For the 3rd time this season, the once quick and offensive-minded VGK were shut out, 4-0. The shutout was delivered by the Minnesota Wild, a team that coming into last night’s game was in 12th place out of the 15 teams in the Western Conference. The only teams that Minnesota were ahead of were the only 3 […]
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Knights on Ice — The Year of the Rat, a.k.a. th...
Last night the VGK organization celebrated the Year of the Rat Chinese New Year 2020, along with having an excuse to sell the red warm-up jerseys that the team wore before the game. And what a ratty finish to a game that should have never been in doubt, considering the VGK’s 2-0 lead in the […]
Knights on Ice — Panthers Were Stoned
Last night the VGK beat the Florida Panthers 7-2. But it’s more like Mark Stone beat them: He had a game for the ages and set a new VGK regular-season record of 5 points in a game. Stone scored 5 points in a game twice when he played for the Ottawa Senators. He also scored […]
Knights on Ice — “Sometimes you play your...
And sometimes you don’t play well and get rewarded with 2 points anyway. That’s how Brayden Point finished his statement after last night’s game, which saw the surging Tampa Bay Lightning tip their way multiple times past the VGK by a final score of 4-2. “Tonight it wasn’t our best, but we get the two […]
Knights on Ice — Don’t Look Now, but Thes...
What a difference back-to-back wins and 4 points can make in the log jam in the Pacific Division. Besides the VGK leapfrogging from a wild-card playoff spot with last night’s 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators into 2nd place, the shutout for Fleury could not have come at a better time. His confidence was clearly shaken […]
Knights on Ice — A New Look, A New Beginning
Last night was the real beginning of the Pete DeBoer era as the head coach of the VGK. During the All Star Break and the off week, PDB had time to add a new assistant coach in Steve Spott, who spent time with PDB in San Jose. Before you lose your lunch with yet another […]
Knights on Ice — In Spite Of
In spite of the fact that the VGK scored on their first shot of the game by Mark Stone just 1:24 in to take a 1-0 lead over the Boston Bruins, and in spite of the fact that the VGK held the Boston Bruins’ power-play unit, which is the 3rd best among all 31 teams, scoreless […]
Knights on Ice — A Gutsy Comeback Falls Short
The VGK 2.0 version under PDB suffered its first loss last night to the Montreal Canadiens 5-4 in a shootout. It was a good loss. If you’re shaking your head, hear me out on this, because you know full well that you might have prematurely thrown in the towel after the first period when Montreal […]
Knights on Ice — I Feel Your Pain
I know exactly how you felt last night around 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time when you tuned in to watch the VGK vs. Ottawa Senators game. You had this painful feeling in your stomach, plus you most likely had no appetite and might not even have had anything to eat all day. If you didn’t, it […]
Knights on Ice — You’re Fired
Those words were made famous by Donald Trump at the end of each and every episode of the TV show “The Apprentice.” As much as we all know that it was a reality show with a script, yesterday morning some 2,500 miles away from Las Vegas, Gerard Gallant and assistant coach Mike Kelly were summoned […]
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