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Michelle Alvarez, center, served as patient ambassador for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt at the recent Nashville Predators Hockey Fights Cancer Night. Here, Alvarez drops the puck with Predators’ captain Mike Fisher, left, and Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid. Over the past seven years, the Predators have raised and donated more than $1 million to Children’s Hospital, with more than $500,000 going to the Nashville Predators-365 Pediatric Cancer Fund.