23 May, 2012

Category Archives: Atlanta Thrashers

Bettman’s Southern Chickens, Coming Home To Roost

1 June, 2011

I want hockey, at its highest level, hosted only where it is loved — not where it’s the whim marketing experiment of an expansion-impulsive commissioner, but rather where it’s loved. It has to be this way, because hockey will ever encounter regional biases and prejudices and durable conflicts of culture; it is at its essence [...]

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The First Shoe Has Fallen

19 May, 2011

An agreement to sell the National Hockey League’s Atlanta Thrashers to a Winnipeg group which plans to relocate the franchise to the Manitoba capital is done.

Sources confirmed tonight that preparations are being made for an announcement Tuesday, confirming the sale and transfer of the Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League and the MTS Centre arena, which would become the NHL team’s new home.

Also filed in Gary Bettman, Much-needed relocation, National Hockey League, Southeast Division, The Great Old Patrick Division, Winnipeg Jets | Comments (0)

Are the Southeast’s Walls Crumbling Down?

12 May, 2011

It was eye-catching and amusing, beholding the verb tense in the opening couple of sentences of the Atlanta Thrashers’ Wikipedia entry: “The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. They were members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).” The entry [...]

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A Tale of Two Niche Sport Commissioners

24 February, 2011

Seldom do I expect to write about professional golf on this blog, but something about this week’s PGA Tour event in Arizona caught my eye. The American pro golf tour this week is hosting one of its corporation-concocted “World Championship” events, and its format is most distinctive: match play, as opposed to stroke play. Sixty [...]

Also filed in Gary Bettman, National Hockey League, Other sports, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

Snowed Out from a Sour Message

8 February, 2011

Funny story: about two weeks ago I got a fresh request to appear on 106.7 the Fan’s ‘Overtime‘ evening program, but I fielded the request while in one of the few Bethesda, Md., commercial properties with power that night (a bar); we’d just been snow-blasted by Mother Nature. My home — Pepco-powered — was of [...]

Also filed in 106.7 the Fan, Bruce Boudreau, Danny Rouhier, George McPhee, John Carlson, Karl Alzner, National Hockey League, OFB, Radio, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

Bloggers’ Concluding Winter Classic 2011 Notebook

4 January, 2011

More than 500 members of the media representing more than 125 outlets descended upon Pittsburgh for the Winter Classic last weekend; we were fortunate enough to be included among them. This was a monumental moment in Washington Capitals history, and we couldn’t have chronicled it as we did absent the proactive and pioneering assistance of [...]

Also filed in Hartford Whalers, hockey blogging, Media, National Hockey League, New media, OFB, Pittsburgh Penguins, Quebec Nordiques, Quebec the Very Serious Hockey Town, Southeast Division, Ted Leonsis, The Great Old Patrick Division, The Red Army, Washington Capitals, Winter Classic 2011 | Comments (2)

Must-see Saturday Night Puck on Long Island? Yes, for Nordiques’ Fans

11 December, 2010

I love stories like this: tonight the New York Islanders host the vastly improved but still seriously under-loved at home Atlanta Thrashers. As you might imagine, tickets on eBay for this battle not so royale are fetching something less than top dollar (Are there tickets on eBay for this? Is there a Long Island public [...]

Also filed in contraction, Gary Bettman, Hockey Towns, National Hockey League, New York Islanders, Quebec Nordiques, Quebec the Very Serious Hockey Town, Southeast Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (2)

Caps’ 3-1 Loss Disappointing, But Boudreau’s Press Conference Isn’t

5 December, 2010

The three most interesting minutes of hockey at the Verizon Center last night didn’t happen on the ice– it came when Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau was analyzing his team’s 3-1 loss to Atlanta during his post-game presser. Boudreau was frank about why a team with as much firepower and as many chances as the [...]

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Semin Leaves Them Hatless, Caps Win OT With A Flash: Caps 4 / Thrash 3 – OT

23 October, 2010
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Starting Off With A Stinker

9 October, 2010

Tonight the Washington Capitals went down south to face a supposedly-inferior opponent—a team they should beat with their eyes closed.

After a stunning injury to the Thrashers’ starting netminder (he’s okay, by the way, but it was a scary moment), followed shortly after by a Brooks Laich tap-in, Atlanta reminded the Capitals to take nothing for granted.

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Bruce Boudreau, Nicklas Backstrom, Southeast Division, Tomas Fleischmann, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

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