Tonight is a good night to be a fan of the Atlanta Thrashers team after the team has clinch the round one victory with a hard fought game six win on the road in Carolina. The team started the series with back to back OT loss's at home, a determined bunch went down tobacco road for games 3 (an OT win) and 4 (a 1 goal win), the pivotal game 5 went to Atlanta in another one goal win. In game six the Thrashers went in and took the 3 straight playoff game played in Raleigh with a 3-1 win in the clinching game..

Key Stat of the series- Carolina PP only 2 goals on 40 chances.

Key performers- M.Turco 1.91 GAA and a .928 save% make him the series MVP.

Key underperformer- UFA D.Boyle, was -4 and only had 2 assists in his 6 playoff games in Carolina.

Key longterm outlook- With this being a division matchup and the losing team having two very key UFA's in Kippersoft, and D.Boyle, this postseason was the Canes chance to make a run an unseat the Thrashers as the top team from the Southeast. With Atlanta coming out on top could they continue to add to back to back division titles.