“Tonight, it just took us too long to get into the game, too long to get that energy, that fire, that bravado you need to play in these types of games,” Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt said. “You’re in the final four. Every team is good here.” True. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the […]
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Knights on Ice — Just When You Thought, Oh No, ...
Yesterday, you may have had this strange feeling as you watched Game 7. If so, you weren’t alone. Most of the city was watching the final game of a series the VGK at one point led 3-1. Even though the Knights finally found a way to beat Thatcher Demko and the resilient Vancouver Canucks with […]
Knights on Ice — The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot S...
The Canucks avoided elimination once again with a 4-0 victory in Game 6 last night. Coupled with Tuesday’s 2-1 victory, Vancouver has climbed back into the series and has now forced a deciding Game 7 tonight. Teams that win Games 5 and 6 after trailing a series 3-1 are 29-28 (50.%) in winning a best-of-7 […]
Knights on Ice — The VGK Get Demkoed
Thatcher Demko had never appeared in an NHL playoff game, to say nothing of an elimination game to boot. So the stage was set. Vancouver’s #1 goalie, Jacob Markstrom, was ruled unfit to play Game 5, so the path to Round 3 for the VGK seemed like it would just be a mere 60 minutes […]
Knights on Ice — 17-5, Plus Travis Green Is Be...
Last night the VGK scored 3 unanswered goals in the 3rd period for a come-from-behind 5-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Vegas now needs one more victory to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the 2nd time in their young 3-year history. Pretty impressive, if you ask me. Who knows if it could have been 3 […]
Knights on Ice —Just Give Tuch the Puck and Lea...
In sports, you win as a team. This is especially true in the NHL. But last night, the VGK used the speed and soft hands of Alex Tuch and the wall of Robin “Panda” Lehner to get a leg up in the best-of-7 series against the Vancouver Canucks with a 3-0 shutout. It was the […]
Knights on Ice — A Tuff(oli) Kind of Loss
Tyler Toffoli hadn’t appeared in Vancouver’s last 10 playoff games in the Edmonton bubble, but he was paramount in hanging a disappointing loss on the VGK last night. Vancouver beat the VGK by a score of 5-2 and Tyler wasted no time in leading Vancouver to an inspiring win that evened the best-of-7 series at […]
Knights on Ice — VGK Takes the Sword to Vancouv...
There are a few ways to use a sword. Last night, the VGK used one in a way that was drastically different from how Marc-André Fleury’s agent Alan Walsh did on Saturday. The VGK plunged their sword deep into the heart of the Vancouver Canucks in what easily could be called a good old-fashioned schoolyard […]
Knights on Ice — Vegas Scores Late, Then Scores...
Last night the VGK advanced to the second round of the playoffs with a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks. But they did create more than a few sweaty palms among their fanbase here in Las Vegas by falling behind 2-0 in the first period. Max Pacioretty, the leading scorer for the VGK this abbreviated […]
Knights on Ice — The Big Red Wall
There is a political debate as to the effectiveness of building a border wall. Some say it doesn’t deter illegal entries into the country, while others believe it stops them. In hockey, a wall works and last night, it was the big red wall of the Chicago Blackhawks that blocked 32 VGK shots. Cory Crawford […]
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