Nolan Pratt

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Oct 1, 2026

Preds Radio

S4 Ep103: Nashville Predators Preview Show (9-30-2026)

Oct 1 · 14 Mentions

Max HerzHOST

1:10

There is no other place where we could begin this season preview show and the regular season here on Preds Radio without remembering our friend Brent Peterson, who died two and a half weeks ago after his 20-plus year battle that he won with Parkinson's by living so long with it and helping so many through the Peterson Foundation for Parkinson's.

Max HerzHOST

1:32

Willie, every time we go to the rink, I can't not think about Brent and how pivotal he was to everything that the Predators are and always have been when he was an assistant coach, a broadcaster, an ambassador, and a Parkinson's fighter.

Max HerzHOST

1:48

His son Brad is a member of the Predators equipment staff.

Max HerzHOST

1:52

And last week, the entire Predators family, near and far, got together at Bridgestone Arena to celebrate Brent's life and lay him to rest.

Willie DonickHOST

2:10

Yeah, I've made this point before.

Willie DonickHOST

2:13

back right after he passed away, I remember the year or two leading up to the Predators actually taking the ice.

Willie DonickHOST

2:22

There was a long process of the city being granted an expansion franchise and then all the things they had to do, sell the tickets and build the arena and hire coaches and hire scouts, hire a staff.

Willie DonickHOST

2:36

All of that happened And the organization knew philosophically they couldn't just have a hockey team.

Preds Radio

S4 Ep103: Chris MacFarland Interview (9/30/2026)

Oct 1 · 5 Mentions

Chris MacFarlandGUEST

1:01

Like I'm, I'm new here, but I, you know, I knew Brent, you know, from afar first as a player when he was, you know, playing in the league and, and then from, you know, coming into rinks and, you know, seeing them and saying hello and always a gentleman, always, always had a good, you know, a good kind word.

Chris MacFarlandGUEST

1:22

I know, a coach that I've been with a long time in Colorado, Nolan Pratt, one of the abs assistant coaches played for, for Brent in, in, in junior in the WHL.

Chris MacFarlandGUEST

1:37

And, and he always, you know, talked about how, how important he was in, in his, in his development of, of himself as a defenseman and as a person.

Chris MacFarlandGUEST

1:48

So I, I kind of had, you know, these little snippets and then you get inside these walls here and, you know, you get to know Brad and you get to know, you know, the people that have been here, uh, who called Brent a friend and not only a colleague, but, you know, some of the, the admired and loved working with and, you know, is part of the DNA here.

Chris MacFarlandGUEST

2:58

Yeah, I think everyone's kind of dealing with the shortened camp and all that.

Chris MacFarlandGUEST

3:05

I think veteran players love it.

Chris MacFarlandGUEST

3:07

I think some coaches probably like it, actually.

Chris MacFarlandGUEST

3:10

The teams that are kind of a little more you know set and and kind of know their roster and and and ready to uh ready to get the regular season going the guys that you know have their bodies ready and know what know what it takes i think for the teams that are still you know growing and and you know have some young kids and prospects and stuff that they're you know trying to see where they fit um you'd like to have that uh, you know, that you always want that extra look here, that extra look there, but I, you know, it is what it is.