Stanley Cup Final

This Finnish broadcaster yelling during a Pekka Rinne save-sequence is hockey at its best

Pekka Rinne had a rough start to the Stanley Cup Final, stopping only .777 percent of shots throughout the first two games. But since returning home, Rinne is a new man. Riding an electric Predators’ home crowd, Rinne has put up a .961 save percentage and has been practically impenetrable.

During Monday’s Game Four, Rinne made a series of incredible saves that left broadcasters from his home country of Finland screaming into the microphone.

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By Cara Bahniuk 3 years ago

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Predators tie series after beating Pittsburgh 4-1 in Game Four of Stanley Cup Final

On Saturday, the Nashville Predators, riding their absolutely electric crowd, destroyed the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 in Game Three. Monday night, the Predators improbably tied the series at two games a piece after scoring two unanswered goals in the second period.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Preds fans throw Penguins-eating, bedazzled-hat-wearing catfish onto ice after Dierks Bentley sings national anthem

The Nashville Predators continued their tradition of having a country music superstar sing the national anthem, trotting out Dierks Bentley ahead of Game Four. But it appears he was upstaged by a more fancy-dressed Preds fan.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Predators beat Penguins in Game Three after scoring five unanswered goals

Maybe PK Subban should make guarantees more often.

Ahead of Game Three, the former Norris Trophy winning defenseman told the media that “there’s no question, we’re going to win the next game.” The quote seemed frivolous considering the Predators were down 2-0 in the series and outscored 9-4 in their previous two Stanley Cup Final games.

Except it worked. Saturday night, riding the momentum of a hot Nashville crowd, the Predators destroyed the Penguins 5-1.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Martina McBride sings national anthem before first ever Stanley Cup Final game in Nashville

Saturday night, the Nashville Predators continued their tradition of having a country music superstar sing the national anthem.

Martina McBride, a four-time Country Music Association Award (CMA) Female Vocalist of the Year, sung the Star-Spangled Banner ahead of Game Three. It was the Predators first ever Stanley Cup Final game in Nashville.

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Despite going 37 minutes without a shot, Penguins take Game One of Stanley Cup Final

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins won the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday with a dominating performance over the Nashville Predators. They controlled play almost the whole night, going up 3-0 before the first period was over. The Predators managed a power play goal midway through the second frame, but that was all they got. It’s clear Pittsburgh is heading for a quick series win after finishing off Nashville 5-3 in Game One.

“We got a favorable result tonight,” Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said after the game.

But there is one small problem: the first paragraph is a lie, save for the score.

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By Chris Gordon 3 years ago

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Former Capitals draft pick Filip Forsberg is going to the Stanley Cup Final with the Nashville Predators

Back in 2012, the Washington Capitals were sitting pretty. With two early first-round picks in a deep draft, the Caps could select two players that could potentially put them over the top during the final years of Alex Ovechkin’s prime (aka right now).

With the 11th overall pick, the Capitals selected Filip Forsberg, the best European player in the draft, after he fell out of the top ten due to a run on defensemen. Five spots later, the Capitals went off the board to select Tom Wilson with the 16th overall pick.

The Capitals were fortunate to land Forsberg, but a year later, Capitals general manager George McPhee, assistant GM Brian MacLellan, and the rest of the team’s pro scouts agreed unanimously to trade him for Martin Erat and Michael Latta. Since then, Forsberg has turned into a superstar while Erat (KHL) and Latta (Rockford IceHogs) are no longer in the Caps organization. Meanwhile Tom Wilson remains a bottom six forward. The Forsberg trade is widely considered the worst trade in Capitals history.

Monday night after beating the Anaheim Ducks 6-3, the Predators earned their first Stanley Cup Final berth for the first time in franchise history. They are led by Forsberg and head coach Peter Laviolette (who the Capitals passed over to hire Barry Trotz).

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By Ian Oland 3 years ago

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Joel Ward and Eric Fehr are Great Friends, But Not for the Next Two Weeks

Capitals’ forwards Eric Fehr and Joel Ward watched helplessly as the Rangers’ Derek Stepan sent a puck flying past Braden Holtby in Game Seven of the second round last year. Both wanted to win a Stanley Cup with Washington. But as the Capitals blew a three-games-to-one series lead, Stepan’s overtime tally became their final play with the team.

If the offseason, the Capitals acquired Justin Williams and TJ Oshie, letting Ward and Fehr walk. Ward, going to the Sharks, and Fehr, going to the Penguins, signed three-year deals worth $9,825,000 and $6,000,000 respectively. Now, they will face each other in the Stanley Cup Final, which begins Monday night in Pittsburgh.

“Fehrsie and I were good buddies when we played together,” Ward said Sunday. “It just kind of happened and we parted ways. I went left and he went right. And here we are.”

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By Chris Gordon 4 years ago

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