Tennyson, 31 (4/23/90), has recorded three goals and 11 points in 30 games with the Admirals this season, his first with the Predators organization. In 2020-21, he completed his 10th professional season, skating in 21 games for the New Jersey Devils - his most in an NHL campaign since 2016-17 - and five for Binghamton (AHL). After his NHL season ended, in which he tallied three points (1g-2a) and two penalty minutes, Tennyson represented the United States internationally for the first time at the 2021 World Championship and was third among American blueliners in points with four (2g-2a) en route to earning a bronze medal
Undrafted, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound defenseman is a veteran of 165 career NHL games with San Jose (60), Carolina (45), New Jersey (41) and Buffalo (19). His best statistical season in the NHL came in 2014-15 with the Sharks, where he recorded eight points (2g-6a) and averaged 17:34 of ice time. Including 2021-22, Tennyson has split each of the last eight seasons between the NHL and AHL; at the AHL level, he's amassed 126 points (31g-95a) in 335 contests. The Minneapolis, Minn., native served as an assistant captain for the Rochester Americans in 2018-19 and the Charlotte Checkers in 2016-17, and prior to turning pro, he played three seasons at Western Michigan University, winning the CCHA championship and earning a spot on the CCHA Second All-Star Team as a junior in 2011-12.
