Nashville Predators

American hockey team
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Date:
1998 - present
Headquarters:
Nashville
Areas Of Involvement:
ice hockey

Nashville Predators, American professional ice hockey team based in Nashville that plays in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) and has won one conference championship (2017). The Predators began play in 1998 as one of the four expansion teams (along with the Atlanta Thrashers, the Columbus Blue Jackets, and the Minnesota Wild) that joined the NHL between 1998 and 2000. The team had a losing record in each of its first five seasons, finishing no higher than third place in its division during this period. Nashville made its initial playoff appearance in 2003–04 (a first-round loss to ...(100 of 359 words)