Inside the area - I guess this is the old scoreboard from the Omni.
Pregame introuctions - they have fire breathing "thrasher" birds. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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Faceoff in front of Curtis Joseph. [Crop/Zoom: 2590x1945]
An early-game fight. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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Jarome Iginla. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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Mark Recchi. [Larger: 1744x1308]
They clean up the ice during TV timeouts. [Larger: 1744x1308]
The University of Rochester Yellow Jackets, who had earlier performed the national anthems.
2nd period faceoff, 2-0 Calgary after 1. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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The Thrashers finally got on the board, making it 3-1. [Larger: 1744x1308]
Eric Perrin. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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Another Atlanta goal. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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During the second period break, prizes were thrown down from the rafters attached to little parachutes. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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More parachuting prizes. [Larger: 1744x1308]
They also had this guy shooting prizes into the crowd. [Larger: 1744x1308]
And this thing. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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Back to hockey. [Larger: 1744x1308]
Thrashers goal. [Larger: 1744x1308]
More fire breathing. [Larger: 1744x1308]
The Thrashers have a 5-4 lead late. [Larger: 1744x1308]
And an empty netter. [Larger: 1744x1308]
Completing an Ilya Kovalchuk hat trick. [Larger: 1744x1308]
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