More than 1,000 Preds fans showed up at the airport to welcome the team back home

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Nashville Predators fans , Twitter/TomAWillis

The Nashville Predators have been one of the hottest teams in the NHL playoffs. Aside from how well the team has played on a nightly basis, the fans have certainly made Bridgestone Arena a tough place to visit.

Tennessee Titans offensive linemen crushing tallboys to fire up the crowd in Nashville

Go Preds. pic.twitter.com/v1sHACFVqo
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 17, 2017

Courtesy of our network engineer @marshallweidner. Forsberg goal exceeded 129 dB!! pic.twitter.com/IOk5yZIFZ0
— 102.5 The Game (@1025TheGame) May 19, 2017

‘Smashville’ has been the place to be this postseason and the team has rewarded their fans up to this point as they’re just one win away from booking their first trip to the Stanley Cup final in franchise history.

The #Predators are one win away from the #StanleyCup final after beating the #Ducks 3-1.

A post shared by TSN (@tsn_official) on May 20, 2017 at 7:08pm PDT

The team returned home on Sunday afternoon after their victory in Anaheim on Saturday night and they stepped off the plane to a pretty cool sight.

They're baaaaack! #StandWithUs pic.twitter.com/1gkACjLcSV
— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) May 21, 2017

An incredible scene, a thousand or more #Preds fans at the airport to welcome the team back to #Smashville. pic.twitter.com/iF2mLSWXFf
— Thomas Willis (@TomAWillis) May 21, 2017

More than 1,000 Preds fans showed up just to welcome the team back after a big Game 5 victory and that number is probably going to increase after every win from here on out.

(H/T Twitter/TomAWillis)