General Information About Atlanta Thrashers

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The Atlanta Thrashers are a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League. Since the team's inception, their home games have been played at Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta. The Thrashers have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs once in their ten seasons in the NHL, during the 2006–07 season.

Since the team's inception, their home games have been played at Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta. The Thrashers have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs once in their ten seasons in the NHL, during the 2006–07 season.

The current Atlanta Thrashersare ice blue, navy blue, red and gold. In 2003, the NHL decided to switch home and road jerseys. In 2007, Reebok came out with the new jerseys as part of the rollout of the RBK Edge Uniform System. The piping has only changed for the Thrasher's jerseys. Atlanta unveiled its new third jersey, red with white and gold trim on October 10, 2008. The team's mascot is Thrash, a Brown Thrasher which also ...
... is the official state bird of Georgia. The Thrashers fan base and Philips Arena is often referred to as "Blueland".

The 2010–11 Atlanta Thrashers season is the 12th season of the franchise in the National Hockey League. On June 24, the team named Craig Ramsay as the new head coach. Ramsay, who had been an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins for the previous three seasons, had played with Dudley with the Buffalo Sabres during his playing career. In the following weeks the Thrashers hired an Associate coach, John Torchetti, and a Assistant coach, Mike Stothers. The team also hired Clint Malarchuk as the team’s goaltending consultant. The Thrashers will attempt to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2006–07 season.