The Gold Star Showcase, now in its fourth season, features military highlights, Gold Star family tributes, meet-and-greets with Preds players and complimentary tickets through VetTix and Fort Campbell, which is home to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).<\/p>\n
And the privilege to be a part of a moment like this? Well, that\u2019s certainly not lost on those who everyone came to see.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s very special,\u201d Preds defenseman Ryan Ufko, who took part in a ceremonial puck drop with a Gold Star family, said. \u201cI don’t think there’s enough that you can do to give back, especially to [military families]. Every year, we all look forward to it. We try to compete as hard as we can, make it a real game and give them a show.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s definitely special to come here in Clarksville,\u201d O\u2019Hara said. \u201cFans come out to support us for an awesome cause, and I’m glad we’re able to put on an event like this for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ford Ice Center Clarksville is home to the Fort Campbell Hockey Team that plays multiple games per year at the facility. Military members receive a discount on programming at Ford Ice Center Clarksville, and F&M Bank Arena offers multiple opportunities for discounts throughout the building, as well as complimentary tickets to events through Vet Tix when available.<\/p>\n
F&M Bank Arena has also hosted multiple memorials honoring fallen soldiers at no cost to families and the military.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also plenty of support back home in Nashville throughout the season, including Ford Military Salute Week, which is a staple among the Predators schedule.<\/p>\n
In addition to the Ford Military Salute that comes during every Preds home game, Ford Military Salute Week features a number of recognitions and activations, including soldiers from the Sabaluski Air Assault School and the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conducting a rappel demonstration from the Bridgestone Arena rafters prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n
The Showcase is also a notable point in the Predators Training Camp schedule with a chance to get a look at essentially the entire prospect pool that\u2019s in attendance at camp, including those who have already tasted NHL action, like Ufko and O\u2019Hara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gold Star Showcase, now in its fourth season, features military highlights, Gold Star family tributes, meet-and-greets with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-898246","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\/898246","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=898246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}