JANUARY 2018 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM
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The crowds
that packed the
streets outside the
Bridgestone Arena in
downtown Nashville
show the passion
that Predators fans
have for the game.
"It was almost like we won the championship without win-
ning the championship. I've never really seen it like that for any
sporting event."
Hockey in Tennessee has definitely come a long way over the
past 20 years. Nat Harden, senior vice president of ticket sales &
youth hockey for the Preds, remembers the pains that the team
would go through in the early days to educate fans.
"When we first started, we did a lot of education. For example,
you would come to a game and pick up headphones, and if there
was an icing call, someone would come over the headphones and
explain the rules," Harden recalls.
