NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Two former Nashville Predators are part of this year’s seven-member Hockey Hall of Fame class.

Shea Weber and David Poile attended the ceremony in Toronto on Monday evening and join Pavel Datsyuk, Jeremy Roenick, Natalie Darwitz, Krissy Wendell and Colin Campbell in the 2024 class.

Poile, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder, officially retired from his positions as president of hockey operations and general manager of the Predators on June 30, 2023 and currently serves as a senior advisor to the organization. He spent 41 consecutive seasons as an NHL general manager – more than anyone in the history of the game – and guided the Predators to 15 playoff trips, including an appearance in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final. was named NHL GM of the Year in 2017; is a member of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame; and won 1,533 career games, the most by any general manager in League history. Poile joins his father, Norman “Bud” Poile, as an honored member of the Hockey Hall of Fame; the senior Poile was inducted as a constructor in 1990.

Weber becomes the first player drafted by the Predators to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The 39-year-old former defenseman was selected by Poile in the second round (49th overall) of the 2003 NHL Draft and spent the first 11 seasons of his career with the Predators, recording 443 points (166g-277a) in 763 games. The recipient of the 2016 Mark Messier Leadership Award, Weber captained the Predators for six campaigns and is third in franchise history in games played, fourth in goals and fifth in points. During his 16-season career with Nashville and Montreal, Weber was named to the NHL All-Star Game seven times and twice made the NHL First All-Star Team at season’s end.

In honor of their induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Nashville Predators will welcome back David Poile and Shea Weber to Bridgestone Arena on November 23 prior to the team’s game against the Winnipeg Jets.

Poile and Weber will participate in a pregame faceoff ceremony, and the team’s game presentation will highlight the impact the Hall of Famers have had on the Nashville and Middle Tennessee communities, on and off the ice.

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