http://www.thrasherstickets.com Just another GreatSeats Blogs weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:39:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Bud L. Ellis Now that the Atlanta Thrashers had filled the veteran portion of their goaltending rotation, it was time to sign the young netminder the organization feels can be a star one day in the National Hockey League. Ondrej Pavelec and the team agreed on a two-year ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/07/27/thrashers-ink-goaltender-pavelec-to-two-year-deal/ By Bud L. Ellis For the sixth consecutive season, the Atlanta Thrashers will skate on Sports Radio 680 The Fan. Cumulus Media and Dickey Broadcasting Company announced Monday the Thrashers will once again call 680 AM its flagship station, anchoring an 18-station radio network throughout Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/07/20/thrashers-staying-on-680-the-fan/ By Bud L. Ellis He’s one of those guys every successful hockey team needs. He’s not flashy – except when he flashes his fists to stick up for his teammates. Eric Boulton plays the game hard, grinding in the corners and taking out opponents trying to break free up the ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/07/13/thrashers-resign-physical-leader-boulton/ By Bud L. Ellis The offseason makeover of the Atlanta Thrashers continued Monday, with the hiring of Mike Stothers to finish out the coaching staff. Stothers comes to Atlanta after a career spent coaching mostly in the minor leagues. He did spent 2000-02 behind the bench with the Philadelphia Flyers, ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/07/12/thrashers-round-out-coaching-staff/ By Bud L. Ellis Fans of the Atlanta Thrashers are accustomed to seeing the team make a bevy of moves in the offseason, only to be disappointed with the results on the ice the following winter. That comes with the territory when you’ve made the NHL playoffs just once in ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/07/09/thrashers-hope-summer-moves-pay-off-this-winter/ By Bud L. Ellis Four days after another season ended with the Atlanta Thrashers looking from the outside at the NHL playoffs, the franchise made wholesale changes in the hope of skating past game No. 82 next spring. The Thrashers fired head coach John Anderson and the entire coaching ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/04/15/after-missing-playoffs-again-thrashers-make-major-changes/ By Bud L. Ellis   Down two goals on the road against one of the top teams in the NHL, the Atlanta Thrashers dug deep and entered the Olympic break with momentum.   The Thrashers scored three times in the second period, fought hard through overtime and eventually lost in a shootout Saturday night ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/02/14/thrashers-end-road-swing-with-point-at-chicago/ By Bud L. Ellis   In eight years, Ilya Kovalchuk wrote his name all over the Atlanta Thrashers’ record book, becoming the franchise’s cornerstone and the face of hockey in Atlanta.   That era ended Thursday night with the soon-to-be free-agent Kovalchuk packing his bags for New Jersey and the Thrashers looking to move ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/02/04/kovy-era-over-thrashers-trade-star-to-new-jersey/ By Bud L. Ellis   The Atlanta Thrashers find themselves in a logjam for the final Eastern Conference playoffs spots. Every game leading up to the Olympic break is critical for a team that’s fighting to be in position to make a postseason push come March.   This is not the time the Thrashers ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/02/02/thrashers-face-nemesis-as-playoff-chase-heats-up/ By Bud L. Ellis   When locked in a tight race for the playoffs, missed opportunities are accentuated. Thus was the case with the Atlanta Thrashers on a frosty Saturday night in Nashville.   Giving up a goal on the opening faceoff of the third period Saturday night proved too much for Atlanta to ... http://www.thrasherstickets.com/2010/01/31/thrashers-drop-in-standings-after-tough-loss-in-nashville/