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By rss@youtube.com (jtn93) A tribute to the Atlanta Thrashers, sadly I used the song I should have used for the Hurricanes :P Author: jtn93 Keywords: ATL NHL Hockey Kovalchuk Little Lehtonen Yotube JTN93 sports Atlanta Thrashers Stick Ice Canada America USA Added: February 8, 2009

1 min - 2008-09-01 Kovalchuk takes exception to the Buffalo Sabres knocking down White. - NHL - Atlanta Thrashers - Ilya Kovalchuk

4 min - 2008-09-01 Ilya Kovulchuk goading Crosby into trouble throughout the game between the Trashers and Penguins on Jan 6, 2006. The Thrashers won big. - NHL - Atlanta Thrashers - Ilya Kovalchuk

By rss@youtube.com (atlspiritvideo) The Thrashers' new 2008 TV commercial. Author: atlspiritvideo Keywords: Atlanta Thrashers TV commericial Kovalchuk Lehtonen Hossa Added: February 19, 2008

By rss@youtube.com (inklinkinklink) January 22, 2008. Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers. Ilya Kovalchuk hits Rozival from behind. He got a game misconduct.

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By rss@youtube.com (drab6969) The shootout between the New York Islanders Vs. The Atlanta Thrashers Author: drab6969 Keywords: New York Islanders Atlanta Thrashers Hockey NHL Shootout Guerin Kovalchuk Hossa Satan DiPietro Kozlov Added: December 6, 2007

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By rss@youtube.com (drab6969) Shootout between the Devils and the Thrashers Author: drab6969 Keywords: New Jersey Devils Atlanta Thrashers Brodeur Kovalchuk Hossa Shootout Added: December 5, 2007

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By rss@youtube.com (liontamr) One of Nike Hockey's best ads ever. NHl stars Markus Naslund of the Vancouver Canucks and Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers stage an epic battle for the puck... Author: liontamr Keywords: Nike Hockey Naslund Kovalchuk Canucks Thrashers NHL Added: March 10, 2007

By rss@youtube.com (ThrasherFan68) Atlanta Thrashers' Forward Keith Tkachuk scores on a great pass from Ilya Kovalchuk against the Florida Panthers Author: ThrasherFan68 Keywords: atlanta thrashers tkachuk kovalchuk hockey Added: March 10, 2007

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Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk's outstanding play certainly doesn't suggest he has a hobbled right foot. In matchups with the Edmonton Oilers, though, it's easy to wonder if there has been something wrong with him. Kovalchuk, on one of his best stretches of the season for the Thras...

By George Henry, Associated Press Writer Ilya Kovalchuk and Maxim Afinogenov each had two goals and two assists to help the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Los Angeles Kings 7-0 on Friday night for their third straight victory.

By By JEFF Z. KLEIN Playing without their two top centers, Chris Drury and Brandon Dubinsky, the Rangers could not stop Ilya Kovalchuk and the Atlanta Thrashers.

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) In a very entertaining and fun to watch hockey game…one coach Anderson called “one of our best games of the year”…the Atlanta Thrashers made Ilya Kovalchuk’s return to the ice a successful one, beating the Rangers 5-3. The captain scored a power play goal and chipped in with an assist on Ric...

New York -- Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists in his first game back from a foot injury and Rich Peverley scored once and set up two goals in the Atlanta Thrashers' 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

Mounting injuries might become a problem for the struggling New York Rangers, but the expected return of Henrik Lundqvist should provide a lift. The All-Star goaltender, however, may have to contend with the potential return of high-scoring Ilya Kovalchuk on Thursday night when the Ra...

Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk will be with the team for Thursday night's game at the New York Rangers after all. Hours after team spokesman Rob Koch said Kovalchuk did not accompany the Thrashers to New York on Wednesday, Koch said late Wednesday night a weather delay before the fl...

Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk's return from a foot injury will have to wait at least one more game. Team spokesman Rob Koch says Kovalchuk did not accompany the Thrashers to New York on Wednesday for Thursday night's game against the Rangers. Kovalchuk left Wednesday morning's pr...

When the Atlanta Thrashers learned last week that captain Ilya Kovalchuk would miss several weeks with an injury, general manager Don Waddell called it an opportunity for other players to step up. That's exactly what the Thrashers have done. Atlanta looks to win its third straight withou...

Thin defensively, the Ottawa Senators won't have the burden of trying to stop Ilya Kovalchuk. The Atlanta Thrashers' blue-line corps, meanwhile, may still have to contend with Jason Spezza. The Senators, missing top defenseman Anton Volchenkov, hope to have Spezza back Saturday after...

Ilya Kovalchuk's two-goal performance last week against the Capitals wasn't enough to keep the Atlanta Thrashers from losing a third straight to Washington. After suffering an injury that will keep him sidelined for the next three to five weeks, Kovalchuk won't get the chance to help hi...

The Atlanta Thrashers have recalled center Jason Krog from the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League. The team looks to add depth Tuesday, one day after announcing Ilya Kovalchuk would be sidelined for about a month with broken bone in his right foot. The 34-year-old Krog had four po...

Atlanta Thrashers standout forward Ilya Kovalchuk will miss the next four weeks with a broken bone in his right foot, the team announced on Monday.

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Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk is expected to miss four weeks with a broken bone in his right foot. The team said the break was found in a CT scan on Monday. Kovalchuk was injured when he was struck by a puck during the first period of Saturday's game against the San Jose Sharks. He is tied f...

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In an attempt to get Bryan Little scoring again, Thrashers coach John Anderson shifted the diminutive right wing to the team's second line with Slava Kozlov and Todd White. As a result, Maxim Afinogenov was moved to the team's top line with Nik Antropov and Ilya Kovalchuk. The change didn't...

Say, have you heard that Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers is a free agent next summer?

Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice, and Johan Hedberg made 40 saves and added an assist in his first start of the season to help send the Atlanta Thrashers to their best start in franchise history with a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

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Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice, and Johan Hedberg made 40 saves and added an assist in his first start of the season to help send the Atlanta Thrashers to their best start in franchise history with a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

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Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice to help the Atlanta Thrashers to a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena.

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By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) Ilya Kovalchuk has led the way as he’s been involved in exactly half of those dozen scores…five goals and an assist. Fellow linemate Bryan Little has yet to notch his first tally of the season, however he has already contributed with four assists. Throw in last Saturday’s assist by Nik Antro...

Ilya Kovalchuk's hot start has given the Atlanta Thrashers some early season confidence. A trip to Ottawa may not slow him down. Having played a large role in the Thrashers' undefeated start, Kovalchuk looks to continue his success in road games against the Senators on Saturday night. Kova...

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Ilya Kovalchuk made it a pair of two-goal games to open the season, scoring the go-ahead tally in the first period and adding an empty-netter as the Atlanta Thrashers spoiled the St. Louis Blues' home opener with a 4-2 victory on Thursday.

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Returning from a triumphant season-opening Sweden trip, the St. Louis Blues had a dud of a home opener. The Atlanta Thrashers had a lot to do with that. Ilya Kovalchuk made it a pair of two-goal games to open the season, scoring the go-ahead tally in the first period and adding an empty-netter i...

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St. Louis -- Ilya Kovalchuk made it a pair of two-goal games to open the season, scoring the go-ahead tally in the first period and adding an empty-netter as the Atlanta Thrashers spoiled the St.

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By R.B. Fallstrom, AP Sports Writer Ilya Kovalchuk made it a pair of two-goal games to open the season, scoring the go-ahead tally in the first period and adding an empty-netter as the Atlanta Thrashers spoiled the St. Louis Blues' home opener with a 4-2 victory on Thursday night.

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Ilya Kovalchuk made it a pair of two-goal games to open the season, scoring the go-ahead tally in the first period and adding an empty-netter as the Atlanta Thrashers spoiled the St. Louis Blues' home opener with a 4-2 victory on Thursday night.

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By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Ilya Kovalchuk made it a pair of two-goal games to open the season, scoring the go-ahead tally in the first period and adding an empty-netter as the Atlanta Thrashers spoiled the St. Louis Blues' home opener with a 4-2 victory on Thursday night.

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By Charles Odum, AP Sports Writer Rich Peverley and Ilya Kovalchuk each scored two goals, Ondrej Pavelec stopped 36 shots and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.

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It's not looking good for the Atlanta Thrashers to come to any extension agreement with franchise player...

By Bill Tiller (Rawhide) “He’ll be scary good in a couple of years”…Those are the words of Atlanta Thrashers team captain Ilya Kovalchuk talking about his teammate Zach Bogosian last spring. That’s a fairly powerful assesment given the fact that it comes from a player who’s “scary good” himself.

The future for superstar Ilya Kovalchuk with the Atlanta Thrashers has been a hot topic all summer, even with GM...

The Atlanta Thrashers are apparently very optimistic that the team can work out a long-term deal with Ilya...

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The Atlanta Thrashers signed free agent forward Nik Antropov to a four-year, $16 million contract on Thursday, setting up a reunion with Ilya Kovalchuk.

 Canada Pierre LeBrun reported during a recent Hockey Night in Canada broadcast that Atlanta Thrashers superstar Ilya Kovalchuk had a good meeting last Thursday with GM Don Waddell, which will set the stage for a possible contract extension for the Russian ...

 TN Radulov's point total was second best on the Russian team, only behind forward Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers. "He sees someone like Kovalchuk and he wants to be here, wants to be in the NHL,'' Poile said. "But I can't force him to and I can't ...

 Canada In the second period, Canada was out-shooting Russia 2-1 and keeping Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk in check, yet Russia took the lead at 14:30 on a breakaway set up by Saprykin's pass back through his legs along the left boards. ...

 Canada While the pair of Ottawa Senators have last year's loss fresh in their minds, Buffalo Sabres forward Derek Roy and Atlanta Thrashers forward Ilya Kovalchuk explained the opponent does not change either team's main objective. ...

The Moscow Times The focus of this Russian team is Ilya Kovalchuk. Though the Atlanta Thrashers captain only scored twice in last year's tournament, they were the tying and winning goals in the gold-medal game. This year, the 26-year-old forward has five goals and 14 ...

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Atlanta Thrashers winger Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and an assist for Russia. On the winning goal, former NHLer Alexander Radulov, who walked out of his Nashville Predators' contract last season to join the Kontinental Hockey League, took the shot that ...

His goal celebration reflected the playoff-style atmosphere and Kovalchuk came at the Americans again to assist on the go-ahead goal for his 14th point of the tournament. The Atlanta Thrashers' captain skated out of his end along the left boards, ...

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GoRiverHawks.com  - Graham Dunbar Kovalchuk, the Atlanta Thrashers captain, said a higher standard of play in the domestic Continental Hockey League (KHL) has helped the national team. "There are so many great players there and lots of them can play in the NHL, no question," Kovalchuk ...

 NY - Eric McErlain Here's Ilya Kovalchuk of the Atlanta Thrashers holding forth on why the Washington Capitals are going to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals. Kovalchuk is currently in Switzerland playing with the Russian national team in the 2009 IIHF World Championship ...

2. Are the Atlanta Thrashers going to trade Ilya Kovalchuk? General manager Don Waddell has said publicly that he's not dealing Kovalchuk, even though he can become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2010. Waddell will make a strong effort to ...

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Oleg Saprykin and Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk scored just 1:23 apart in the first period to stake Russia to a 2-0 lead. Ilya Bryzgalov of the Phoenix Coyotes turned aside all 20 shots he faced to earn the shutout. Russia will also play France ...

Ilya Bryzgalov had 20 saves for the shutout. "It was good to score a quick couple of goals," said Kovalchuk, the Atlanta Thrashers forward. "We didn't get much success at Atlanta in the last couple of years and for me it's like the [NHL] playoffs. ...

 Canada A strong finish to the season provides the Atlanta Thrashers with a sense of optimism heading into the summer, though that optimism is still hinged on whether they can secure Ilya Kovalchuk's services with a long-term contract extension. ...

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Ilya Kovalchuk waited until the day after last year's season finale to call for an improved roster. Now that he's three months into his role as team captain, Kovalchuk spoke out immediately after the Atlanta Thrashers closed another season by missing the playoffs. "I don't want to compete...

Colby Armstrong had two goals and Kari Lehtonen had 33 saves Saturday in the Atlanta Thrashers' 6-2 win over Tampa Bay. Eric Perrin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Ron Hainsey and Colin Stuart scored for Atlanta in the season-finale for both teams. ...

 NY Long gone from the playoff race, the Atlanta Thrashers are busy playing out the proverbial string. While they did lose Thursday, 3-2 to Florida, there's no denying the Thrashers have been playing some pretty good hockey as of late. They're also feisty. ...

United Press International  Canada Ilya Kovalchuk scored on an unassisted breakaway with 29.9 seconds left in overtime to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres, while the Chicago Blackhawks continued their push towards the play-offs with a 3-1 win over the St ...

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 NY Kovalchuk is the captain of the Atlanta Thrashers, Ovechkin is getting better every year... These guys are maturing, they are the leaders of their team and are the backbone of our national team," Bykov said. Sergei Fedorov brought all of his experience ...

 Ohio Todd White scored the game-winner Thursday in a shootout, boosting the Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-4 win over the New York Rangers. White was the 11th of 12 shooters in the shootout. He also had a goal and an assist in regulation. Ilya Kovalchuk scored ...

 FL Atlanta captain Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 12th goal in his past 17 games for a 3-2 lead. The Lightning answered less than four minutes later with its second power-play goal, this one off the stick of Vinny Prospal to pull the Lightning even at 3. ...

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LW Ilya Kovalchuk led Atlanta with 36 goals and 78 points, and had 25 goals in his previous 31 games. … Lightning C Steven Stamkos, with 16 goals, was tied for fifth among rookies with 36 points and tied for third with seven power-play goals.

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 NY It's just common sense. The illegal stick penalty is a rare occurrence in the NHL, as the most recent players I can find to have been penalized for it were Ducks forward Teemu Selanne in April, 2007, and Atlanta Thrashers forward Ilya Kovalchuk.

Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - After going the first half of the season without a team captain, the Atlanta Thrashers elevated Ilya Kovalchuk to the role on ... CBC.ca Hotlanta Hockey: Atlanta Thrashers Week in Review Bleacher Report Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Bleacher Report

By Carter . 4. Washington Capitals (26-11-3, 55 points) 8. Chicago Blackhawks (21-8-7, 49 points) 18. Columbus Blue Jackets (18-17-4, 40 points) 25. Nashville Predators (17-18-3, 37 points) 4. Marc Savard (Bruins) 6. Jarome Iginla (Flames) 21. Ilya Kovalchuk (Thrashers) 24. Marian Hossa (Red Wings)

By Greg Wyshynski • The Los Angeles Kings have shown so much promise this season that Matt from Life in Hockeywood has declared that their winning the Stanley Cup this season no longer matters to him: "The only hardware I want to see in the hands of a Kings player this season is the Calder Memorial Trophy. The Ca...

By Greg Wyshynski • The Los Angeles Kings have shown so much promise this season that Matt from Life in Hockeywood has declared that their winning the Stanley Cup this season no longer matters to him: "The only hardware I want to see in the hands of a Kings player this season is the Calder Memorial Trophy. The Ca...

By Sean Leahy With the Thrashers currently toiling at the bottom of the Eastern Conference yet again and attendance resembling that of your local Sons of Italy's "Bingo Night," what Waddell does with Kovalchuk will determine the fate of the franchise.

By Sean Leahy With the Thrashers currently toiling at the bottom of the Eastern Conference yet again and attendance resembling that of your local Sons of Italy's "Bingo Night," what Waddell does with Kovalchuk will determine the fate of the franchise.

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) Would that make the 2010 Thrashers a cup contender? The future is hard to tell but moving Kovalchuk and Lehtonen for more young talent would broaden the base of inexpensive young talent (see Chicago Blackhawks) to which you could add a couple of pricey free agents and suddenly you could ha...

By Greg Wyshynski • Let's say the Atlanta Thrashers do end up trading Ilya Kovalchuk for the betterment of the franchise. Bill Tiller makes a vital point: "Exactly what is it in the history of Don Waddell's dealings that makes anyone believe that he is capable of bringing in the highest yield in exchange for I...

By Greg Wyshynski • Let's say the Atlanta Thrashers do end up trading Ilya Kovalchuk for the betterment of the franchise. Bill Tiller makes a vital point: "Exactly what is it in the history of Don Waddell's dealings that makes anyone believe that he is capable of bringing in the highest yield in exchange for I...

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) The Blues game was generally fun to watch. Kovalchuk has been playing with more intensity since the Columbus match. Exelby has played better the last two games. Pavelec made some fine saves. On the Power Play I was excited to see the Thrashers try putting the Kozlov line out there with Kovalchu...

By Greg Wyshynski With four goals scored, the second period of the Atlanta Thrashers' 6-3 victory at the Toronto Maple Leafs was already pretty interesting. It became downright memorable when Ilya Kovalchuk sparked a spontaneous rivalry with Ian White of the Leafs after this shot to the head:

By Greg Wyshynski On a night when the Thrashers played a tough and gritty game at the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kovalchuk was a factor throughout their 6-3 victory. His second-period unassisted snap shot past Curtis Joseph was his only point of the night, but the goal was a momentum-killing play that gave Atlant...

By Greg Wyshynski On a night when the Thrashers played a tough and gritty game at the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kovalchuk was a factor throughout their 6-3 victory. His second-period unassisted snap shot past Curtis Joseph was his only point of the night, but the goal was a momentum-killing play that gave Atlant...

Todd White scored two goals while Johan Hedberg made 32 saves, as the Atlanta Thrashers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-3, at Air Canada Centre.Chris Thorburn, Colby Armstrong, Ilya Kovalchuk and Mathieu Schneider also scored for the Thrashers, who snapped a three-game skid. Slava...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Atlanta Thrashers at Toronto Maple Leafs (7:30 p.m. EST; TV: LTV). Two teams going in the wrong direction, at least on the ice. Eyes are beginning to focus on Ilya Kovalchuk, who hasn't scored in his last four and has just six goals on the season. Lee Stempniak will be in uniform tonight f...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Atlanta Thrashers at Toronto Maple Leafs (7:30 p.m. EST; TV: LTV). Two teams going in the wrong direction, at least on the ice. Eyes are beginning to focus on Ilya Kovalchuk, who hasn't scored in his last four and has just six goals on the season. Lee Stempniak will be in uniform tonight f...

By Greg Wyshynski Atlanta Thrashers star Ilya Kovalchuk recently gave one of those great, wide-ranging interviews to Igor Arkhipov of Sovetsky Sport that covered everything from free agency to Barack Obama to Alexander Ovechkin's contract. You never became the captain of your team.

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) What I've done is calculate the Expected Team PP Goals For for each player and then compared it to their actual number. A plus number means that the Thrashers PP has been more effective when that player is out on the ice in that situation. 1.36 Todd White 0.18 Ilya Kovalchuk 0.33 Tobias Enstrom

A recent report from a Russian sports newspaper claimed Atlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell was approached by the respective general managers of the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs expressing interest in acquiring superstar winger Ilya Kovalchuk.

By Sebastien Tremblay Ilya Kovalchuk trade So for Atlanta, trading Kovalchuk too early could mean the end of the Thrashers. And Atlanta has a “chance” to finish last this year, thus maybe winning the John Tavares lottery. I can’t imagine what kind of damage Tavares and Kovalchuk could do together!

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) Talk among NHL GMs is that Atlanta might be willing to make a huge deal before the trade deadline. W Ilya Kovalchuk, 25, is a year away from unrestricted free agency and has another season left on his contract at $7.5 million, but the whisper among executives is he might become available. It wou...

By Greg Wyshynski Hell to the no. But he's clearly advocating that empty net goals shouldn't count as "real goals" either, and he's "outing" players like Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins (five EN goals out of 47 last season), the Atlanta Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk (five EN out of 52) and Los Angeles K...

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) Corsi Box Score (ES Thrashers Shots minus Opposition Shots Attempted) Team -4 19:38 Havelid -3 21:56 Enstrom -2 23:08 Hainsey -3 17:13 Exelby -3 Forwards The 2nd line really won their ES battle and the 3rd line really lost out. 20:35 Kovalchuk -1 19:30 White -3 16:28 Little -4

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) The 1st line played mostly against Detroit's Datsyuk line. The Datsyuk line out chanced the Kovalchuk line by a rather wide margin. Kovalchuk has great speed and a great shot but so far he has not been very impressive at even strength season--last year he was very impressive in terms of creat...

By Nicholas Case 13.) Atlanta Thrashers- Ilya Kovalchuk. Kari Lethonen. Who else? True talent is hard to find on this team. They have nothing in the cupboard. Kovalchuk is in the final year of his contract and has been the face of the franchise from the start. For a team talking about having Angelo Esposito and th...

By twolinepass Now 24 years old, Ilya Kovalchuk might not even be the best Russian playing in the Southeast Division. The hockey world is abuzz about Russian Alexander Ovechkin lifting Washington to the playoffs in the final game of the season. Signed C Angelo Esposito RW Mark Recchi (to Tampa Bay)

By noreply@blogger.com (The Falconer) When there was talk about whether Kovalchuk would stay in Atlanta, Anderson volunteered that it was his objective to change the culture in the locker room. "we have to make this a place that he wants to be. In the future, if a player does leave Atlanta we want that to be a hard choice [because he l...

By The Falconer Projected 2008-09 Atlanta Thrashers lineup and salaries F Kovalchuk ($6.4) White ($2.4) XXX ($ 0.) Kozlov ($ 3.7) Little ($ 0.9) Sterling ($ 0.9) XXX ($ 0.) Perrin ($ 0.8) Larsen ($0.5) D Enstrom ($0.9) Havelid ($ 2.7) Klee ($) 1.25 Zhitnik ($ 3.5) Exelby ($ 1.4) XXX ($0.) G Lehtonen ($ 2.7) Pavelec ($1.4)

By Bubba Loading... The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Carolina Hurricanes last night in OT, 5-4. The Hurricanes played better than they have the past couple of games, but they need to be better yet. Remember the Russian dude that this blog said they better keep an eye out for? Ilya Kovalchuk had a 4 [...]

By The Falconer Atlanta Thrashers PK Rate 71% October 76% November 86% December Thrashers PK Forwards 91% Hossa 84% White 83% Kovalchuk 83% Holik 76% Perrin 72% Dupuis 68% Kozlov 58% Slater 53% Larsen Thrashers PK Defensemen 85% Enstrom 80% McCarthy 79% Klee 79% Havelid 78% Exelby 62% Zhitnik

By Bubba Ilya Kovalchuk and the Atlanta Thrashers are in Raleigh to play the Carolina Hurricanes tonight at the RBC. Kovalchuk has been on a tear since ex-coach Bob Hartley was fired and leads the league in goals scored with 32. He has always been a thorn in the side of the Canes, so they will need to pay s...

By The Falconer Kovalchuk has played like a force of nature at times. Many players can score when the other team's defensemen make a mistake, but Kovalchuk is scoring in despite of the best efforts of the opposition. That is the mark of a very special player or a very special season. I'll be honest and say that p...

By Mark Marino At just 24 years old, Atlanta Thrashers left-winger Ilya Kovalchuk is one of the most electrifying, yet overlooked players in the NHL today. Entering his sixth season with the Thrashers, Kovalchuk has consistently put up sick offensive ...

By Geeves Altanta went out and nabbed free agent forwards Marian Hossa, Peter Bondra, and Bobby Holik, mixed them together with their existing talent (Kovalchuk, Savard, and Kozlov), and created an offensive juggernaut (T-5th goals scored). Unfortunately, a lack of consistent defense or goal...

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Thrashers kept blowing leads. Finally, Ilya Kovalchuk gave his team a safe one. Kovalchuk scored his second goal of the game with 2:01 left in overtime Friday night, leading Atlanta past the Islanders, 5-4, after the Thrashers squandered an early three-goal cushio...

If the Thrashers hadn't been winning, you probably would have heard more concern by now. Ilya Kovalchuk is struggling to score goals. Held scoreless in Saturday's loss, he finished with four December goals. Three were empty-netters. But coach Bob Hartley isn't worried. He's seeing enough g...

It was nothing, a media creation. There's no animosity, no lingering effects. Nothing. Ilya Kovalchuk sat by his locker on Wednesday after Thrashers practice and shot down any attempts to stir up a rivalry between Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and himself. It's been nearly one year since Kova...

Thrashers star left wing Ilya Kovalchuk will not be suspended for his kicking penalty, for which he received an automatic ejection in Saturday's 5-1 loss to Nashville in the exhibition season finale, according to Thrashers general manager Don Waddell. Kovalchuk had a hearing with the l...

The Thrashers did not hear from the NHL on Sunday regarding possible disciplinary action against Ilya Kovalchuk for his match penalty for kicking Nashville's JordIn Tootoo in Saturday's final exhibition game. It is possible that Kovalchuk will not receive any further disciplinary ac...

 Costa Rica Also, Atlanta is currently mired in a power play slump and Ilya Kovalchuk has struggled to find the net recently. It wasn't that long ago that it appeared that the Thrashers were going to close the season on a decent run. However, Atlanta has since ...

 Costa Rica LW Ilya Kovalchuk had his five-game goal-scoring streak snapped, while LW Vyacheslav Kozlov's three-game run also came to an end. ... Atlanta recorded both of the goals scored in the third period despite being outshot in the session, 11-4.