Last season was the greatest campaign in franchise history for the Nashville Predators, but unfortunately they didn’t have enough in the tank to come away with the ultimate prize at the end of their impressive playoff run.
The team made a couple of moves during the offseason, which included the signings of former Predator Scott Hartnell and former Penguin Nick Bonino, and hope the minor changes will help them return to the Stanley Cup Final.
This past week, 35-year-old Scott Hartnell returned to the arena he called home for the first six years of his NHL career and plenty of people were happy to see the familiar face in the building, including long time locker room attendant Craig “Partner” Baugh.
Best known around the Preds franchise as Partner, the team’s longtime locker room attendant was over the moon when he realized one of his first friends on the team was back in town.
In an article from 2012 following Hartnell’s trade to the Philadelphia Flyers, the Regina, Saskatchewan native had nothing but great things to say about Partner. Here’s one of his quotes about the team’s locker room attendant from 2012.
"The first walk down the hall here [with Kimmo], you see Craig "Partner" Baugh, the team's [locker room attendant] who does all of the road teams, and he just puts a big smile on your face. He's the one guy that I'd look forward to seeing every morning coming into practice. If you lost a tough game or a couple in-a-row, you come back home and see his face."
This time is was the other way around as Partner’s smile took up his entire face after he saw Hartnell in the team’s workout room.
(H/T Twitter/Gnash00)
