All Entries Tagged With: "shea weber"
Vancouver Slips Past the Predators in a Shootout 4-3
Two plays. Two plays victimized the Predators in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks at the Bridgestone Arena. Two defensive breakdowns led to two quick first period goals by the Canucks en route to a 3-1 first period lead. The Predators fought back to force the shootout, but fell in the sixth round [...]
Predators With a Wild Comeback Win
The Nashville Predators hoped to pick up right where they left off before the All Star break, where they were the hottest team in the NHL. They would begin this quest at the XCel Energy Center against the Minnesota Wild. The Predators had Pekka Rinne in net, while the Wild went with Josh Harding. Dany [...]
Five Deals That SHOULD Be Made Before The Deadline
As the late February NHL trading deadline approaches rumors have began to surface in every corner of the hockey world. From buyers to sellers and rentals, a plethora of deals always seem to be made this time of year. This year, as a few top-tier players are slated to become Unrestricted free agents at year’s [...]
Actions, Not Words with Suter
Going into the All-Star break, the biggest question for Predator fans might have been whether their captain, Shea Weber, could topple Zdeno Chara in the hardest shot competition (he didn’t). That was all before Ryan Suter stepped up to the podium and spoke. Firstly, let’s get Suter’s quotes out there again, as he made them [...]
Predators Keep Rolling, Defeat the Blackhawks 3-1
The Nashville Predators looked to continue their hot play as they trekked to the United Center to do battle with the Chicago Blackhawks in an important Central Division tilt. The Predators came into the contest with 62 points, trailing the Blackhawks, who have 64 points. The Predators were playing their second game in two nights, [...]
Predators Crush Columbus 4-1
There are things that are certain in this life: the sun comes up in the East; taxes; and the Nashville Predators beating the Columbus Blue Jackets. That trend continued tonight at the Bridgestone Arena as the Predators defeated the Jackets 4-1. This was the last meeting this season for the two teams, and Nashville took [...]
Predators Pound the Blackhawks 5-2
The Chicago fans in attendance in Nashville clapped and cheered during the national anthem. Predator fans cheered when it was most important: as the clock wound down on a dominating 5-2 win over their Central Division rivals. The Predators controlled the Hawks throughout the game, winning puck battles and stifling a very potent offense with [...]
Predators Blow Past the Jackets 3-0
The Nashville Predators looked to continue their mastery over the Columbus Blue Jackets as the Central Division foes met at Nationwide Arena. The last two games between these teams required some late game magic by the Predators to secure a victory, and the Predators were hoping to avoid finding themselves in such a situation again. [...]
Predators Get a Humongous Win Over the Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers made a rare visit to Nashville to take on the Predators in a barn where they last won in the year 2000. The Predators continued the Flyers misery in the Music City with a 4-2 victory in front of a sell out crowd that had a number of Flyers fans in attendance. [...]
Match.com- Nashville and New Jersey
New Jersey and Nashville are two teams that are both coming to a similar crossroads. Both teams have a core player that will be unrestricted at the end of this season and neither has re-signed their player due to different reasons. Can these two teams solve one another’s problems? I think so. But it might [...]
Predators Blow Away the Hurricanes 5-2
The Nashville Predators played one of their most complete games of the season, dominating the Carolina Hurricanes by a 5-2 margin. The Predators power play, which had gone 0-14 in their recent games, exploded for a 4 for 4 performance to lead the Predators in the win. The Hurricanes were playing the second of back [...]
Predators Hand the Stars a 4-1 Victory
The Nashville Predators handed the Dallas Stars a 4-1 victory at the Bridgestone Arena in front of the 7th consecutive sellout for the home team. “Handed?” Sour grapes? No. Consider that in a 1-1 game, the Predators made two egregious mistakes that wound up in the back of their net and allowed the Stars to [...]
Shea Weber Out With a Concussion
The Nashville Predators said today that defenseman and Captain Shea Weber would be out indefinitely after suffering a concussion from a hit by Mark Fistric in the Dallas game. The game was played Friday, December 23rd, and the symptoms manifest themselves at practice on Monday before the Detroit game. Here is a video of the [...]
Filppula, Howard Leads Red Wings to 4-1 Win in Nashville
The Detroit Red Wings seemed to have pushed themselves away from seconds and thirds of their Christmas dinners and got back on track with a 4-1 win over the Nashville Predators at the Bridgestone Arena. Valtteri Filppula lit the lamp twice and added an assist for the Red Wings (22-12-1), while Jimmy Howard made 29 [...]
Predators Wow the Home Crowd With a 6-5 Victory Over the Jackets
Wow! That sentiment, along with a few others, can only begin to capture what happened in the Bridgestone Arena as the Nashville Predators faced the Columbus Blue Jackets in a Central Division tilt. The Predators won the game 6-5 in spite of making it extremely difficult on themselves. Heck, they didn’t make it difficult on [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week in Review
With 31 games into the season, the Detroit Red Wings (20-10-1) still stand in second place in the Central Division and trail the Chicago Blackhawks by three points. It’s safe to say that the Blackhawks have fully recovered from their 2010 Stanley Cup championship hangover. Pavel Datsyuk currently leads the team in scoring with 10 [...]
Predators Stop St. Louis in a Shootout 2-1
The Nashville Predators defeated the St. Louis Blues in a shootout by the score of 2-1. That’s the good news. The rest of the story? The Predators were out hit, out worked, out shot, and generally out hustled all night. They were fortunate to escape with the win. Pekka Rinne got the start in net [...]
Red Wings Sing Hockey Tonk Blues in Nashville 4-3
The Detroit Red Wings had a 3-2 lead going into the third period, but thanks in part to two goals by Shea Weber late in the game, the Nashville Predators stretched their winning streak to four games with a 4-3 come-from-behind victory Thursday night at the Bridgestone Arena. The loss snaps the Red Wings three-game [...]
Resilient Predators Dump Detroit 4-3
Persevere, verb “to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of obstacles, difficulty,or discouragement” The Nashville Predators faced the Detroit Red Wings at Bridgestone Arena in a contest that required the Predators to persevere, fight, and claw their way to a 4-3 win for their fourth straight win and even their season series [...]
Top 25 NHL defensive defensemen so far in 2011-12
One-third into the 2011-12 season, enough hockey has been played to give us a good idea of the best players so far this season. Now let’s have a look at the best defensive defensemen in the NHL this year. Those rearguards are often forgotten when we look at their team’s overall success, but they are [...]