To anyone wondering why Pekka Rinne is so special, so deeply beloved: That’s why. It’s not that Rinne declined to dress for the occasion. It’s that it didn’t even occur to him that this ...

The words came out of Pekka Rinne's mouth in a place called "The Honky Tonk Room" on Tuesday inside Bridgestone Arena, the goalie's home away from home, a relationship that began 18 years earlier ...

Pekka Rinne had played well enough to give the Nashville Predators a victory against the Chicago Blackhawks. Then he put an exclamation point on the first win by new Predators coach John Hynes by ...

PITTSBURGH – Roman Josi took it personally when the Nashville Predators pulled goalie Pekka Rinne. “We left him out to dry in the third period,” said the defenseman, who watched Rinne leave ...

Pekka Rinne took a lap around the ice as teammates watched, tapping their sticks against the boards. The Nashville Predators surrounded their 38-year-old goalie for a group hug, and he was the ...

The Nashville Predators enlisted Wise, a Clarksville-based sculptor and firefighter, to create a life-size statue of legendary Preds goaltender Pekka Rinne. It will stand guard outside Bridgestone ...

The Nashville Predators have brought back former goaltender Pekka Rinne in a new role as a special alumni adviser. General manager David Poile announced the move Thursday. Rinne is the only player ...

Each of you helped me grow into the man, father and person I am today." The 38-year-old Rinne made his NHL debut with the Preds during the 2005-06 season and spent his entire 15-year NHL career in ...

BOSTON (CBS) -- Pekka Rinne's Stanley Cup Final could not have started worse, but he redeemed himself in a major way with an epic performance in Monday night's Game 4 in Nashville. The Predators ...

Like many of us, Pekka Rinne remembers when Ray Bourque won the Stanley Cup at long last. As an 18-year-old in Finland in 2001, Rinne was unable to watch the historic moment in real time ...

On Pekka Rinne’s 29th birthday, the Predators gifted him with a seven-year contract. It was an appropriate present for a franchise goaltender who navigated an improbable path from eighth-round ...

Reporting from Nashville — Every indication at Saturday’s morning skate pointed toward goaltender Pekka Rinne starting for the Nashville Predators in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final ...