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Author archives: Jas Faulkner

Jas Faulkner is a minimally socialised writer and artist who lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee. She hearts her attitude problem.

Website: http://zendixie.com

Predators Prepare To Claw Through 2011

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 ...

Greetings From Smashville! Season 13, Week 17

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 ...

Greetings From Smashville! Season 13, Week 16

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 ...

Greetings From Smashville! Season 13, Week 15

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 ...

Greetings From Smashville! Season 13, Week 14

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 ...

Strum and Twang: The Business of Selling Hockey in Nashville Part One

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 ...

Jas Faulkner’s December Mailbag

 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 ...

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