The Thrashers of Atlanta are a professional frankness from Hockey of North America. Thrashers evolve/move with Atlanta and play in the South-eastern division of the conference of the East of the National league of hockey since 1999. Since 1999, Thrashers played only once the first places of the LNH and that was at the time of the season 2006-07, single regular season of the frankness with eliminatory Séries from the Coupe Stanley with the end.

History

See also: Seasons of Thrashers of Atlanta

See also: Fishing out of expansion LNH 1999

Data of the team

First season in the LNH : 1999-2000
Arena : Philips Arena (capacity: : 18545 places)
Colors of the uniform : Blue pale, navy blue, red, gold and white
Logo : A head of bird stylized
Mascot : Thrash
Championship of division : 1 (2006-07)
Participations in the series of the Cut Stanley : 1 time
Participations in the finales of the Cut Stanley : No

History

The authorization to have a frankness for the LNH in Atlanta east given the June 25th 1997 and it team is envisaged to be the 28e frankness league. It is however not the first time that the city accommodates a team of the league: the Flames of Atlanta remained there until in 1980 before being sold and moved with Calgary.

The name of thrashers was retained because it acts-there of the emblem of the state of the Georgia, which is located in the south-east of the country. One in thrasher is, in French, a red-headed Moqueur also called toxostoma rufum .

June 25th, 1999, Thrashers take part in the fishing out of expansion allowing for choice of to them a player of each team of the LNH, except the Predators of Nashville which was at their second season. They recover thus Kelly Buchberger, future first captain of the team. The following day, the team takes part in their first fishing out of their young history, they will benefit besides from this meeting to reveal the colors of their pullover. Little time before the fishing out, they had exchanged their choice of first round and put the hand on that of Vancouver, thus they could improve their row for the first round and fish out in very first place. Besides they selected there Patrik Štefan, which evolved/moved hitherto for the Ice Dogs de Long Beach of late the international Ligue of hockey.

In 2002, Gift Waddell congédia the trainer as a Fraser chief and took the orders by interim of the team until the recruiting of Bob Hartley on January 14th, 2003. In September 2003, the young feeling Dany Heatley, then at the wheel of its Ferrari, lost the control of its vehicle and struck full whip a cement wall. Not only it misses part of the season for this giving of these wounds, but it in is condemned more for speed to the wheel and dangerous driving having to cause the death of its good friend and promising player of Trashers, daN Snyder. The DG Waddell was then overpowered heavy task to announce the sad news with the public by issuing the season 2003-04, the “Snyder year”. During this season, numbers 37 of Snyder will be withdrawn in an not-official way just as the players will raise a badge commemorating this tragedy destiny. As for Heatley, it will draw some with a three months sorrow to purge in company as well as Community work. But, the " Heater" will not be any more the same one with are return on the ice and in August 2005, it will be exchanged with the Senators d' Ottawa in return of Marián Hossa and Greg de Vries.

March 31st, 2004, the team of Thrashers, those of Hawks and the rights on Philips Center are sold with the bunch Atlanta spirit . That will not prevent Thrashers from proudly announcing that they would be the hosts of the match of the stars of the LNH in February 2005. However, the “{{Lang|in|'' lockout ''}}” that known this year the LNH pushed back the expiry. In 2006, the advertisement was made that finally this match will take place during the season 2007-08 and will be the 56 {{E}} match of the Stars.

The new one was encouraging and for the first time in 2007, the team takes part in the eliminatory Séries and this in spite of the problems which seem to continue them since their beginning: the death of Snyder, poor performances of the club on the ice, the eternal bad luck which they have with their goalkeepers. And when the team and the supporters think of having found the pearl in the person of Pasi Nurminen, this one is seen forced to withdraw competition for causes of wounds. Kari Lehtonen, the first choice of the club in 2002 is also inconvenienced by the wounds since the beginning of its career.

Season 2007-08

See also: Season LNH 2007-2008

The season 2007-08 already well badly started, Thrashers having lost their the first six matches of the season, the DG Waddell congédie the Hartley trainer and takes for the second time places behind the bench of the club.

Waddell announces on November 16th that it will be in function behind the bench of Thrashers until the end of the season.

The team

See also: List of the players of Thrashers of Atlanta

Current players

This section present players of the team. The trainer of Thrashers has at his disposal the players of the team of Thrashers but also certain players of the Wolves of Chicago of the American Ligue of hockey. Thus, certain players can play some matches for Thrashers and pass the remainder of time in the LAH.

Guards

Defenders

Attackers

Nationalities of the players

Captains

This section presents the list of the captains of the team.

Trainer-chief

Here the card of the trainers having taken share with the activities of the Thrashers since their beginning. This table counts the parts, the number of victories, defeat, matches no one or matches lost in prolongation or sudden death and their percentage of victory with the team.

The card of Gift Waddell is in date of the before-season 2007-08.

Mascot

The mascot of Thrashers of Atlanta is known under the name of Trash , which is with being a diminutive of the name of the bird. Just like its name indicates it in French (the red-headed mocker) it likes to tease the adversary and it involves the partisans of Thrashers to be made some in the same way. Top from these 1 meter 90, it is not obstructed to go picosser the partisans who does not answer his taste when one asks them to make noise. The animal is born with the zoo of Atlanta where it is presented for the first time to the partisans of the city on September 4th, 1999.

At the time of the match inaugural of the team on October 2nd, 1999. Thrash is seen decreeing the record of the longest air flight inside an arena. Since its arrived at Atlanta, it is to invite to take part in birthdays, visits in the hospitals, charity works and at the time of another event special, but it always returns in its nests of Philips Arena to attend the meetings of the team.

Withdrawn numbers

Since the beginning of the frankness, Trashers withdrew only one shirt officially: the 99 of Wayne Gretzky. It was withdrawn for all the teams of the league in 1999.

Moreover, even if the 37 of daN Snyder is not withdrawn, it is not used any more by a player of the team since October 5th, 2003.

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Fishing out

Here the integral list of the choices of fishings out of Thrashers since 1999.

See also: Fishings out of Thrashers of Atlanta

Choice of first round

Each year and since 1963, the players of the leagues juniors have the possibility of signing contracts with the franknesses from the LNH. This section introduces the players who were likely to be selected by Thrashers at the time of the first round. These choices can be exchanged and thus, a year Thrashers can not have had a choice of first round very well.

Player with the Matches of Stars

This list shows the name of the players having represented Thrashers at the time of the Match of Stars of the National league of hockey.
  • 2000 : Petr Buzek
  • 2001 : Donald Audette carried out a master key for the victory of the team of North America against the rest of the world over the score from 14 to 12.
  • 2002: Dany Heatley and Ilya Kovalchuk represents the team of Thrashers and plays in the match of the young people. With 7 points, Kovalchuk is the high-speed motorboat of the match whereas Heatley registers a goal and two master keys.
  • 2003 : Heatley registered four goals and a decisive master key and was seen decreed the title of MVP of the match.
  • 2004 : Kovalchuk registered a goal contributing to success of its conference on the score from 6 to 4.
  • 2007: Marián Hossa carried out four decisive master keys but could not prevent the defeat of its conference guided by Bob Hartley (trainer-assistant) on the score of 12 goals to 9. The goalkeeper Kari Lehtonen was also selected for the match of the hopes. Hossa

Statistics of the team

Better markers

Here the list of the ten better pointer of the frankness, the legend is read as follows: PJ = left played, B = goals, has = assistances, Pts = points and Pun = minutes of punishments. The player in fat always evolve/move for Thrashers and their statistics can further increase.

Assistances with the parts

This table presents the number of spectator present at the parts of Thrashers in regular season. The skating rink making: 18545 places, the total assistance and the average by matches as well as the matches with closed counters are listed.

Records

This list indicates the players active or last holding the records individual of the history of Thrashers.

  • larger many minutes of Punishments: Jeff Odgers (532).

  • larger many gaining goals: Ilya Kovalchuk (27).

  • larger many parts played for a defender: Chris Tamer (339).

  • greater number of goals for a defender: Yannick Tremblay (33).

  • larger many minutes of punishments for a defender: Chris Tamer (503).

  • larger many victories for a guard: Kari Lehtonen (58).

  • larger many washings for a guard: Kari Lehtonen (7).

  • larger many consecutive parts with at least points: Marián Hossa (11 matches).

  • larger many consecutive parts with at least goals: Ilya Kovalchuk (7 matches).

  • larger many consecutive parts with at least a master key: Vyacheslav Kozlov (7 matches).

  • larger numbers of trick of the hat (hat trick): Ilya Kovalchuk (7).

  • larger numbers of shooting of punishment: Marián Hossa (6).

Trophies

; Trophy Calder This trophy rewards the best player in his first season LNH (see detail in the article recruit).

; Trophy Maurice Richard The trophy Maurice Richard is a gift of the Canadian of Montreal to the National league of hockey in 1999, in order to reward the player having marked the most goals in regular season.

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