Atlanta Thrashers

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-1. It's too bad that Smith couldn't keep the shutout, but he did get the win. And winning is more important right now than the shutout. Still, it would've been nice for him to get it. This was probably one of the best all-around efforts that I'v...

Atlanta Thrashers – Named after a state bird* ..- The nickname "Thrashers", after Georgia's state bird, the brown thrasher, was selected from a fan poll. ..- "Thrashers" had actually been runner-up to "Flames" for Atlanta's first NHL team (the old Atlanta Flames team departed for Calgary in...