{"id":431371,"date":"2026-01-23T03:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/431371\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T03:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:36:08","slug":"predators-to-honor-captain-roman-josi-for-1000th-nhl-game-milestone-on-saturday-at-bridgestone-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/431371\/","title":{"rendered":"Predators to Honor Captain Roman Josi for 1,000th NHL Game Milestone on Saturday at Bridgestone Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, Tenn. (Jan. 22, 2026) \u2013 The Nashville Predators announced tonight that the franchise will celebrate Roman Josi\u2019s 1,000 career NHL games milestone in a ceremony ahead of the team\u2019s matchup against the Utah Mammoth on Saturday, Jan. 24 at Bridgestone Arena. Puck drop is at 2:30 p.m. CT with the celebration scheduled to be held pregame; Josi\u2019s accomplishment will also be honored throughout the game through in-arena features and on the team\u2019s broadcast and social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can celebrate alongside Josi and the Predators by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/predators\/tickets\/single-game-tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NashvillePredators.com\/SingleGame<\/a> as limited tickets remain available. Additionally, the Norris Trophy \u2013 which Josi won in 2020 as the NHL\u2019s best defenseman \u2013 will be on-site at Bridgestone Arena in the atrium on the main concourse through the second period.<\/p>\n<p>The Predators wore specialty jerseys in warmups before tonight\u2019s game featuring their numbers on their sleeves with Josi\u2019s name and No. 59 on the back. Each jersey will be signed by Josi and its respective players and will be auctioned off at Saturday\u2019s game by the Nashville Predators Foundation, with proceeds benefiting the Foundation\u2019s Helper Grants program. Fans can bid on these jerseys by texting PREDS to 76278 beginning Friday, Jan. 23. The auction will close at the start of the third period of Saturday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s game marked the 1,000th of Josi\u2019s NHL career. In doing so, he became the first player in Predators history to skate in his first 1,000 career NHL games with the franchise. Selected by the Predators in the second round (38th overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft, Josi won the 2020 Norris Trophy as the NHL\u2019s best defenseman and is Nashville\u2019s all-time leader in games played (1,000), assists (554) and points (752). He was named captain of the Predators on Sept. 19, 2017 and is the longest-tenured captain in team history. Additionally, the Bern, Switzerland, native will represent his country at the upcoming Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nashville, Tenn. (Jan. 22, 2026) \u2013 The Nashville Predators announced tonight that the franchise will celebrate Roman Josi\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-431371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}