James Neal scored twice in the first period, Juuse Saros stopped 27 shots and the Nashville Predators beat the New Jersey Devils 5-1 Tuesday night. Ryan Johansen and Mattias Ekholm each had a goal and an assist, Filip Forsberg also scored and Viktor Arvidsson had three assists for the Predators. Sergey Kalinin spoiled Saros’ bid for his first NHL shutout with 4:49 remaining, and Cory Schneider finished with 32 saves for the Devils, who have lost seven straight. Arvidsson found Neal across the ice on a 2-on-1 and Neal beat Scheider glove-side 5:43 into the game. Neal scored again...

The Coffee County Red Raiders opened the Red Raider Invitational with a dominating 65 to 37 win over Community on Monday night.  Fourteen different Red Raiders scored as everyone that dressed for Coffee County got playing time.  The Raiders will advance to Tuesday’s semifinal round as they will take on Red Bank. In Monday’s other games, East Hamilton defeated Beech in overtime, 57 to 54.  Middle Tennessee Christian stopped Franklin County 47 to 43 and Red Bank outlasted Grundy County 53 to 43. After a back and forth 1st quarter, Coffee County led by 1 going into the 2nd...

Filip Forsberg got the tying goal midway through the third period and Ryan Ellis had the only score in the shootout, helping the Nashville Predators give the Philadelphia Flyers their second straight loss, 2-1 on Monday night. The Flyers had won 10 straight before losing to the Dallas Stars on Saturday. Nashville got its first win in extra time and Ellis his first successful shootout conversion this season. The Predators were 0-5 in overtime and shootouts. Nashville’s Pekka Rinne stopped 31 shots, plus all three in the shootout. Steve Mason had 30 saves for Philadelphia. Defenseman Andrew MacDonald scored...

The Motlow State Community College softball team compiled an outstanding grade point average (GPA) of 3.11 during the Fall 2016 semester, placing it first among the College’s four athletic programs. While softball had the highest team GPA, it was baseball that racked up the most individual honors. Twelve baseball student-athletes were named to either the honor roll or the dean’s list, which is 44 percent of the team. The baseball team’s total GPA was 3.04. Softball was not far behind in total individual honors with nine players named to either the honor roll or dean’s list, which is 60...

With high school boys’ basketball teams coming from as far away as Hendersonville and Ooltewah, the 3rd Annual Red Raider Invitational tips off on Monday afternoon at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.  Coach Micah Williams of Coffee County is welcoming 8 teams from Middle and East Tennessee for the 3 day tournament. All eight teams will be in action each day as they work their way through the championship and consolation brackets.  The first game time each day is 3 PM.  Monday’s play gets underway at 3 PM as East Hamilton takes on Beech while Middle Tennessee Christian...

In the coldest game in franchise history, Titans kicker Ryan Succophad ice water in his veins. Succop nailed a 53-yard field goal on the final play of the game at the Titans rallied to beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 19-17. Kickoff temperature was one degree with a wind chill of minus-9. The Titans took over at their own 25-yard line with 1:07 left in the contest. Quarterback Marcus Mariota drove the team down the field, and put Succop in a position to win it. Mariota completed 19-of-33 passes for 241 yards, along with an interception. Running back DeMarco Murray...

Juuse Saros made 26 saves through 65 minutes, but it wasn’t enough as the Nashville Predators fell 2-1 in a shootout to the New York Rangers on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result gives the Preds points in 13 of 16 home games this season and puts their overall record at 13-12-5. Both goaltenders – Saros for the Preds and Henrik Lundqvist for the Rangers – turned in solid efforts, each holding the opposition to one regulation goal with the New York netminder turning aside 31 Predators chances on the night. Saros was especially impressive in the first...

In their last contest before the Christmas holiday break, the Coffee County Middle School basketball teams welcomed Harris Middle to the CCMS gym on Thursday night for a conference doubleheader.  In a pair of games you heard here on Thunder Radio, the Coffee County teams each captured wins to enter the new year on a positive note.  The Lady Raiders held off a late charge by the Eagles to capture a 30 to 22 win while the Red Raiders pulled away in the 4th quarter to win 34 to 26. Despite struggling at the free throw line, Coffee County...