kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
DETROIT -- Marian Hossa had two goals and an assist, Henrik Zetterberg also scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Friday night. Jim Slater, Ron Hainsey and Brett Sterling scored for Atlanta and Kari Lehtonen stopped 41 shots.
Kevin Dupont A quarter of the way into the season, Marian Hossa had 31 points, ranking him second in league scoring. Two other Thrasher forwards, Ilya Kovalchuk (27 points) and Slava Kozlov (26 points), also were among the league’s top 10 scorers.
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Thrashers ended three years of frustration against Toronto. Marian Hossa had three goals and an assist, Kari Lehtonen stopped 36 shots and the Thrashers beat the Maple Leafs 5-0 Thursday night for a victory that meant the most to Atlanta’s veterans.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 41st goal in the second for Atlanta, which traded potential unrestricted free agent Marian Hossa to Pittsburgh before the trading deadline. Kari Lehtonen made 28 saves. Kovalchuk tied it at 1 when he beat Price for a power-play goal 2:04 into the second.
The Thrashers are based in Atlanta, Georgia and their team colors are navy blue, ice blue, red and gold. Their mascot is called Thrash. Their rival teams include the Carolina Hurricanes, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers. The Thrashers are one of the new kids on the NHL block, e...
DETROIT -- Marian Hossa had two goals and an assist, Henrik Zetterberg also scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Friday night. Jim Slater, Ron Hainsey and Brett Sterling scored for Atlanta and Kari Lehtonen stopped 41 shots.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Scott Walker had a goal and two assists to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Thursday night. Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen had one of his busiest nights of the season, making 41 saves. Atlanta was hoping for a better showing after being outshot 49...
Michael Nylander netted the first hat trick of the 2007 playoffs and added an assist as the Rangers hammered Atlanta 7-0 in their Eastern Conference quarter-final at Madison Square Garden. New York's Michael Nylander (92) watches his second goal sail past Atlanta goaltender Kar...
DETROIT -- Marian Hossa scored three goals and Kari Lehtonen made 46 saves to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Eric Perrin and Slava Kozlov also scored, while Tobias Enstrom and Mark Recchi each added two assists for Atlanta.
ATLANTA - Kari Lehtonen is starting to gain back his confidence, especially late. ADVERTISEMENT The Thrashers tied it 46 seconds later when Ilya Kovalchuk put a rebound of Ken Klee's shot past Gerber. It was the NHL-leading 28th goal for Kovalchuk, who has scored four times in three games.
Not with Atlanta sitting in the upper reaches of the NHL standings and sporting, arguably, the best player in the league this season. That man -- Marian Hossa -- singlehandedly destroyed the Leafs in a 5-0 Thrashers romp at Philips Arena. Hossa scored his fifth career hat trick and upped his...
DETROIT -- Marian Hossa had two goals and an assist, Henrik Zetterberg also scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Friday night. Jim Slater, Ron Hainsey and Brett Sterling scored for Atlanta and Kari Lehtonen stopped 41 shots.
The best and brightest of the Eastern Conference will carry trash-talk ammunition into the 56th NHL All-Star Game in Atlanta today, after winning Saturday night's SuperSkills Competition 9-6 over the Western Conference at Philips Arena. Eastern Conference players Alex Ovechkin (L)...
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Scott Walker had a goal and two assists to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Thursday night. Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen had one of his busiest nights of the season, making 41 saves. Atlanta was hoping for a better showing after being outshot 49...
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
DETROIT -- Marian Hossa scored three goals and Kari Lehtonen made 46 saves to lift the Atlanta Thrashers to a 5-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. Eric Perrin and Slava Kozlov also scored, while Tobias Enstrom and Mark Recchi each added two assists for Atlanta.
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
ATLANTA -- Kari Lehtonen picked a good night for his first shutout of the season. The Blues outshot the Thrashers, but Lehtonen blocked every attempt. We went so long looking for the NHL goalie we were expecting," Hartley said of Lehtonen. "Now we have him."
ALSO ON THIS STORY Thrashers-Sabres summary Sabres lose Tallinder to broken arm Discuss: Sound off on NHL message boards Atlanta’s Bobby Holik and Scott Mellanby had a goal and assist each, while Ilya Kovalchuk and Niko Kapanen also scored in a game between the Eastern Conference’s t...
As it turned out, Souray’s part in the play couldn’t have come at a better time because two minutes earlier a lazy, one-handed check on Scott Mellanby provided clear passage to Cristobal Huet. For some reason Mellanby, who had three of the Thrashers’ 14 shots in the first period, decided t...
Barry Melrose's first win as Tampa Bay Lightning head coach was nearly a heartbreaking loss. It's also his first NHL win since 1995, when he was coaching the Los Angeles Kings. Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen kept it close by stopping 17 of 18 shots during the first.
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ATLANTA THRASHERS The three p's of player development are yielding big dividends for Atlanta. In a hockey skyscape in which player development has never been more important as a factor in National Hockey League success, the Atlanta Thrashers’ vibrant youth movement promises the club a...
Kovalchuk extended the Thrashers’ single-season goal record with his 48th of the season, and has three goals in the last two games. He added two assists and Marc Savard also had two assists as both broke former Thrasher Dany Heatley’s team mark of 89 points in a season set in 2002-03.
kaatiya posted a photo: Ilya Kovalchuk warms up prior to the first game of the season. Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Atlanta Thrashers. Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia.
Thrashers Prospects Annex: Thrashers Thanksgiving practice skip to main | skip to sidebar Thrashers Prospects Annex News about Atlanta Thrashers prospects in addition to my stories at Hockey's Future, with a broader outlook on prospects generally. Thursday, November 22, 2007 Thras...
In the 05-06 season, many top players were roped in for the game. A major trade was done on August 23, 2005 when Dany Heatly was traded for Marian Hossa and Greg de Vries. Other players like Mike Dunham, Peter Bondra, Bobby Holik, Jaroslav Modry, and Scott Mellanby were also signed in.
Notes: Thrashers D Niclas Havelid returned after missing a game with flu symptoms. . Atlanta LW Ilya Kovalchuk recorded one shot. . Attendance was 18,879, the Thrashers' sixth sellout of the season. . Tampa Bay D Brad Lukowich sustained a lower body injury.
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Thrashers were determined to avoid another poor start. Marian Hossa scored two more goals, Ilya Kovalchuk finally got one in regulation and the Thrashers kept up the best start in franchise history, beating the Florida Panthers 4-2 Saturday night.