George Scoville
In his day job, George is a political consultant in Washington, DC. He grew up in the south, but has lived all over the country. He bleeds gold and blue for the Nashville Predators.
Author's Posts
Nashville Predators Value Increases 10% in Latest Forbes Estimate
December 1st, 2011 On the heels of THW's recent discussion of the burgeoning financial health of the Nashville Predators comes Forbes's 2011 NHL Team Values estimates. The Music City's pro hockey franchise saw a 10% jump in value over last year's estimates, ranking them 25th on the list of 30 NHL franchises. The business-focused outlet estimates the Preds...
Ryan Suter Watch: Nashville's "Big Three" Update
November 17th, 2011 When I first joined The Hockey Writers earlier this year, number six on my Top 10 Things to Look Forward to in the Nashville Predators 2011-2012 Season was "That one post that turns out to be the worst bit of journalism in history that sets Nashville fans ablaze for weeks." I don't presume to speak for the rest of Preds Nation, but...
The Problem with Mandatory Visors in the NHL
October 28th, 2011 As the controversial debate over mandatory visors in the NHL continues to build steam, a new paper from Alberto Chong (George Washington University, Washington) and Pascal Restrepo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston) suggests that players who wear visors wind up with more penalties (stick tap: Freakonomics): We provide...
Will New Concussion Detection Technology Improve Treatment and Prevention in the NHL?
October 19th, 2011 X2IMPACT, a Seattle-based company focused on the prevention of Real Sports Brain Injury (rSBI), has partnered with Bite Tech, Inc. to develop mouth guards and headbands that measure the impact of physical collisions during sports and relay the information wirelessly to third parties, like coaches, trainers, and family members. "We are...
Data Driving Nashville Predators Ticket Sales Strategy
October 6th, 2011 The Nashville Predators have CEO Jeff Cogen to thank for new data-driven approaches to building impenetrable balance sheets and legions of new fans with strong ticket sales. Any new American hockey market eventually finds itself in a frustrating position: awaiting the generational turn, the time when the fans who were children at the...
Jordin Tootoo's Season of High Expectations
September 29th, 2011 When Nashville Predators winger Jordin Tootoo voluntarily entered the NHL's substance abuse program last year, missing 23 games of the 2010-2011 season, this writer feared the worst. (Icon SMI) After spending several years volunteering with substance abuse patients at mental health facilities in middle Tennessee -- seeing the...
