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Nashville Predators

Predators trying to bounce back after last season’s expensive flop

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

September 27, 2025

The Nashville Predators are looking to bounce back after a big flop last season. The Predators were a Stanley Cup favorite after signing big names like Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault only to finish with the third-worst record in the NHL.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Predators

Predators expect captain Roman Josi back for camp despite health diagnosis

By The Associated Press

June 20, 2025

Nashville captain Roman Josi is expected at training camp after the Predators said the defenseman was diagnosed with postural tachycardia syndrome or POTS late last season.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Predators, Roman Josi

Listen: After neo-Nazis target Black children, Nashville comes out to support them

By Marianna Bacallao

September 30, 2024

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To celebrate national United Against Hate Day of Action, kids got a special visit from Nashville’s major sports leagues.

Filed Under: Metro, Race & Equity, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Aftyn Behn, Hany Mukhtar, Looby Community Center, Nashville Predators, Nashville SC, neo-nazi, Tennessee Titans, Zulfat Suara

Nashville Predators sign Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei in free agency frenzy; Guentzel signs in Tampa

By Stephen Whyno, APandJohn Wawrow, AP

July 1, 2024

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The Nashville Predators made a huge splash when free agency opened Monday by signing Stanley Cup champion forwards Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Marchessault in a series of moves topping $100 million that made Smashville the center of attention on a record-setting, billion-dollar day across the NHL.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, hockey, Nashville Predators, NHL

NashVillager Podcast: Nashville’s pro sports playbook

By Nina Cardona

June 25, 2024

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How did Nashville end up with four pro sports teams? Plus the local news for June 25, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: hockey, Nashville Predators, Sports, Sports Authority

Barry Trotz switched from NHL coach to GM. It has been a success with Predators back in the playoffs.

By Teresa M. Walker, AP

April 17, 2024

Barry Trotz never put a label on whether he was rebuilding, retooling or simply trying to reset the Nashville Predators during his first season as general manager. Revival might be the best word to describe what he has done.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, hockey, Nashville Predators, NHL

Out, About: Ice, ice, baby. Hockey’s (almost) back!

By Rachel Iacovone

September 29, 2023

Yes, I am from Florida, which famously has no winter. But I am the biggest hockey fan. Well, second biggest.

Filed Under: NashVillager, Out About, Sports Tagged With: hockey, Nashville Predators

TSU is getting even cooler. Say hello to the nation’s first HBCU ice hockey team.

By Rachel Iacovone

June 28, 2023

Tennessee State University has officially scored the first hockey team at a historically Black college or university.

Filed Under: Education, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: HBCU, hockey, Nashville Predators, NHL, Predators, Tennessee State University, TSU

Outgoing Predators GM David Poile on his ‘Smashville’ legacy

By Elizabeth Burton

June 15, 2023

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It is hard to imagine the Nashville Predators without general manager David Poile.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Nashville Predators

The case of the missing fang and the meteoric rise of Nashville’s beloved hockey team

By Rose Gilbert

April 1, 2022

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This Is Nashville multimedia producer Rose Gilbert heard that the Nashville Predators’ symbol was inspired by a real saber-toothed tiger that once roamed the area we now know as downtown. Her journey to find more took her all the way back to the Ice Age.

Filed Under: Features, History, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Predators, Predators

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