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Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings is starting to pull away from the field in the latest NHL Penalty Plus/Minus update, pushing his total this week to +27.  Calgary’s Jarome Iginla and Brown’s teammate Patrick O’Sullivan trail at +19.  If you’re looking to back up that “

Egad!  I head out of town for a New Year’s visit to Chicago, and by the time I get back, the Predators have sunk to 14th in the West, with the worst Goals Per Game figure (2.40) in the conference.

Sound the trumpets!!! From the Tennessean:

Predators forward Steve Sullivan, sidelined since February 2007 because of back problems, said Monday he plans to play in Saturday’s game against Chicago.

The TCWN staff went to the site of the Kingston ash spill this afternoon to see for ourselves the damage.  I have seen dozens of photos- but they do not do justice to the devastation of the area.  We were on Swan Pond Circle, looking out onto Swan Pond and then, the Emory River.  It [...]

I’m heading “off the grid” again for New Year’s (I’ll probably be the only hockey blogger traveling to Chicago NOT to cover the Winter Classic), and while we all reflect on what this year has meant to the NHL and our respective teams, rather than repeat the same old list you’ll find on 10 other sites, I wanted to highlight a single event that I’m sure I

As we close the books on 2008, the latest NHL Penalty Plus/Minus update shows a familiar face leading the way…

Thanks to Steve Scarborough for these amazing photos of the fly ash spill in Kingston.  Steve has been on the scene since the beginning and has great insight on what is going on.

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I just returned to San Jose, Costa Rica, from spending time in Monteverde to discover that on Dec. 22, one of the most devastating environmental disasters in Tennessee´s history occurred.  I´ve been following the online media from here and I am shocked at what the coverage reveals.
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To the gym that is.

Yes, it’s that time of year.  You know the time people start making those resolutions.  You know, the ones that they swear off sweets for a while so they lose a few lbs.  Or maybe said were going to the gym and sticking to a diet and fall off about two weeks into it.

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As profiled here at KK a couple weeks ago, Adam Sherlip is planning an extraordinary journey to the Kashmir province of India to teach kids the Coolest Game on Earth.  You might be thi

Throughout Steve Sullivan’s long recovery from back injury, the Nashville Predators front office has been extremely cautious in the language they use to describe Sully’s prospects or timetable for returning to NHL action.  That’s what makes this article from Sunday&

As a water quality policy person even I am unsure what EPA, TVA, TDEC, and other state and federal groups mean when they say the water is safe at the site of last week’s fly ash spill.  Safe for whom or what?  Safe to drink?  Safe to swim in?  Safe for the mussels or other [...]

As a water quality policy person even I am unsure what EPA, TVA, TDEC, and other state and federal groups mean when they say the water is safe at the site of last week’s fly ash spill.  Safe for whom or what?  Safe to drink?  Safe to swim in?  Safe for the mussels or other [...]

I'm one of those annoying people who likes to shop for Christmas gifts or birthday gifts for people year round. For one thing, it helps keep the holiday season less stressful because I'm not as worried about finding the exact perfect present within a certain time frame.

Good Morning friends! Thanks for stopping  by.  Merry Christmas to you all!

This week’s update of the NHL Penalty Plus/Minus numbers brings us new leadership at both ends of the scale; L.A’s Dustin Brown (+20) has pulled ahead of Calgary captain Jarome Iginla at +18 and the Kings’ Patrick O’Sullivan (+17), while San Jose defenseman

With the holiday rapidly approaching and lots of stuff yet to do, I’ll just leave you with a few brief points heading into tonight’s Predators-Panthers game in Florida (6:30 Central):

While hockey fans are taking the world of Twitter by storm of late, one famous figure who most certainly is NOT tweeting these days is Wayne Gretzky, despite a profile that appears to mark the Great One’s entry into the 21st century.  Here’s

From USA Hockey:

or is it cold outside?   Burr! I am freezing! Can someone turn the heat back up?  I looked at the thermometer for outside and it reads 20 degrees!

Then I went to weather.gov and the low for tonight is 11.

If it is going to be this cold, there shoudl be snow on the ground!

Tonight in Nashville against the New York Islanders, Jason Arnott will play his 1000th NHL game, a milestone achievement in what has become a remarkable career.  Having started out with the post-Messier Edmonton Oilers in 1994, Arnott has been a major contributor everywhere he’s pla

Ryan Kennedy of the Hockey News gives us a feature on Joel Ward, the hitherto unknown winger who has found a home along side Jason Arnott and J.P. Dumont on the Nashville Predators’ top scoring line:

More than sixty local techies shoehorned themselves into Noshville Thursday for the December Nashville Geek Breakfast, which is now officially celebrating one year in existence.

In the New York Times Slap Shot blog, Jeff Z. Klein surveys the state of statistical analysis of the NHL, and finds a variety of interesting topics being investigated:

The Preds are hanging tough in seventh place the Western Conference, but having playmaker Steve Sullivan back on the roster would sure provide a boost.

I definitely agree with this statement from Governor Phil Bredesen, who shares some of the lessons he’s learned along the way in the latest issue of Esquire magazine:

Courtesy of Preds TV, here’s some video from Steve Sullivan’s practice session with the team earlier today: