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On Sunday night, the Thrashers hosted the St. Louis Blues in the Philips Arena. ItÆs surprising just a few days ago I had written that the Thrashers needed to change up their defensive pairings, which would guide them to better defense and wins. The last few games of losses, which included a 6-3 loss on Saturday night from the lowly yet now streaking New York Islanders, lead ...

First big update on the Thrashers goaltender of the present and future. Atlanta released news today that Kari Lethonen underwent another back surgery just this past Friday. The procedure was to remove edges of bone that were applying pressure to nerve roots in his back at two locations. The surgery was performed by Dr. Paul Maurer at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. The locations on the back were different than ...

Thrashers' keys to success while their top sniper is out for a month. 1. Above and beyond everything is strong goaltending. If youÆve seen even a game or two of the Thrashers early on, each game has been won or lost by their goaltending. Early on, they went on a nice streak where Ondrej Pavelec was solid, they had more shots against during each of ...

News has broke that Kovalchuk is out with a broken bone in his right foot and will be sidelined for roughly four weeks. With Kovalchuk out at least four weeks or longer, Atlanta will have to, for the first time, play without their superstar sniper for a long duration. Kovalchuk has missed no more then four games any season his entire career since the Atlanta Thrashers drafted ...

According to Sportsnet.ca Ilya Kovalchuk is still to have an MRI done be the end of today (Monday), it will determine the extent of the injury Ilya had received in the loss versus San Jose on Saturday. The team is stating that Kovalchuk was hit in the foot with the puck, so far in all replays it looks more like he tweaked his foot or lower leg during an almost knee ...

Tonight the Atlanta Thrashers played host to the San Jose Sharks in Phillips Arena. After a tough outing by Ondrej Pavelec last game against the Capitals, coach John Anderson had Johan Hedberg starting. It wasnÆt good early as the top line scored within the first minute of the game. A weird bounce and a quick dump of the puck in front of the net from Ryan Vesce (whoÆs filled ...

Tonight the Washington Capitals were on the road in Phillips Arena to face off against their divisional rivals, the Atlanta Thrashers. Atlanta was coming off its tough overtime lossùonly scoring one goal in the game in Montrealùand Coach John Anderson decided it was time to add some offensive punch. Anderson invented the new Russian Roulette line, of Ilya Kovalchuk, Nik Antropov, and Maxim Afinogenov. A proper name ...

The face-off between the hottest Russians on the planet will engage tonight. This evening, The Atlanta Thrashers will play host to the Washington Capitals. In the red corner we have No. 8, Alexander ôThe Greatö Ovechkin. Standing six foot two, weighing 233 pounds of all muscle, this 24-year-old is coming off a season full of accomplishments. In the 2008-09 season, Ovie received the Maurice Richard Trophy as ...

TonightÆs game was an intriguing one; the hot Atlanta Thrashers were in the Bell Center to face off against the Montreal Canadiens. The game was full of action and played more of a run and gun style, which was right in both teams alleys. Much like the last few games for the Thrashers they came out in full force, with strong pressure and many chances within the first ten ...

Today, the Atlanta Thrashers were in Elmira, Ontario, to pay tribute to a former Thrasher, the late Dan Snyder. The entire team rode the bus after the game in Buffalo to Elmira, Snyder's hometown. It was obvious that being at the rink in Elmira meant plenty to this organization. "He was one of our guys. He's always going to be in our hearts. I'm glad we came here today," ...