss to the Hurricanes they seem to be [...]
The Thrashers have recalled defenseman Arturs Kulda from the Chicago Wolves to presumably fill in for Freddy Meyer who will likely miss time after leaving last night’s game. They have also activated goalie Chris Mason from the IR and reassigned Drew MacIntyre to the AHL. Kulda, who is 6-2 and 215 lbs, has two goals, [...]
If you’re a regular visitor to CNN.com you’ve probably already noticed that HLN has done a two-part feature on race and hockey in which they interview Evander Kane, Johnny Oduya, Anthony Stewart and Dustin Byfuglien. If you haven’t seen the two videos yet (they’re in heavy rotation on HLN) here are the links. – Part [...]
One of the only things that gets people more excited than a hockey fight is a goalie fight, so it’s understandable that there’s so much talk today about last night’s fight between Pittsburgh’s Brent Johnson’s and New York’s Rick DiPietro: I asked Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec about his fighting experience and Johnson’s KO of DiPietro [...]
Today’s morning skate at Philips Arena was an optional one, and while many fans seem to find it odd to make a skate optional after a bad loss, it really isn’t as big of a deal as fans make it. When a coach says “today’s skate is optional” what he’s telling the players is “do [...]
In case you missed it earlier this week, the latest edition of “The Fan’s View” is up on atlantathrashers.com. In this week’s installment Sean Garguilo introduces us to the loyal fans at the back of section 309. If you think that you or someone you know should be profiled in this weekly series please leave [...]
Craig Ramsay was not at all happy with his team’s loss to the Islanders last night, nor should he be. Ramsay is a stickler for the details and last night too many players ignored them, taking the easy way out instead of putting in the work required to win games. Here is what he had [...]
