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Nashville Predators: 10 Best Moments since Predators were saved

By Jake Evans

NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 17: Team mascot, Gnash, of the Nashville Predators waves a rally towel to motivate the crowd in a game against the Anaheim Ducks in Game Three of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bridgestone Arena on April 17, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 17: Team mascot, Gnash, of the Nashville Predators waves a rally towel to motivate the crowd in a game against the Anaheim Ducks in Game Three of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Bridgestone Arena on April 17, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) /
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Laviolette

On May 6, 2014, the Predators shocked their fans as they announced that head coach Barry Trotz had been fired and replaced by Peter Laviolette. Trotz was the team’s first coach, and had been for 15 seasons. After many years of struggling to get past the Conference Semifinals, the Predators decided it was time for a change.

Peter Laviolette had coached for the Philadelphia Flyers for the previous five seasons. Laviolette’s hiring was the spark that the franchise needed at that time. Fans loved Trotz, but he was unable to ever deliver the magical postseason run that fans longed for. Laviolette has made the playoffs in all three of his seasons in Nashville. His biggest accomplishment in Nashville though, is finally getting the team over the hump in the Conference Semifinals. He took the Predators to their first ever Western Conference Final and Stanley Cup Final this past season.

The excitement as energy that we see today around the franchise, is due mostly in part to Laviolette. After much success in just three years, the future looks bright for Laviolette in Nashville.

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