Jack Ivankovic, a goaltender drafted in the 2nd round, cheered on the Nashville Predators in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final mostly because of Pekka Rinne.

Pekka Rinne had played well enough to give the Nashville Predators a victory against the Chicago Blackhawks. Then he put an exclamation point on the first win by new Predators coach John Hynes by ...

Rinne's streak of 10 consecutive opening-game starts included a record of 7-2-1. He spent the game wearing not a goalie mask but a black facemask while sitting on the Predators' bench.

Rinne wasn't the only Predator to score his first career goal in the game. Colin Blackwell did so to give his team a 2-0 lead at 8:22 of the first period, saying he "almost blacked out" afterward.

Pekka Rinne's best friend is 56 years old. The Nashville Predators goalie met Mike Maguire many moon ago, along with former team captain Shea Weber, as part of the "Best Buddies" program they ...

Rinne, who was accustomed to playing most games, knew the routine, knew when he wasn't going to play, which typically was the back end of back-to-backs. Save for the 2013-14 lockout season, Rinne ...

Predators goalies Pekka Rinne and Juuse Saros each have purple custom helmets they can wear during the month of November, Saros said. Both masks with be auctioned off after they're done being used.

That gave Rinne his first win since his final game with the Predators on May 10, 2021. Rinne, who played for Kiekko-Ketut as a youth player, was drafted by Nashville in the eighth round in 2004.

Rinne, who retired from the NHL in 2021 after a 15-year career, has signed a one-game contract with Kiekko-Ketut, a lower level Finnish hockey team. The team is based in Kempele, Finland, which is ...

Former Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne will be a dad for the second time. Rinne, who was inducted into the Golden Hall on Wednesday, along with former general manager David Poile and ...

Like Lundqvist playing so deep despite being on the small side at 6-foot, or now-retired 6-5 goalie Pekka Rinne not starting to play further back in his crease until seeing how well it worked for ...

Rinne becomes the third Predators player to be inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, joining Mike Fisher, who was inducted in 2023, and David Legwand, inducted in 2022.