An avalanche is defined as: 1) a sudden arrival or occurrence of something in overwhelming quantities; 2) a mass of snow, ice, and rocks falling rapidly down a mountainside. It’s rare for an avalanche to lose its power as it gathers momentum sliding down the side of a mountain. Unless, of course, you were the […]
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Knights on Ice — First the Tallest Misfit, Then...
Did the best team win last night? This question can be answered 2 different ways and both are correct. Were the VGK the better team last night? The scoreboard says they were. If you watched the entire game, you might believe otherwise. But results count, even if the VGK were dominated for the first 40 […]
Knights on Ice — Marchessault Puts on a “Marsha...
The NBCSN analysts proclaimed it “Marshashow.” Pronounce it any way you want; we don’t really care — especially since you all told us 4 years ago how hockey would never work in the desert. Last night the Misfits were back at it again and Jonathan Marchessault, the smallest of the group, played the biggest part […]
Knights on Ice — Believe in the Misfits; Believ...
No matter how much you believe in this team, and how little you believe that the VGK feed off the emotion and energy of the crowd at T-Mobile, it was clear that — believe it or no —something special happens when 17,504 (“seventh man”) fans and 19 skaters get together at T-Mobile. It’s actually magical. […]
Knights on Ice — A Soft Penalty In OT Overshado...
Since October 2017, I’ve written 281 blog posts on the VGK and their games played. In my last two, unfortunately, I’ve had to call out the on-ice officials. In Game 1 on Sunday, their calls, or the lack thereof, and mismanagement didn’t have a direct effect on the final score, but it did lead to […]
Knights on Ice — Just Flush It
Actually, the way Mark Stone put it was, “We’ll flush this one. We’ll see what we did wrong. There are a few areas that we were actually not bad at, but there’s a lot we need to improve. We’re fortunate to have two days in between games here, a little bit of rest, a little […]
Knights on Ice — Jan Puts His Mark on Game 7; P...
Every young hockey player has dreams about playing in the NHL and in their dreams, they see themselves scoring a big goal in the 7th game in a playoff series. Last night, Mattias Janmark’s dream not only came through, he also scored a hat trick in the VGK’s Game 7 victory over the Minnesota Wild […]
Knights on Ice — VGK Returning to a Familiar Pl...
The VGK unfortunately are returning to a familiar place, one that they could and should have avoided in their last 2 playoff appearances and now for the third time. In the last 3 years, this team has blown a 3-1 series lead forcing a Game 7. Losing last night 3-0 in an extremely disappointing performance […]
Knights on Ice — 52 Seconds Later
The stage was set. The crowd of 12,156 was ready and T-Mobile was prepared to host a series-clinching game for the first time in VGK history. Mark Stone was ready, willing, and able to make this all happen, taking a touch pass from Alex Tuch along the left side boards. Stone picked up the pass […]
Knights on Ice — Mark With a K+, Marc with a C,...
When the heart and soul of your team is Mark Stone and your goaltender is Marc-Andre Fleury you can beat just about anyone, including the State of Hockey, otherwise known as Minnesota. Yes, Minnesota is known as the State of Hockey, but a group of misfits from the city of Las Vegas is on the […]
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