Nashville Predators News

Janne Kekalainen likes to tell a story. It's about a tall, stick-figured goaltender playing in Finland who slipped to the Predators in the eighth round of the 2004 draft and worked himself into one of the top netminders in the NHL.

Mar 12, 2013; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Stars right wing Reilly Smith warms up before the game against the Nashville Predators at the American Airlines Center.

Portland's Brendan Leipsic shared the WHL lead in scoring this season with linemate Nic Petan with 120 points each.

It was a game for a period, but after that, the Ottawa Senators were about as useless as Senator .

The Nashville Predators are teaming up with sponsors to help out the victims of the deadly tornado outbreak in Oklahoma.

Valeri Nichushkin is a 6'4" 195 pound Russian winger who just declared that he intends to play in the NHL next year.

We've all heard the phrase describing the Hart Trophy as celebrating the "player judged most valuable to his team" in the NHL.

Just hours after confirming that former associate coach Peter Horachek had been relieved of his duties, the Nashville Predators announced Tuesday that longtime veteran NHL defenseman Phil Housley will be joining the staff as an assistant coach.

There were worries that the huge, oversized check on stage at Bridgestone Arena on Monday going to charity might not have been as big this year.

When Predators forward Craig Smith put on his red, white and blue jersey for Team USA at the IIHF World Championships the last three summers, there seemed to be a sudden shift in his overall play.

The Predators have fired associate coach Peter Horachek, sources close to the team told The Tennessean on Monday night.

Twelve days after having his left hip surgically repaired, Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne held court with the media assembled at Bridgestone Arena Monday afternoon.

Woof. If Smith's results were solely the result of those factors which are generally outside an individual's control , we could chalk up 2013 as a sacrifice to the Hockey Gods, and look for a rebound season starting this fall.

The Nashville Predators will start the 2013-14 season looking to bounce back after few things went right for the team this season.

Switzerland has not won a medal at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship since 1953, but with a 3-0 win over the United States in Stockholm on Saturday, that is certain to change.

The better team won in Boston, no doubt. But the Sharks-Kings series is a bit of a surprise.

That's a question that has been discussed among members of the media, David Poile, and even Barry Trotz.

The Nashville Predators became a team that needed their goalie to keep them in games all season long because they couldn't score on a consistent basis which resulted in the team not making the playoffs and finishing with a 16-23-9 record.

Nick Spaling began playing hockey in the minors first for the Drayton Flyers and then for Norwell High School .

As we all know the cap is going down for the 2013-2014 season. I feel that this is where the real opportunity lies during this offseason.