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Nashville Predators
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Key facts
- Conference
- Western
- Division
- Central
- History
- Nashville Predators , 1998 –present
- Home arena
- Bridgestone Arena
- City
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Team colors
- Predators gold, navy blue, white
- Media
- FanDuel Sports Network South , The Game (102.5 FM)
- Owner
- Bill Haslam
- General manager
- Chris MacFarland
- Head coach
- Andrew Brunette
- Captain
- Roman Josi
- Minor league affiliates
- Milwaukee Admirals ( AHL ), Atlanta Gladiators ( ECHL )
- Conference championships
- 1 ( 2016–17 )
- Presidents trophies
- 1 ( 2017–18 )
- Division championships
- 2 ( 2017–18 , 2018–19 )
- Official website
- nhl .com /predators
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Official Nashville Predators Website | Nashville Predators
The official National Hockey League website including news, rosters, stats, schedules, teams, and video.
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Encyclopedic overview
The Nashville Predators (colloquially referred to as the Preds) are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Predators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The team has played its home games at Bridgestone Arena since 1998. The Predators are currently affiliated with two minor league teams: the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL), and the Atlanta Gladiators of the ECHL.
The club was founded in 1997, when the NHL granted an expansion franchise to Craig Leipold, with the team beginning play in the 1998–99 season. After five seasons, the Predators qualified for their first Stanley Cup playoffs during the 2003–04 season. In 2008, ownership of the team was transferred from Leipold to a locally based ownership group. The Predators advanced to their first Stanley Cup Final in 2017, but were defeated by the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games. In the following season, the Predators won their first Presidents' Trophy and Central Division title. As of 2026, the Predators, along with Nashville SC, are one of two professional sports teams in the state of Tennessee to have not relocated from another location as the Titans and the Grizzlies moved to Tennessee from Houston and Vancouver respectively.
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