Category 5: Thrashers vs Hurricanes

One of our divisional rivalries blew into town on Thursday, The Carolina Hurricanes. Surprisingly, this was the first time we have played the Hurricanes this season. The Thrashers have been playing really well, so the home town was hoping for a victory.


Ladd chants with his old Stanley Cup winning buddy, Cam Ward.



Boultsie still has a bit of a shaved head.



Sopel is pretty predictable in warm ups. He and his position never change, but the opponents in the back do.



Thanks for the cheesy smile Nik. Your hair looks awesome, the wings are perfect.



Thor blowing bubbles.



Eager checking to see if he has bad breath?



Johnny Oduya.



Buff looks deep in thought.



Hainsey getting some chuckles.



Buff's fro is getting a little wild.



The guys hanging out waiting to take some shots.



A good shot of Bolton's head. Eric Staal photobomb in the back.



Swarming the goalie.



Buff patrolling the blue line.



Eager wants to kill someone.


Ha! Even Santa is a Thrashers fan.



I guess someone has been watching Vancouver games. It takes guts to walk around in those suits lol. Freddie Falcon is dumbfounded.



A tip: If you are going to snipe front row seats, don't do it in a red leotard. Security put them back in their seats 1/2 way through the period.



Eager finally gets the chance to go with someone.



Pevs in front of the net.



Staal has the puck in the air.



At least the red guys mad it on the jumbo tron before they got booted.



Some action in front of Ward.



Cam is down, but not out. I don't understand how it's possible that Cam wasn't one of the starting goalies. He faced almost 50 shots.



Eric Staal making sure no one gets one in on Cam.



Cam takes a shot in the logo. Good thing he has pads!



With Thrash being locked up in jail, his fellow Atlanta Mascot buddies showed up to cover his shift. Harry the Hawk and Homer are out on the ice during intermission.



Harry made the rounds in the stands.



Damn Staal, trying to get on in.

Yeah, well he did. The Thrashers blew a 2 goal league and couldn't get the job done in OT. You know what that means, Thrashers Kryptonite...A shoot out.

Our first shooter was Nik Antropov, and he actually scored. There was hope!

Baby superstar Jeff Skinner comes in on Mason.



Poke checked away.



Ward makes a save, and several more.



Hurricanes win. Boo.