- Ilya Kovalchuk
Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk (Russian: Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук, Il'ja Valer'jevič Kovalčuk; born April 15, 1983, in Tver, U.S.S.R.) is a professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League.
- Kari Lehtonen
Kari Lehtonen (born November 16, 1983 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted 2nd overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers. In 2001, as the youngest goalie in the SM-liiga, he earned the league's playoff MVP award, while he was playing for Jokerit. During the 2003-2004 NHL season he played four games for the Thrashers, winning all four of them and posting one shutout.
- Don Waddell
Don Waddell (b. August 19 1958, Detroit, Michigan) is the current executive vice president and general manager of the Atlanta Thrashers and former ice hockey defenceman.
- Johan Hedberg
Johan "Moose" Hedberg (born May 5, 1973, in Leksand, Sweden) is a Swedish professional hockey goaltender with the Atlanta Thrashers in NHL.
- Mark Recchi
Mark Recchi (born February 1, 1968 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada) is an ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League. He plays right wing, is a seven-time All Star selection, and has scored over 1300 career points, including his 500th goal which came against the Dallas Stars on January 26, 2007.
- Bob Hartley
Robert "Bob" Hartley (Born September 9, 1960 in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian head coach in the National Hockey League. He is currently head coach of the Atlanta Thrashers, joining the team on Jan. 13, 2003. He previously coached the Colorado Avalanche from 1998-2002, which he won the Stanley Cup with in the 2000-01 NHL season. Hartley and his wife, Micheline, have one daughter, Kristine, and one son, Steve.
- Bobby Holik
Robert Holik (born January 1, 1971 in Jihlava, Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey player for the Atlanta Thrashers. He began playing in the NHL after being selected tenth overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1989 entry draft. After two seasons with the Whalers, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils where he played for ten seasons and won Stanley Cups in 1995 and 2000. In the 2002-03 season he went to the New York Rangers as a free agent.
- Pascal Dupuis
Pascal Dupuis (born 7 April, 1979 in Laval, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL.
- Eric Boulton
Eric Boulton (born August 17, 1976 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian professional hockey leftwinger. Boulton currently plays for the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers. He was drafted in the ninth round, 234th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. In October 2005, Boulton was suspended for 6 games after he elbowed Tampa Bay Lightning rookie Paul Ranger causing a hairline fracture of the jaw and a concussion.
- Colby Armstrong
Colby Armstrong is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was drafted by the Penguins in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft as the 21st pick overall. In the 2005–06 season, he made his NHL debut, and had a superb rookie campaign, in which he played 47 games tallying 40 points (16G, 24A) and was a team-high plus-15. Armstrong grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where he continues to live in the off-season.
- Todd White
Todd White (born May 21, 1975 in Kanata, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the Atlanta Thrashers. He played junior hockey for the Kanata Valley Lazers of the CJHL before heading to Clarkson University on a scholarship. As a senior, he was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. Todd White signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks on August 6, 1997. That year, he made his NHL debut and scored his first goal.
- Eric Perrin
Eric Perrin (Born November 1, 1975 in Laval, Quebec) is a center for the Atlanta Thrashers. He played college hockey at the University of Vermont, and went undrafted by the NHL. After spending several years playing minor league hockey, including a stint in Finland, Perrin was playing for the Hershey Bears when he was called up by the Lightning with 4 games left in the 2003-04 NHL season.
- Marián Hossa
Marián Hossa is a Slovak professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League.
- Alexei Zhitnik
Alexei Zhitnik (pronounced ZHIHT-nihk) (born October 10, 1972 in Kiev, U.S.S.R. (now Ukraine)), is a Ukrainian-born ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League.
- Scott Mellanby
Scott Edgar Mellanby (born June 11, 1966 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played right wing. He is the son of former Hockey Night in Canada producer Ralph Mellanby.
- Glen Metropolit
Glen Metropolit (born June 25 1974, in Toronto, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey forward.
- Jim Slater
Jim Slater (born December 9, 1982 in Petoskey, Michigan, United States) is a professional ice hockey center who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL. His father, Bill Slater, was a defensive lineman in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings and the New England Patriots
- Steve McCarthy
Steve McCarthy (born on February 3, 1981 in Trail, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. McCarthy was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks with the twenty-third pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He made his debut in the 1999-2000 NHL season and he recorded an assist on his first shift.
- Steve Rucchin
Steve Rucchin (born July 4, 1971 Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a centre who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. Rucchin played high school hockey for Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London, Ontario. His coach happened to also be an assistant with the University of Western Ontario and recruited him. He was an Ontario University All-Star in three of his four seasons there, …
- Jason Krog
Jason Krog (born October 9, 1975 in Fernie, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League.
- Marcel Hossa
Marcel Hossa (born October 12, 1981 in Ilava, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak ice hockey player for the New York Rangers franchise of the National Hockey League. He wears sweater number 81, playing either left or right wing. He was selected in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 16th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens and played his first three NHL seasons for them. He was traded to the Rangers in exchange for forward Garth Murray.
- Garnet Exelby
Garnet Exelby (born August 16, 1981 in Craik, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian professional hockey defenceman currently playing for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL. Exelby was drafted by the Thrashers in Round 8, 217th overall at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Having already spent one year playing junior hockey for the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL, Exelby played the next two seasons at the WHL with the Blades and the Regina Pats.
- Bryan Little
Bryan Little (born November 12, 1987 in Edmonton, Alberta -- Raised in Cambridge, Ontario) is an ice hockey player and captain of the Barrie Colts of the OHL. He was selected first round, 12th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers. He won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2007 World Junior Hockey Championship. He played Junior B. for the Cambridge Winterhawks, and attended Southwood Secondary School.
- Braydon Coburn
Braydon Coburn (born February 27, 1985 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.
- Greg de Vries
Greg de Vries (born on January 4, 1973 in Sundridge, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player and a defenseman for the Nashville Predators. At 6 feet 3 inches and 215 pounds, de Vries was signed by the Edmonton Oilers in 1994 as an undrafted free agent. In 1998 he was traded to the Nashville Predators, but less than a month later was traded to the Colorado Avalanche for a second round draft pick.
- Shane Hnidy
Shane Hnidy (born November 8, 1975 in Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada) is a professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the National Hockey League's Anaheim Ducks. He was drafted in the 7th round (173rd overall) in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres, although he played no games for the team. He has also played for the Atlanta Thrashers, Ottawa Senators and Nashville Predators.
- Ken Klee
Ken Klee (born 24 April, 1971 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Atlanta Thrashers.
- Vyacheslav Kozlov
Vyacheslav 'Slava' Kozlov is a Russian ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL. Kozlov was drafted 45th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. He became a regular player with Detroit in the 1993-94 NHL season. After the Red Wings acquired Igor Larionov in 1995, coach Scotty Bowman created a 5-man Russian unit (the "Russian Five") consisting of forwards Kozlov, Sergei Fedorov and Larionov, …
- Jon Sim
Jonathan Sim (born September 29, 1977 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. He is a forward for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League.
- Brad Larsen
Brad Larsen (born June 28, 1977 in Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada) is a professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League. Larsen was drafted 87th overall by the Colorado Avalanche in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.
- Chris Kunitz
Chris Kunitz (born September 26, 1979 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a professional ice hockey left wing who currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL.
- Vitaly Vishnevski
Vitaly Vishnevski (born March 18, 1980 in Kharkov, U.S.S.R., now Ukraine) is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the NHL's New Jersey Devils. After playing in Russia for Torpedo Yaroslavl, Vishnevski was drafted 5th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He scored a career high 16 points (6 goals and 10 assists) in the 2003-04 NHL season.
- Mike Weaver
Mike Weaver (born 2 May, 1978 in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. Weaver was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Thrashers on 15 June, 2000. Weaver has currently played 149 career NHL games, notching up 3 goals and 21 assists for 24 points.
- Ray Ferraro
Ray Ferraro (born August 23, 1964 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired professional hockey player for the NHL. He played for the Hartford Whalers (1984-1991), New York Islanders (1991-1995), New York Rangers (1995-1996), Los Angeles Kings (1996-1999), Atlanta Thrashers (1999-2002) and St. Louis Blues (2002). His nickname was the "Big Ball of Hate". Ferraro was a prolific scorer in Junior Hockey, …
- Niko Kapanen
Niko Klaus Petteri Kapanen (born 29 April 1978 in Hattula, Finland) is a professional ice hockey center for the Phoenix Coyotes. Kapanen was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 6th round as the 173rd overall pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. During the 2005-6 season, Kapanen recorded a career high in goals (14), and points (35). He scored his first career hat trick on February 9, 2006 against the Phoenix Coyotes in a 5-1 victory.
- Chris Thorburn
Chris Thorburn (born June 3, 1983 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) is an ice hockey centre. He was drafted 50th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. On October 3, 2006, Thorburn was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Penguins. After one season with the Penguins, Thorburn was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers for a third-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
- Shean Donovan
Shean Donovan (born 22 January 1975 in Timmins, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. He plays for the Ottawa Senators as a right winger. A skillful winger with great skating ability, Donovan was drafted by the San Jose Sharks 27th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft and played his first full season in 1995/96. He spent four seasons with the Sharks before being traded to the Colorado Avalanche where he spent three seasons, …
- Darren Haydar
Darren Haydar (born October 22, 1979 in Milton, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey player who plays for the Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League. Prior to turning professional Haydar played four years (1998-2002) for the University of New Hampshire, scoring 219 points with 102 goals. In 2002 he was named a 1st Team All American and was Hockey East Player of the Year. He was drafted 248th overall by Nashville Predators in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
- Brian McGrattan
Brian McGrattan (born September 2, 1981, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player for the NHL's Ottawa Senators. McGrattan is an enforcer who made a solid reputation for himself, particularly during the American Hockey League's 2004-2005 season when he established an all-time league record for penalty minutes in a single season (551). Although he's has just begun his career in the NHL, …
- Darcy Hordichuk
Darcy Hordichuk (born August 10, 1980 in Kamsack, Saskatchewan) is a professional hockey player for the NHL's Nashville Predators. Hordichuk has also played with the Atlanta Thrashers, the Phoenix Coyotes, and the Florida Panthers. Hordichuk was drafted in 2000 by the Atlanta Thrashers as the 180th overall pick in the 6th round. He plays left wing. Hordichuk is well-known in the NHL for being a very physical player and an accomplished fighter.