Nashville Predators News
NHL Central Division Roundup: Week Eleven – On the Forecheck
Kate recaps last week in the Central Division. News flash: Winnipeg and Colorado remain good.
Recap: 2018 World Junior A Challenge – On the Forecheck
Eric takes a closer look at the World Junior A Challenge here. Preds prospect Tomas Vomacka played for the Czech Republic and Eric takes a closer look at his play in net.
Ads See Point Streak Snapped
The Ads saw their five-game point streak snapped in a 3-1 loss to the Wolves on Saturday. Nick Baptiste scored the lone goal for the Admirals.
Hartman fined for actions in Predators game against Bruins
Ryan Hartman was fined for spearing Chris Wagner in Saturday’s debacle.
Around the League
United States finalizes roster for World Junior Championship
The United States National Junior Team finalized its 23-player roster for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship. I’m really looking forward to watching Spencer Knight and Jack Hughes.
Mittelstadt channels Culkin in ‘Home Alone’ homage
Casey Mittelstadt parodies “Home Alone” and does a perfect job. Young Mittelstadt was not born until 8 years after the movie came out, however.
2019 World Junior Championship Group A preview
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty excited for the World Juniors!
NHL Top 10 Extravaganza: League leaders in goals, points, wins & more in calendar year of 2018 – TheHockeyNews
Our very own Roman Josi is mentioned here several times.
Sharks’ Karlsson suspended two games for illegal check to the head – TSN.ca
Erik Karlsson has been suspended two games for his check to the head on Austin Wagner.
‘It doesn’t matter how old you are:’ Lafreniere no underdog at WJC – TSN.ca
Alexis Lafreniere is following in the footsteps of underage World Junior players like Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, and Jay Bouwmeester.
Wahlstrom scores twice, US beats Czechs in world junior exhibition game – TSN.ca
Quinn Hughes dropped the gloves in a late-game tilly, but the U.S. team came out on top of Czech Republic.
NHL Gift Guide: Last-minute stocking stuffers for all 31 teams – TheHockeyNews
I think we can all agree that we are hoping the Predators can get healthy going into the New Year.
Have a great Christmas, folks! Don’t forget that the World Juniors begin on the 26th and the games will be broadcast on NHL Network.