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On Monday, April 2, the Nashville Predators Foundation distributed 90 grants totaling more than $240,000 to Nashville and Middle Tennessee-based community service and charitable organizations. The grants were presented during a ceremony at Nashville Arena.
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The first professional hockey team in Tennessee to be a member of the National Hockey League (NHL) was the Nashville Predators. Professional ice hockey has been played in Nashville since the early 1960s, when the Nashville Dixie Flyers were members of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL), a minor league association. Over the past thirty years, other Nashville team names have included the South Stars, the Knights, the Nighthawks, and the Ice Flyers. Knoxville and Memphis ... have hosted teams in various minor leagues since the 1960s.
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It appears the Nashville Predators will be staying in the Tennessee capital after all. A group of Nashville investors is expected to announce today that it has signed a letter of intent to purchase the nine-year franchise from owner Craig Leipold for between $175-million (all figures U.S.) and $190-million, according to a source familiar with the deal.
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