The Nashville Junior Predators were a

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-sanctioned Tier III

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team in the

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(NA3HL). The team played their home games at Ford Ice Center in

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, after spending their first two seasons at A-Game SportsPlex in

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. At the end of October 2017, Jr. Predators games were cancelled by the league before the team was eventually removed from the NA3HL at the end of November. The players, ages 16–20, carried amateur status under Junior A guidelines and hoped to earn a spot on higher levels of

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in the

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and

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, Canadian major junior, collegiate, and eventually

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teams. The organization also fields teams at the pee wee, squirt, and midget levels of youth hockey.

Season-by-season records

References

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External links

Tier III Jr. Predators website

Youth Jr. Predators website
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