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#ThrowbackThursday: The First Goal That Almost Didn’t Count

We’re starting a new thing here at OTF. On Thursdays, we’ll relive some of the more “buzzworthy” moments in team history. From wild wins, to cringeworthy blunders, to the stories that made us go “....wait, what?” So put your nostalgia glasses on and enjoy!

Any long-time Predators fan, or lover of team trivia, probably knows the answer to the question: “Who scored the first goal in team history?” That’d be Andrew Brunette in the Preds’ second game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

What a lot of fans forget, though, is that the goal was, well, weird.