Rich Peverley News

We are settled in high above the ice about an hour before game time. A couple of notes from last night's game: * Max Afinogenov extended his point streak to five games with his goal in the final seconds Saturday.

The Thrashers defenseman is on a rehab assignment in Chicago after ankle surgery.

You know the Atlanta Thrashers, right? The team that had two winning records in its first nine seasons.

Patrice Bergeron scored the only goal of the shootout and the Boston Bruins snapped Atlanta's four-game winning streak, beating the Thrashers 4-3 on Thursday night.

A quick glance at the Atlanta Thrashers ' stat sheet might suggest more of the same for the beleaguered Southern franchise.

Pavel Kubina missed Sunday's game against Edmonton with what the team announced as "lower body soreness." The defenseman missed time at the end of Friday's win over Los Angeles after he was hit by a shot.

Given that the Thrashers are 10-6-1 and currently riding a four-game win streak, there have been quite a few pleasant surprises seen so far.

Slava Kozlov has had one of the more frustrating beginnings to the season of any player in the league: grand larceny by goaltenders, countless shots off of the post and a disallowed goal or two.

Slava Kozlov hopes his first goal is the start of something good. Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.

It wasn't the original plan to put Max Afinogenov with his Russian speaking counterparts on the Thrashers' top line.

The Thrashers weren't sure if they were going to get Ilya Kovalchuk back by the end of their upcoming homestand.

Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists in his first game back from a foot injury and Rich Peverley scored once and set up two goals in the Atlanta Thrashers' 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.

The New York Rangers hope to have their star goaltender back between the pipes tonight when they welcome the Atlanta Thrashers for a battle at Madison Square Garden.

When Rich Peverley signed the first seven-figure deal of his career a few weeks back, he could have been excused for splurging on something to celebrate.

Thrasher-Math 101 class at the University of Thrasherville...the rowdiest class on the cyber-campus assembles...Professor Rawhide takes the lectern OK, class...settle down...quiet now, please, class... Class? ...CLASS? ... SHUT UP!!! ahem ...Thank you.

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On Sunday night, the Thrashers hosted the St. Louis Blues in the Philips Arena. It's surprising just a few days ago I had written that the Thrashers needed to change up their defensive pairings, which would guide them to better defense and wins.

Eds: APNewsNow. Thrashers 3, Blues 2, SO. AP Photo GAGS104, GAGS102, GAGS101 By GEORGE HENRY Associated Press Writer ATLANTA Defensemen Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey forced overtime with third-period goals, and Rich Peverley and Slava Kozlov scored in a shootout to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 3-2 victory over the St.

October has come and gone...as has 10 games of the 2009-10 Thrashers campaign. So here are my "good, un-good and ugly" of the season so far.

Ya know...it's too bad that this season is an Olympic year, causing the NHL to skip having an All-Star Game as to allow players to participate in the festivities in Vancouver.