Nashville’s Attention Turns To Shea Weber And Ryan Suter : May 08, 2012

The Nashville Predators truly felt that they were a Stanley Cup contender when they entered the postseason this year. Things looked good when they dismissed arch-rivals Detroit in just five...

Trotz Expected To Turn Back To Offensive Stars : May 06, 2012

The Nashville Predators are on the brink of playoff elimination after losing 1-0 in Game 4 to the Phoenix Coyotes. It looks like head coach Barry Trotz is about to...

Trotz Takes Risk; Sticks With Nashville Line-up : May 04, 2012

It was probably always inevitable, but Nashville Predators' coach Barry Trotz made it official on Friday afternoon when he announced that forwards Andrei Kostitsyn and Alexander Radulov would not be...

Will Suspensions Of Andrei Kostitsyn and Alexander Radulov Unite Or Divide? : May 01, 2012

The Nashville Predators made a pretty big decision on Tuesday when they announced that forwards Alexander Radulov ad Andrei Kostitsyn had been suspended from Game 3 of Nashville's series against...

NHL Playoffs Preview: Phoenix Coyotes v Nashville Predators : April 26, 2012

The second round of the NHL playoffs kicks off on Friday night when the Nashville Predators travel to face the Phoenix Coyotes. The first round created plenty of stories, contained...

Quick First Look At Western Conference Match-ups : April 25, 2012

The 2012 NHL playoffs have thrown up their fair share of surprises already. The Western conference semi-finals are comprised entirely of teams that have never won a Stanley Cup before....

Nashville Advance; Ready To Do More This Time : April 22, 2012

The Nashville Predators have beaten the team that they have always measured themselves up to in the first round of the playoffs. The Detroit Red Wings had defeated them in...

Don’t Forget About Nashville’s Kevin Klein : April 18, 2012

Shea Weber and Ryan Suter may well be the cornerstones of the Nashville Predators, but there is another blue-liner who deserves mention in Barry Trotz's line-up. The 27-year old was...

NHL Playoffs Preview: Nashville Predators v Detroit Red Wings : April 09, 2012

The NHL playoffs kick off on Wednesday. Few things are more exciting than the two months of NHL playoff action, the eight series all have their stories to tell. The...

Nashville Get Home Ice Chance Against Detroit : April 08, 2012

The Nashville Predators are set to face-off against the Detroit Red Wings in an exciting playoff series. The two Central division rivals have been neck and neck through most of...

Radulov Returns To Nashville : March 22, 2012

Alexander Radulov sat in front of the Nashville media this week for the first time since his infamous runaway to the KHL. Radulov was considered to be the leading offensive...

Nashville: Better To Leave Radulov Alone? : March 13, 2012

It's very hard to gauge the extent to which the rumours surrounding Alexander Radulov and his possible return to Nashville are true. However, if there is any truth to them,...

Detroit Leads Dominant Central… Just : March 05, 2012

The Detroit Red Wings are used to leading the Central division, but they are not used to the level of competition that they have faced so far this season. The...

Nashville Are Aggressive As Expected : February 28, 2012

The Nashville Predators were expected to be busy on deadline day, and while the Rick Nash rumours never materialised, this team added a couple of forwards to their line-up. They...

Active Day Ahead For Nashville? : February 26, 2012

There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the NHL trade deadline. Many suggest that it will be one of the quietest on record. There are so many buyers and so...

Next Generation Ready On Nashville Blue-Line : January 16, 2012

There has been a lot of talk about the future of the Nashville franchise as top two defensemen Shea Weber and Ryan Suter both have contracts that will expire at...

Nashville Predators: Finding A Way To Win : December 19, 2011

The team with the league's lowest payroll is once again producing the sort of performance that makes it the envy of so many other teams season in and season out....

Pekka Rinne And His Goalie Hat-Trick : November 04, 2011

You may wonder; What is a goalie hat trick? It was a label placed on Nashville Predators goaltender, Pekka Rinne, on November 3. It was on this date during the...

nashville predators History

The National Hockey League (NHL) team the Nashville Predators is based out of Nashville, Tennessee. The team plays in the Western Conference's Central Division. The home games of the Predators are played at Bridgestone Arena, which used to be called Nashville Arena, Gaylord Entertainment Center and Sommet Center.

In June 1997, the NHL granted franchises to Minnesota, Atlanta, Columbus and Nashville. The Predators began play in the 1998-1999 season and finished second to last in their conference. They chose the saber toothed cat as their logo and Predators as their name.

In 2003-2004, the Predators came in eighth place in their conference and made their first playoff appearance. In the quarterfinals, the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Predators in six games. In 2005-2006, the Predators won their most games ever in a season and scored 106 points, which was the first time they had ever had a 100 point season. The Predators lost in five games to the San Jose Sharks during the Western Conference Quarterfinals.

In 2006-2007, the San Jose Sharks once again defeated the Predators in the quarterfinals of the playoffs in five games. In 2007-2008, they lost during the first round of the playoffs for the fourth year in a row to the Detroit Red Wings in six games. In 2009-2010, the Predators again lost in the first round of the playoffs when they were defeated in six games by the Chicago Blackhawks, In 2010-2011, the Predators advanced into the playoffs second round for the very first time. They defeated the Anaheim Ducks during the first round in 6 games, but then lost in the second round in 6 games to the Vancouver Canucks.