Minnesota Wild were sitting in 10th place in the Western Conference heading into Nashville, only six points behind the 8th seed Detroit Red Wings. Predators in their own fight to hold onto a playoff spot made quick work of Wilds’ Josh Harding scoring three in the opening period.
Nashville Predators had a strong home showing against the [...]
The bottom line was the score, four to three in favor of the Predators, but the rest of the story was what made for compelling watching.
The Great Wall of Finland held off the usual suspects from The City of Brotherly Love in spite of a number of missteps from the normally dependable lines. Avoidable turnovers, [...]
First there was the March on Atlanta, and it was good.
Dan Ellis heard the Thrashers come a’knocking and told them in no uncertain terms that they couldn’t come in. To be fair, Andropov managed to get a puck past him during second period and thus kept it from being a shutout, but just the one. [...]
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…
Watching the Predators take on Vancouver was a bit like living in the hockey equivalent of a grad student’s attempt at writing the Dickens novel that Chuckie D. never wrote because it’s 2010 and he has been dead for 140 years. The range of [...]
“Did you see that? Did you SEE that?” Phone lines, the Twitterverse and the Predators’ message board stayed red hot with activity Monday night following a shot from Team Canada and Predators D-Man Shea Weber that had officials shaking their heads and perusing the playback while Germany’s goalie looked on in amazement at the burn [...]
On February 15th, Evgeni Malkin was asked to remove himself from his place of residence in Pittsburgh and go play on behalf of his home country, Mother Russia. That request came from his parents. Deep down, he knew it was the right thing to do, but he also knew that someday, he would return to [...]
“On February 15th, Evgeni Malkin was asked to remove himself from his place of residence in Pittsburgh and go play on behalf of his home country, Mother Russia. That request came from his parents. Deep down, he knew it was the right thing to do, but he also knew that someday, he would return to [...]
By Mike Colligan
Sidney Crosby scored his 40th, 41st, and 42nd goals over the weekend, pulling him into a tie with Alexander Ovechkin in the race for the Rocket Richard Trophy as the league’s top goal-scorer. Crosby’s new-found scoring touch has led to an amazing 56 goals in his last 82 games – no small feat [...]
“On February 15th, Evgeni Malkin was asked to remove himself from his place of residence in Pittsburgh and go play on behalf of his home country, Mother Russia. That request came from his parents. Deep down, he knew it was the right thing to do, but he also knew that someday, he would return [...]
While fans of some teams would be panicking if their boys had the kind of streak Nashville has had for the last couple of weeks, those of us who have followed the Predators since 1998 know it’s just the circle of life and there are good things to come once the Olympics are over.
For the [...]
