Nashville Predators
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 2016–17 Nashville Predators season
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| Conference | Western |
| Division | Central |
| Founded | 1998 |
| History |
Nashville Predators 1998–present |
| Home arena | Bridgestone Arena |
| City | Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Colors |
Gold, Navy, White |
| Media |
FS Predators The Game (102.5 FM) |
| Owner(s) | Predators Holdings LLC |
| General manager | David Poile |
| Head coach | Peter Laviolette |
| Captain | Mike Fisher |
| Minor league affiliates |
Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) |
| Stanley Cups | 0 |
| Conference championships | 0 |
| Presidents' Trophy | 0 |
| Division championships | 0 |
| Official website | www |
Gold, Navy, White
The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Predators joined the NHL as an expansion team in the 1998–99 season, and play their home games at Bridgestone Arena.
In late 1995, rumors began to circulate that the New Jersey Devils would be relocating to the planned Nashville Arena. Nashville offered a $20 million relocation bonus to any team that would relocate and the Devils attempted to terminate their lease with New Jersey before finally restructuring it to stay put.
After the attempt to get the Devils, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman noted that Nashville would probably at least be considered in upcoming expansion. The arena was opened in 1996, and after an attempt to bring the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Sacramento Kings did not go through, the city instead went after a hockey team.
In January 1997, a group led by Wisconsin businessman Craig Leipold made a formal presentation before the NHL requesting an expansion franchise. When Bettman and league officials visited Nashville to tour the arena, thousands gathered on the Arena plaza to greet them. In June, the league granted conditional franchises to Nashville, Columbus, Ohio, Atlanta, and Minneapolis – Saint Paul. The Nashville team would be scheduled to begin play in 1998 if they met the NHL requirement of selling 12,000 season tickets before March 31, 1998. Of the four cities, Nashville was the only one with a completed arena, and therefore began play first. A month later, Leipold named former Washington Capitals general manager David Poile as the franchise's first general manager.Portland Pirates' head coach Barry Trotz was named the franchise's first head coach on August 6.Mitch Korn was named the first goaltending coach for the franchise.
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