NASHVILLE PREDATORS 2008-09 MEDIA GUIDE - NHL.com

THE PLAYERS2008-09 ORGANIZATIONAL ROSTERHt Wt Shoots Place of Birth Birthdate 2007-08 TeamDEFENSEJonathon Blum 6-1 177 R Long Beach, CA 1/30/89 Vancouver (WHL)Greg de Vries 6-2 220 L Sundridge, Ont. 1/4/73 Nashville (NHL)Robert Dietrich 5-10 172 R Ordzhonikidze, Kazakhstan 7/25/86 DEG Metro Stars (Germany)Jeffrey Foss 6-2 208 R Fargo, N.D. 12/12/88 R.P.I. (ECAC)Cody Franson 6-5 227 R Salmon Arm, B.C. 8/8/87 Milwaukee (AHL)Dan Hamhuis 6-1 200 L Smithers, B.C. 12/13/82 Nashville (NHL)Roman Josi 6-1 185 L Bern, Switzerland 6/1/90 Bern (Switzerland)Kevin Klein 6-1 195 R Kitchener, Ont. 12/13/84 Nashville (NHL)/Milwaukee (AHL)Ville Koistinen 5-11 190 L Oulu, Finland 6/17/82 Nashville (NHL)Denis Kulyash 6-3 199 L Omsk, Russia 5/31/83 CSKA Moscow (Russia)Teemu Laakso 6-1 211 R Tuusula, Finland 8/27/87 HIFK Helsinki (Finland)Anton Lavrentiev 6-4 196 R Kazan, Russia 8/25/83 HK Chelny (Russia-3)Alexander Sulzer 6-1 207 L Kaufbeuren, Germany 5/30/84 Milwaukee (AHL)Ryan Suter 6-1 196 L Madison, WI 1/21/85 Nashville (NHL)Shea Weber 6-3 213 R Sicamous, B.C. 8/14/85 Nashville (NHL)Greg Zanon 5-11 211 L Burnaby, B.C. 6/5/80 Nashville (NHL)Ht Wt Catches Place of Birth Birthdate 2007-08 TeamGOALTENDERSMark Dekanich 6-2 196 L North Vancouver, B.C. 5/10/86 Colgate (ECAC)Dan Ellis 6-0 185 L Orangeville, Ont. 6/19/80 Nashville (NHL)Atte Engren 6-1 194 L Rauma, Finland 2/19/88 Hokki (Fin-2)/Lukko (Fin/Jr.)/Lukko (Finland)Anders Lindback 6-6 198 L Gavle, Sweden 5/3/88 Brynas (Sweden)/Almtuna (Sweden-2)Drew MacIntyre 6-2 185 L Charlottetown, P.E.I. 6/24/83 Manitoba (AHL)/Vancouver (NHL)Chet Pickard 6-2 220 L Moncton, N.B. 11/29/89 Tri-City (WHL)Pekka Rinne 6-5 207 L Kempele, Finland 11/3/82 Milwaukee (AHL)Rustam Sidikov 6-1 158 L Moscow, Russia 7/5/85 Valk-494 Tartu (Estonia)Jeremy Smith 6-0 168 L Dearborn, MI 4/13/89 Plymouth (OHL)nashvillepredators.com 35