Nashville Predators
Founded	1998
Home ice	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Based in	Nashville
Colours	Blue, silver, yellow
League	National Hockey League
Head coach	Barry Trotz
General manager	David Poile
Owner	Craig Leipold

The Nashville Predators are a National Hockey League team based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Founded: 1998

Arena: Gaylord Entertainment Center

Uniform colors: Blue and gold

Logo design: A saber toothed cat

Stanley Cups won: None

Franchise history

The Predators first took the ice on October 10, 1998, where they lost 1-0 at home to the Florida Panthers.

In the 2003-2004 season, the Nashville Predators, under coach Barry Trotz, made their first trip to the playoffs, as the eighth seeded team in the Western Conference with a franchise record 91 points. However, they were left with the daunting task of facing the heavily favoured and top seeded Detroit Red Wings in the first round, eventually going down in a tough-fought 6 games. They did, however, win their first two home playoff games.

Their best performance prior to their breakout season in 2003-2004 was in 2000-2001, when they finished with 80 points, 10th place in the Western Conference.

Players of Note

Hall of Famers: None

Current stars:

• Martin Erat
• David Legwand
• Tomas Vokoun
• Scott Walker
• Marek Zidlicky
• Kimmo Timonen
• Scott Hartnell
• Jordin Tootoo
• Steve Sullivan

Captains:

1. 1998-02 Tom Fitzgerald - first captain
2. 2002- Greg Johnson - captain as of 2005

Not to be forgotten:

• Mike Dunham
• Cliff Ronning
• Sergei Krivokrasov

see also: List of Nashville Predators players

Retired Numbers:

• 99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL)

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