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Sign the Petition to Save the Thrashers
Atlanta is the only team to lose a sports franchise to Canada twice. Here's how some people are fighting back.
The Thrashers are headed north.
The AJC reports that the Atlanta pro-hockey team has been sold to a company in Winnepeg, pending ratification by the NHL Board of Governors.
Atlanta Spirit will sell the Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment after a June 21 meeting by the Board, the AJC reports.
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However, some are taking a stand. You can sign the petition to the NHL Board of Governors to keep the Thrashers in Atlanta here.
The vote will require a 75 percent approval from the Board of Governors, the AJC reported.
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This sale comes 31 years after Atlanta lost the Flames to Calgary.
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