The Thrashers played their final game in Atlanta on April 10, 2011. Almost two months later, on May 31, 2011, the announcement came. It was what every fan wanted and hated. The Good: After years on ...

The Atlanta Thrashers were an important part of Atlanta tradition and NHL history from 1999 to 2011, when they relocated to Winnipeg and became the reincarnated Winnipeg Jets. Mar 29, 2011; Montreal, ...

NEW YORK — If ticket sales and optimism count, the former Thrashers franchise is going to do a whole lot better in Winnipeg than it ever did in 13 years in Atlanta. What was all but inevitable after ...

A timeline of the Atlanta Thrashers, who announced Tuesday the franchise has been sold and will move to Winnipeg: June 25, 1997 - Atlanta is awarded an NHL expansion franchise to begin play two years ...

Chris Thorburn’s phone rang just as an excavator was about to break ground on a backyard swimming pool at his Atlanta-area home. It was 10 years ago, May 31, 2011, and Kevin Cheveldayoff was on the ...

Chris Thorburn remembers the exact moment when he learned that he and his young family would be relocating from Atlanta to Winnipeg. In the spring of 2011, the Atlanta Thrashers forward was getting ...

True North Sports and Entertainment and the NHL announced that an agreement had been reached to sell the Atlanta Thrashers and move them to Winnipeg next season. As Katie Carrera reported: As expected ...

Atlanta's financially troubled NHL team, The Thrashers, could be sold as early as this weekend, WXIA-TV reported Friday, citing an undisclosed source. An owner of the team told a WXIA reporter ...

Fans react to a goal scored by Atlanta Thrashers center Nik Antropov, foreground, during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP ...