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Part 6: Final thoughts on Nashville as a hockey market and its future in the NHL
In February, I took a trip to Nashville, Tennessee, to see some of the Music City's sights, watch a few games and, most importantly, get a handle on how the NHL is faring in what has been, recently an...
Meet the man tasked with saving the Preds: An interview with owner David Freeman
Back in February, I took what was my first trip to Nashville to see a little hockey and meet a few of the locals, mainly to get a sense of (a) what was happening with the NHL there in the wake of a ne...
Life as a Predator: An interview with Steve Sullivan
There aren't many better stories in the NHL this season than Steve Sullivan. Sidelined for nearly two years with crippling back pain, he finally made his return to the Predators lineup on Jan. 10...
Part 3: Welcome to Smashville: Five Challenges Facing the Preds
Apologies for the brief hiatus in the series. Blame junior hockey. Nashville's been written off as a hockey market by an awful lot of people, but one of the things I wanted to get a handl...
Part 2: Welcome to Smashville: The Fight to Fill the Sommet Center
It's really not that far out of line to say the Predators have had issues with attendance since the beginning. In fact, you might even say they've had them since before the beginning even t...
Part 1: Welcome to Smashville: The Rise of Hockey in Tennessee
That's the main drag in downtown Nashville, Fourth and Broadway, home to countless country bars, cowboy hat stores and, up there on the left with a giant antenna stretching into the sky, the home of...
Hockey Night in Nashville
Well, here we go. Off to Nashville for tonight's game against the Coyotes and Saturday's against the Red Wings. I've wanted to make this trip for a while. Here's what I wrote about the Predat...
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