September is here! Finally! Here are some key dates to keep your eye on…
9/1 & 9/2 – Ice installation at Bridgestone Arena
9/5 – Single game tickets go on sale.
9/10 – Rookies/Prospects report
9/12 – 9/15 – Prospect tournament in South Florida
9/14 – Petey’s Preds Party – Annual event benefitting the Peterson for Parkinson’s Foundation and the Nashville Predators Foundation. Bridgestone Arena
9/15 – Fifth Annual First Tennessee Brent Peterson Golf Classic presented by Franklin American Mortgage – Vanderbilt Legends Club
9/17 – Training camp opens
9/20 – Preseason double header with Florida, game times are 3:30pm and 7pm
9/22 - @ Tampa Bay
9/23 – Preseason game versus Tampa at Bridgestone Arena
9/29 – Preseason game versus Columbus at Bridgestone Arena
Precamp skates are happening daily at Centennial Sportsplex. Players normally hit the ice around 10am.
Hockey is almost here my friends!
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Random Notes
- A very good breakdown on the Predators on NHL.com as part of their 30-in-30 feature.
- The Predators are being taken seriously this year in most of the preseason features… Pred Nation isn’t used to that.
- Speaking of expectations, USA Today has an article making an argument for each of the Western Conference teams winning the cup…
- Don’t forget, tomorrow night and Thursday is the fundraiser sponsored by the Junior Preds at Zanies to help out the Mielnik family. #18ForeverStrong #PlayForMitch
- With the dawning of September, you have to wonder when the Patrick Kane situation is going to progress. No charges yet, which keeps the Blackhawks in limbo.
- Patrik Berglund’s injury will keep him sidelined for about four months… bad news for the Blues, but at least it happened now versus a few games into the season when options are not as plentiful.
- The Kings signing Christian Ehrhoff was not entirely unsurprising. One year at $1.5 million sets the market for Cody Franson… and sets it much lower than he expected.
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