thrasherstalons.blogspot.com - 12/21/2008
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The Thrashers are headed for their 11 th entry draft next summer. For 10 of those 11 years the Thrashers have sat in the first row of tables (reserved for those teams with the lowest points the prior season). Slowly, year-by-year and step-by-step the appetite for NHL hockey is being killed off ...
fromtherink.com - 12/22/2008
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fromtherink.com —
The prices keep getting cheaper and cheaper for
tickets. For five years I purchased full season tickets....
In most years it was my primary entertainment expenditure. To have NHL season tickets was a dream of mine since I was a 15-year-old kid ...
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Atlanta: A case study in how to kill a fan base
ajc.com - 12/23/2008
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ajc.com —
A day after the longest night of the
year, Atlanta’s hockey team took a long winter’s nap....
The Thrashers slept soundly in front of a Philips Arena crowd announced as 16,413 people, and with the lamp behind their net lighting half a dozen times. They ...
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Thrashers 'outplayed' in loss to Leafs
community.post-gazette.com - 12/18/2008
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community.post-gazette.com —
A preview of the Thrashers . Record: 10-16-4
Leading Scorer: Ilya Kovalchuk, 31 points (11 goals, 20...
assists). Last Game: 4-1 win at Ottawa Tuesday . Former Penguins forward Colby Armstrong scored two goals. Last Game against the ...
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About the Thrashers - 12-18-08
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Atlanta: A case study in how to kill a fan base
From The Rink —
... the tickets were cheap. I rejoiced in the victories and sorrowed in the many many losses. But I figured better days were ahead and we would someday have great seats for playoff games. But the good days never arrived and every year we had to deal with drunk college students with discounted tickets in front of us standing up in the middle of the play like they were at a Braves game and the pitcher was up to bat. Every year the people sitting around us paid less than what we had.
— Thrashers blogger The Falconer
Atlanta's announcing 14,181 ...
Preview: Maple Leafs at A Dying Franchise
Pension Plan Puppets —
... At the end of the day, however, when your best fans are starting to do this rather than pay for season tickets you do not have much time to act and step one is firing Don Waddell. ...
Atlanta incoming: Please, for Christmas, just one win?
Lighthouse Hockey —
... has gone into excellent detail recently about the missteps in Atlanta -- not just for the on-ice product but the general erosion of their brand with season-ticket holders. It's an excellent fan's-eye perspective. ...
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NYT > Hockey 12/21/2008
ATLANTA (AP) -- Kari Lehtonen gave up goals on the first two shots he faced in his first game in seven weeks, but didn't let another puck get past him until late in the Atlanta Thrashers' 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night. > ...
