NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLE) – The National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association, in conjunction with Live Nation Sweden, announced Friday, Nov. 8, that the Nashville Predators will participate in the 2020 NHL Global Series.

The team will end their training camp in Bern, Switzerland, by playing an exhibition game against Predators captain Roman Josi’s former club SC Bern at the PostFinance Arena. The contest will be a part of the NHL Global Series Challenge and will take place before Nashville opens up the 2020-21 season against the Boston Bruins at the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.

More announcements will be made soon about the 2020 NHL Global Series and 2020 NHL Global Series Challenge including game dates, broadcast and ticketing information.

The Predators currently have 10 players on their 22-man active roster that hail from Europe, including Josi and Yannick Weber, both of whom grew up in Bern. Weber played three seasons with Bern’s junior club, winning a league title in 2005. Josi began playing on Bern’s Under-17 club before making his Swiss League debut with SC Bern in 2006-07 and later capturing a league title in 2010.

Nashville’s only time playing abroad in team history came against the Pittsburgh Penguins to open the 2000 season, where the Preds split two games with the Penguins in Saitama City, Japan.

The 2020 NHL Global Series will mark the fourth-consecutive year and ninth season overall that the NHL has traveled to Europe to play regular-season games. These games help give back to the loyal and passionate fans in Europe that enjoy live NHL games. To date, there have been five NHL regular-season games played in the Czech Republic, which have all been played at O2 Arena in Prague.

Friday’s announcements were made by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the first of two games between the Buffalo Sabres and Tampa Bay Lightning, who are participating in the 2019 NHL Global Series. There have been 26 regular-season NHL games played in Europe, with these two contests being the 27th and 28th such games.

More information on the 2020 NHL Global Series and 2020 NHL Global Series Challenge will be announced at a later date.