Before the Nashville Predators came to be in 1998-99, The Nashville Knights were a Minor Professional hockey team based in Nashville, TN playing in the East Coast Hockey League from 1989 to 1996. The team played at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium.
In 1993, Manon Rheaume was the first female goaltender to play a professional game in Nashville, Tennessee.
.She actually gained fame early on in 1992, That was when Phil Esposito who was running the new Tampa Bay Lightning team signed her to a contract to help get the word out about the new team in Tampa.