Nashville Junior Predators | |
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City | Franklin, Tennessee |
League | NA3HL |
Division | Midwest |
Founded | 2014 |
Home arena | Ford Ice Center |
Head coach | J.P. Dumont |
The Nashville Junior Predators are a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III ice hockey team in the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL). The team plays their home games at Ford Ice Center in Antioch, Tennessee, after spending their first two seasons at A-Game SportsPlex in Franklin, Tennessee. The players, ages 16–20, carry amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hope to earn a spot on higher levels of junior ice hockey in the United States and Canada, Canadian major junior, collegiate, and eventually professional teams. The organization also fields teams at the pee wee, squirt, and midget levels of youth hockey.
The Nashville Junior Predators have had alumni move on to higher levels of junior ice hockey, NCAA Division I, Division III, and ACHA college teams.