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A fan pressed a white homemade sign reading “Covenant Strong” against the glass at Bridgestone Arena late Saturday morning while the Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues warmed up during their pregame skate.
Another fan did the same with a sign that read “Covenant loves Preds.”
All in support and memory of the six people killed Monday by a shooter at The Covenant School.
Just after noon, after the Predators starting lineup was introduced and took its place on the blue line, public-address announcer Paul McCann read the names of each of the six victims - three children and three staff members - which appeared, one by one, on the giant screens above the ice: Mike Hill, Evelyn Dieckhaus, Katherine Koonce, William Kinney, Hallie Scruggs and Cynthia Peak.
Each name also was projected onto the ice, along with the "Smashville Strong" logo that features The Covenant School seal before Jo Dee Messina sang the national anthem.
The Predators wore “Smashville Strong” T-shirts featuring the same logo to the arena before the game. The shirts were to be signed by the players and auctioned off afterward.
The team continued to wear The Covenant School stickers on their helmets. They also wore shoulder patches bearing the school seal on their jerseys, which will be auctioned after this season through the Nashville Predators Foundation.
Predators forward Colton Sissons said he was walking his dog Monday morning about a mile away from the shootings while they were happening. The team left later that day for its two-game road trip to Boston and Pittsburgh.
"It hit very close to home," Sissons said. "It's just horrendous. It was tough leaving the city knowing what just happened. Just awful."
Sissons said he hopes hockey can give some people a bit of a break from the rest of the world.
Predators defenseman Ryan McDonagh stayed behind Monday to be with his family, which includes three young daughters, before he joined the team in Boston on Tuesday.
"It's still pretty fresh, everything that happened," McDonagh said. "It's really tough to put into words. We have a job as the Nashville Predators hockey team to represent our city ... just try to give a little bit of inspiration to the community."
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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