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4 Best Things About Playoff Hockey in Nashville

By Jake Evans

NASHVILLE, TN - MARCH 10: The Nashville Predators starting line hold hands with Children's Hospital patients during the National Anthem on Hockey Fights Cancer night prior an NHL game against the New Jersey Devils at Bridgestone Arena on March 10, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - MARCH 10: The Nashville Predators starting line hold hands with Children's Hospital patients during the National Anthem on Hockey Fights Cancer night prior an NHL game against the New Jersey Devils at Bridgestone Arena on March 10, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 11: Catfish are seen on the ice during the playing of the national anthem prior to the start of Game Six of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators at the Bridgestone Arena on June 11, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 11: Catfish are seen on the ice during the playing of the national anthem prior to the start of Game Six of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators at the Bridgestone Arena on June 11, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Catfish Tosses

Since the 2003 playoffs, Predators fans have been putting their own southern twist on a long-standing northern tradition. The tradition started in Detroit, where Red Wings fans would throw octopi onto the ice to get the arena riled up. Years ago, Predators fans started their own version of the move, by throwing a catfish onto the ice. In the last few years, and especially in last year’s playoffs, the catfish toss has caught fire.

Even Tennessee Titans players got in on the action.

You couldn’t go a game in Bridgestone Arena without seeing a catfish fly onto the ice, someone wearing some type of catfish shirt, or even a catfish costume.

The phenomena even made its way to Pittsburgh, as one fan threw a fish onto the ice at PPG Paints Arena. It wasn’t as well received though, as the man was charged with possessing an instrument of crime, disrupting a meeting, and disorderly conduct.

The catfish toss has slowed this regular season, however, it will surely reemerge in a few weeks time.

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