Pregame
-- Gnash (the Predators' mascot)
jumps off a ramp set up in the Zamboni tunnel and launches out onto to the ice while riding his ATV, followed right behind by the Nashville ice dancers on foot. If the Predators win, Gnash will usually jump out on his ATV again and do some donuts once the ice is cleared. For his alternate entrance, Gnash also likes to
rappel down to the ice from the roof on a cable, or just swing back and forth across the ice on a cable.
Warmup
-- A giant sabertooth tiger head covers the home player tunnel, and
all the Predators skate out from the gap in the mouth.
During Periods
-- Dancers with pom poms are up in the stands sitting crouched down on the steps during live play and
dancing in the aisles during stoppages.
-- Real catfish being
thrown from the stands onto the ice at random points during important games.
-- Gnash plays pranks on attending fans of the away team (like pouring sticky feathers on them, dumping water on them, or
giving them a pie to the face).
Fan Chants
I don't think you can say the words "suck" or "sucks" in an E-rated game, so that probably rules out 75% of the chants Nashville's crowd uses.
I'd settle for these five:
-- PEK-KA, PEK-KA, PEK-KA, PEK-KA (after an impressive save)
-- LET'S GO PRED-A-TORS *STOMP* *STOMP* *STOMP* *STOMP* *STOMP* (whenever the game is tight in a key moment, or the team needs a pick-me-up)
-- THANKS, PAUL! (right after the PA announcer says there's 1 minute remaining in the period)
-- Actual live goose calls being sounded from the stands whenever Paul Gaustad takes the ice.
-- A sustained chorus of boos from the crowd any time Ryan Suter has the puck on his stick, which is often when the Wild come to town.
During Intermission
-- Rock and country music bands
play live music up on the end zone band stage between the first and second periods. It'd be cool to see a quick shot of this happening during the period breaks.