by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent (author’s note: The format of the page cut the first and third pictures in half. Please click on them to see the whole team.) So happy to be here. The huddle was all smiles as Barry Trotz gave notes at the halfway point of practice. January is over. The road trips ...
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Okay, I’m going to cut to the chase here. You know that gathering in Raleigh? You think it’s all about the cream of the crop of the NHL and the something someting of victory and the whatsawhosis of defeat? No. This is where all of the aliens who have come down ...
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent The road trip to Western Canada is always a complicated, hard to predict affair for the Predators. Sometimes they storm through Alberta and British Columbia like a barbaric horde, leaving the Flames, Oilers and Canucks dazed and confused, a conquered rabble picking up the pieces after the boys have come to town. Other ...
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent correction: Many thanks to Charlie Jones, who pointed out that Matt Halischuk scored for New Jersey last year! Welcome to the road mix edition of Greetings from Smashville! The guys are on the road. So far they’ve visited some of the wilder and woollier parts of the western US and ...
by Jas Faulker, Nashville Correspondent If the fans of the University of Huntsville Chargers and the Merrimack College Warriors had a message to send to the usual denizens of Bridgestone Arena on January 14th and 15th, it was this: You don’t have to fill every seat in order to fill the barn. Bridgestone, which is ...
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Week Fifteen was almost the only time in January most of Predsnation managed to see the team in the flesh. They’ve been on the road nearly all month, with only three games scheduled for the ‘Stone. Does absence make the heart grow fonder? The sellouts at Bridgestone say yes. So let’s take ...
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent The boys are back in town! The boys are back in town! They’ve taken in the sunshine and the glitz and glamour that is California. They’ve spent some time in the shadow of the Valley of the Dolls and came away triumphant, coup counted, points accrued and the busload of them having ...
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville correspondent During the month of December, Bridgestone Arena enjoyed unprecedented success as a venue, smashing previous overall attendance records with a reported 335,000 people crossing the turnstiles for concerts and sporting events. While some of the concerts have made an impact, including Garth Brooks’ return to the Nashville stage earlier this ...
by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent Whether you’re firing up the old wire and tinsel tree or cleaning the wax out of the family menorah and swearing every time the dog eats another piece of candle, I hope everyone is having a very happy holiday season. As my editor has pointed out, we at The Hockey Writers ...
