Snow blanked the U.S. Capitol the Atlanta Thrashers took on the Washington Capitals on Friday night. Atlanta's charter plane was unable to pick the team up in Washington on Friday night due to the storm.
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
- Snow blanked the U.S. Capitol the Atlanta Thrashers took on the Washington Capitals on Friday night. Atlanta's charter plane was unable to pick the team up in Washington on Friday night due to the storm. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
- To add insult to injury, the Thrashers dropped a 5-2 decision to the streaking Washington Capitals. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
- The Thrashers awoke the next day to a city blanketed with snow. Here, a lone brave soul walks down the driveway of the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
- All three Washington D.C. airports (Reagan National (pictured here), Dulles International and Baltimore-Washington International airports) were closed due to the blizzard, which dumped over two feet of snow in some areas of the Washington D.C. metro. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
- The Thrashers left their team hotel at 9:30 AM and took a team bus to Richmond, Virginia, approximately 120 miles to the South of Washington, to try to make a scheduled 7:00 home start against the Florida Panthers. It took about 4 1/2 hours to make the journey. The bus had a minor accident on the way. This photograph depicts road conditions on I-95 near Alexandria, Va. during the blizzard. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
- When the team arrived at the airport, the club sat on the runway for another two hours while luggage was stowed on board and the plane was de-iced twice. (This picture shows the de-icing process of a Delta plane a day prior at Reagan National Airport. The Thrashers flew a Miami Air charter jet.) (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
- The team headed back to Atlanta without their captain Ilya Kovalchuk, an eight-year fixture with the franchise. Kovalchuk was traded to the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. (AP Photo/John Amis)
- The Thrashers finally took off for Atlanta on a chartered Miami Air Boeing 737-800, which was similar to the one pictured. The flight, which was scheduled to take off at 2:40 PM took off after a 1 hour and 45 minute delay. The start time of the game was pushed back to 7:30 PM. (Miami Air)
- The Thrashers did not get back to Atlanta until almost 6:00 and arrived at the arena approximately 25 minutes later. The game was delayed for another 25 minutes. (AP Photo/John Amis)
- When play finally started at 7:53 PM, the Panthers dictated the early play, posting a pair of goals to give Florida a 2-0 lead. (AP Photo/John Amis)
- But there was fight in this Thrashers team, which tied it at 2 in a spirited second period. Atlanta blueliner Zach Bogosian helped get the crowd into it, pummeling Florida's Dominic Moore in a fracas in the final minute of the third period. (AP Photo/John Amis)
- Niclas Bergfors, one of the players acquired from the New Jersey Devils in return for Kovalchuk, helped lead the Thrashers to a much-needed win. (AP Photo/John Amis)
- He celebrated after scoring the go-ahead goal with 4:26 left in the third period. It was his first goal since December 30 vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins. (AP Photo/John Amis)
- Teammate Johan Hedberg also came up huge between the pipes, stopping 26 Florida shots. (AP Photo/John Amis)
- Rookie Evander Kane capped Atlanta's remarkable comeback, posting an empty net tally to complete the win. Kane's shot missed the net, but he was credited with a goal after Florida's Dmitry Kulikov threw his stick at the puck in frustration. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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