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The Nashville Predators are an NHL team based in Nashville, TN and are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference. Their home games are played at Sommet Center, which was formerly called the Gaylord Entertainment Center and Nashville Arena. Hockey first showed up in Tennessee in 1962 in the form of the Eastern Hockey League’s Dixie Flyers. In 1995, the rumor was that the New Jersey Devils were relocating to the Nashville Arena. The city offered a $20 million relocation bonus to any team willing to relocate; the Devils tried to end their lease with New Jersey, but they restructured and decided to stay where they were. The Predators showed up in the NHL in 1998 as an expansion team.
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The Predators went into the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the 4th seed and faced the San Jose Sharks, who were the 5th seed in the Western Conference Quarterfinals. The Sharks won the 2nd game against the Predators; the Sharks also won Game 3, which occurred at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. The Sharks won the series. Currently, the Predators’ captain is Kimmo Timonen. Even though the Predators’ haven’t been in existence for long, some of their fans’ traditions have become ordinary. Fans have come up with their version of The Octopus in Detroit: they sometimes throw catfish on the ice. Section 303 of the Predators’ arena has been called “The Cellblock,” and is famous for its fanatical and extremely loud fans. The team is led by Jason Arnott, J.P. Dumont and Ryan Suter; they were the dark horse pick in the 2008 NHL Playoffs to bring the Stanley Cup to Music City.