Nashville Predators: Ranking the Best Moments in Franchise History
By Chad Minton
Hat trick and a Stanley Cup berth
This is one of those moments where so many Predators fans will always remember exactly where they were, what they were drinking and who they were with when this moment happened.
The moment, or moments, that
decided to take matters into his own hands in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals against the Anaheim Ducks Here’s a look at it courtesy of
Sportsnet
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Yeah, I get chills down my spine, too. It’s not weird. It’s just being a true fan of a team you love.
Sissons morphed into an assassin in this game, and the victim was the Anaheim Ducks. I really don’t like to think about what may have happened if this series went to a Game 7 back on the West Coast.
But we’ll never know because Sissons took over. He scored in the 1st period to pad the Predators lead to 2-0, and then scored two more times to break the tie.
Whenever the Ducks tried to respond and steal the momentum, Sissons had an answer along with a great Predators team from top to bottom. A team that got hot at the right time and rode that fire as long as they could.
Sissons was opportunistic on a team full of outstanding players. I remain cautiously optimistic that Sissons can return to this form as he still has a long-term contract going with the Predators.
No matter what happens with Sissons from here on out, he’ll always be credited with scoring a goal in one of the biggest moments in Predators history.
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Even if the team goes onto win multiple Stanley Cups in the following years and decades, this moment will always be one of the top ones.