Colby Armstrong News

After his team played poorly the night before, Thrashers coach John Anderson challenged his players to focus on fundamental hockey.

The Atlanta Thrashers are perfect for the month of the November. as they start out witha two-game winning streaka 'tying their best winning streak for the third time this season.

The Thrashers have been waiting almost three weeks for the puck to bounce their way.

The Atlanta Thrashers will aim for their longest winning streak of the season when they welcome the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets for an interconference battle tonight at Philips Arena.

The 22-year-old Thrashers goaltender made his coach look toward the opposing bench Saturday.

When the Atlanta Thrashers learned last week that captain Ilya Kovalchuk would miss several weeks with an injury, general manager Don Waddell called it an opportunity for other players to step up.

DETROIT 2, BOSTON 0: Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored in the first period, then Chris Osgood, right, finished with his first shutout of the season to give the Red Wings a victory over the visiting Bruins.

Colby Armstrong could feel the blood pouring down his face. The Thrashers forward had been hit with a stick during an early season game against Ottawa, opening a gash in his left eyebrow.

Yes, Alexander Ovechkin is that good. The Washington forward scored two first-period goals to lead the Capitals to a 4-3 victory over the Thrashers on Thursday at Philips Arena.

The Vancouver Giants' loss is the Atlanta rental market's gain. It's hardly a surprise, given the way he's played, but Giants product Evander Kane admitted Tuesday that the Atlanta Thrashers have told him that he can move out of the hotel he's been staying in and find permanent accommodations in the city.

Shortly after John Anderson was hired as the new bench boss of the Thrashers, I had the opportunity to chat with him regarding the team he had just inherited to coach.

Usual Suspects On Hot Stove, head shots and Gemini honours Strachan gets dropped from HNIC intermission feature, broadcasters are doing a better job tackling the concussion issue and TSN scores a broadcasting awards hat trick Bruce Dowbiggin Published on Wednesday, Oct.

It's no surprise that the Capitals are the early front- runners in the Southeast Division.

You don't just see Ron Hainsey play hockey so much as you hear him. The Thrashers defenseman is vocal, on and off the ice.

Just gotta be honest with ya, the Thrashers can thank their lucky stars they got out of Montreal with a pointa those stars, of course, being Ondrej Pavelec and Colby Armstrong on this night.

Scott Gomez notched the winner in a shootout as Montreal survived Atlanta, 2-1, at Bell Centre.

An initially dominating defense has given way to a suddenly prolific offense, but victories have remained the constant for the Buffalo Sabres in the early going.

Unlike the last couple of seasons, when game number two followed right behind game number one the very next night, we are being forced to endure five days in between Saturdays 6-3 romp over the Bolts and Thursday's game in St.

Just before tonighta TMs match of between the Atlanta Thrashers and The St.Louis Blues, the Thrashers announced they placed defenseman Boris Valabik on injured reserve after surgery to repair a high ankle sprain.

Two games. Two souvenir pucks. It hasn't taken Thrashers rookie Evander Kane long to start collecting mementos of his NHL career.