New Nashville Predators Captain: Mike Fisher
The Nashville Predators announced today that their 7th Team Captain for the 2016-2017 season will be Mike Fisher. He will be joining such illuminated hockey names as Shea Weber, Jason Arnott and Kimmo Timonen.
Fisher has been with the team since the middle of the 2011 season, where he was traded for the Preds 1st round draft pick and a conditional pick from the Ottawa Senators. Since then, he has won the 2012 NHL Foundation Player Award (given to a player who best shows the core values of hockey and helps the community) and has been involved in the various conference final games the Predators have been involved in in the last 5 seasons or so, including scoring in Triple OT in Game 4 against the Sharks in Nashville.
Prior to playing in Nashville, Fisher played for the first 12 years of his career for the Ottawa Senators, where he met his future wife (you may have heard about her. She just donated $500,000 to girls’ sports programs across the country, also, she’s a country singer as well). However, it was also in Ottawa that he watched Daniel Alfredsson who was the captain of the Sens from the beginning of Fish’s rookie season until 2013.
In his press conference with the media, Fisher said that it was Alfredsson and Shea Weber’s influence to show him what it meant to be a good captain/leader. He also said that he will help the Predators get the Cup this year.
So proud of my man! He's going to be an amazing Captain! Congrats @mikefisher1212 https://t.co/aZ9WFzODYN pic.twitter.com/3uyWkE3Fbk
— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) September 8, 2016
