The Atlanta Thrashers are an American professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).[1] The team joined the NHL in 1999 as an expansion team. The Thrashers have played their home games at the Philips Arena since their inaugural season.[2] The Thrashers are owned by Atlanta Spirit, LLC, and Rick Dudley is their general manager.[3]
There have been five head coaches for the Thrashers franchise. The team's first head coach was Curt Fraser, who coached for three seasons. Bob Hartley is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games coached (291), the most regular-season game wins (136), the most regular-season points (309), and the only Thrashers head coach to coach playoff game with 4. All of the Thrashers head coaches except for Hartley have spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Thrashers. John Anderson was the head coach of the Thrashers from 2008 to 2010.[4] Craig Ramsay has been the head coach since 2010.[5]
Key[]
| # | Number of coaches |
| GC | Games coached |
| W | Wins = 2 points |
| L | Losses = 0 points |
| T | Ties = 1 point |
| OT | Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point[ |
| PTS | Points |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| * | Spent entire NHL head coaching career with the Thrashers |
Coaches[]
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2009–10 season.
| # | Name | Term[c] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | W | L | T/OT | PTS | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
| 1 | Curt Fraser* | 1999–2002 | 279 | 64 | 169 | 46 | 174 | .312 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2 | Don Waddelll* | 2002–2003 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .450 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Bob Hartley | 2003–2007 | 291 | 136 | 118 | 37 | 309 | .531 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .000 | ||
| — | Don Waddell* | 2007–2008 | 76 | 34 | 34 | 8 | 76 | .500 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 4 | John Anderson* | 2008–2010 | 164 | 70 | 75 | 19 | 159 | .482 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Craig Ramsay | 2010–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | ||
Notes[]
- a A running total of the number of coaches of the Thrashers. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms as head coach is only counted once.
- b Before the 2005–06 season, the NHL instituted a penalty shootout for regular season games that remained tied after a five-minute overtime period, which prevented ties.[1]
- c Each year is linked to an article about that particular NHL season.