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Filip Forsberg Scores 2, Predators Beat Coyotes, 5-2 on Tuesday

Pete Weber’s Postgame Report

Filip Forsberg

Filip Forsberg scored twice and added an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a come-from-behind 5-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night.

Calle Jarnkrok, Mike Ribeiro, and James Neal also scored for Nashville, who stopped a two-game losing streak. Shea Weber had three assists.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Kyle Chipchura had the goals for Arizona, who saw their three-game winning streak end.

Nashville lost center Mike Fisher at 7:56 of the second period to a lower-body injury. In the Arizona zone, Martin Hanzal checked Fisher into the left boards. Fisher left the ice without putting any weight on his right leg.

Nashville took a 3-2 lead in the third on Forsberg’s wrist shot. He scored his second at 17:01 and Neal added an empty-net goal late.

Ekman-Larsson scored the game’s first goal at 17:20 of the first.

With Nashville defenseman Seth Jones off serving an interference penalty, Ekman-Larsson sent a wrist shot through traffic toward the Nashville net, beating Pekka Rinne high on the stick side.

Jarnkrok tied it 1 at 12:32 of the second. With Nashville on a power play, Weber faked a shot from the left side before sending a pass toward Jarnkrok in front of the Arizona net. He redirected the puck between the pads of Mike Smith.

Arizona regained the lead at 17:09 of the second on Chipchura’s third goal of the season.

Boyd Gordon had the puck to the right of the Nashville net and slid a backhand pass to Chipchura crashing the net. Chipchura was able to fend off Weber and slip the puck by Rinne.

Entering Tuesday, Arizona was 10-0-0 when leading after two periods.

Ribeiro tied the game at 2:33 of the third when Cody Hodgson got a stick on an Ekman-Larsson pass in the Arizona zone and the deflection came to Ribeiro and beat Smith high to the glove side from the low slot.

Nashville will host the Florida Panthers on Thursday night in a game tha gets underway at 7 PM. Thunder Radio will join the broadcast of that game in progress following our broadcast of the Westwood Middle School basketball game as they host Fayetteville on Teddy Bear Toss Night.

Motlow College Taking Corrective Measures Over Email Issue

In a recent eﬀort to inform current Motlow State Community College Tennessee Promise students of the impending Dec. community service deadline, the College sent an email to Motlow State employees only, which inadvertently included an attachment containing some personal student information.
The original email was intended to alert College employees who may know a student using the Tennessee Promise to contact that student and inform them of the impending deadline.
All Motlow State employees are subject to student privacy policies mandated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. To further protect student’s privacy, the College immediately began taking corrective action to protect Motlow students and insure their privacy was not compromised.
The actions included, but were not limited to:
1. Recalled the email within 17 minutes of ﬁrst sending it.
2. Conducted an internal audit to contain the email and insure that it had not been released to non-employees.
3. Notﬁed all aﬀected students.
4. Reminded college employees of their responsibility to respect student privacy.
5. Assigned Motlow’s compliance oﬃcer as the point of contact for students with concerns.
Addionally, the college is preparing a resource page on its website (TNPromise.mscc.edu/PII) to help aﬀected students.

Gas Prices Predicted To Remain Below $2 At Least Through Christmas

Last week, motorists enjoyed the lowest Thanksgiving gas prices in seven years (2008). Gas prices declined throughout the holiday weekend, as was forecasted by AAA. Some non-AAA analysts attempted to grab headlines by forecasting that the national average would dip below $2 in time for the holiday, but that did not happen, as the national average on Thanksgiving Day was $2.05 – 75 cents lower than the year before.
“Gas prices have been falling at a rate of about a half cent a day, and if that pace continues, the national average will drop below $2 in the next two weeks,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “But there is potential for the pump price plunge to slow after oil prices climbed a few bucks last week.”
Today, 36 percent of gas stations nationwide are selling fuel below $2 a gallon. Current average prices are $2.04 nationwide and $1.87 in Tennessee. Looking forward, pump prices on Christmas Day are forecast to be well below last year’s holiday averages of $2.33 nationwide and $2.18 in Tennessee.
In Coffee County this week the low price in Manchester is $1.72 and in Tullahoma it’s $1.73.

Tennessee Must Accept Refugees, According to the Attorney General

The Tennessee Attorney General has released an opinion saying the state cannot refuse to accept people the federal government has admitted to the country as refugees.
The opinion was requested by State Representatives John Ray Clemmons, Jason Powell and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart after calls by state lawmakers to deny entry to Syrian refugees who are vetted by the U.S. government.
The attorney general says “such a refusal would impinge on and conflict with the federal government’s authority to regulate the admission of aliens to the United States and thus would violate the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.”
The opinion goes on to confirm that a refusal could not be based on an individual’s country of origin or religion.

Forty Years and Forty Trees!

Phyllis Dix, Westwood Middle School Principal-Chad Fletcher, Mary Trice and Carolyn Norfleet-the ladies are part of the Dig N Dream Garden Club in Manchester.

The Dig n Dream Garden Club’s annual gift to this community, The Trees of Christmas, is on display now at the Ada Wright Center in Fred Deadman park. The Club has presented Forty Years of the Trees of Christmas; and they celebrate that tremendous feat with forty trees displayed this year. The event truly is a gift, as there is no charge or fee-admission is free to all.
Marking the forty-year milestone with a special letter of appreciation, Westwood Middle School Principal Chad Fletcher, presented the letter to the Dig n Dream Garden Club, paraphrased here:
“Undoubtedly, this endeavor has required many hours of thankless service to turn ideas into reality. Sweat, love and tears water the Trees of Christmas and yet, when the event begins, it brings joy and wonder to both children and parents; grandkids and grandparents. For many, including students in the Manchester City School, this event is anticipated and enjoyed. It brings the spirit of Christmas alive. Thank you for setting such a high, worthy example for the children and the citizens of Manchester”.
Longtime members of the club, Phyllis Dix, Carolyn Norfleet and Mary Trice accepted the letter. Phyllis Dix said, “We learn, we dig and we dream-that we will make beautiful things.”
For dates and times that you can visit the Trees of Christmas, go to WMSRRadio.com