Las Vegas has always been noted for its buffets, where it’s all you can eat. The VGK have instituted the Hockey Playoff Buffet, where it’s not how much you can consume, but more like a test of how much hockey drama your heart, stomach, and blood pressure can possibly endure in a 2-1/2 hour span. […]
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Knights on Ice —VGK Fails To Show Up, or Simply...
For only the second time in their brief franchise history, the VGK failed to win Game #1 of the five playoff series in which they’ve have played. The one they lost was against Winnipeg in last year’s Western Conference Final playoffs. Last night’s 5-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks was nothing more than the […]
Knights on Ice — Russian Collusion
Special Counsel Robert Mueller spent two-plus years looking for Russian collusion. By contrast, in one night, in the L.A. Kings’ 5-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights, there was enough Russian collusion at the Staples Center to ban all vodka sales in the state of California for years. Ilya Kovalchuk, who was born in Tver, […]
Knights on Ice — Desperation Prevails
Last night, two teams were playing at T-Mobile. One of them was in desperation mode (Arizona), while the other (Vegas) played like it didn’t matter. I asked Coach Gallant in his post-game conference, “Was tonight’s result a case of facing a desperate team or were the VGK on auto pilot?” His response was, “Come on, […]
Knights on Ice — Knights Play a “Perfect ...
Maybe if you’re the coach, it was a perfect game. But for the 18,367 in attendance, they were subject to a game that lacked emotion, had no urgency, and had zero passion from either team. The VGK have nothing to play for; they can’t move any higher or drop any lower in the standings. They’ll open […]
Knights on Ice — Sharks Stick It to The Knights
Actually, it’s more like Joe Thornton who stuck it to Ryan Reaves with his stick around Revo’s throat area in a scrum behind the net toward the end of the first period. It was an emotionally charged contest in which San Jose used their physicality in their 4-3 OT win. The win assured the Sharks […]
Knights on Ice—Subb-Par Performance
The VGK have now lost four games in a row (0-3-1), losing to the Minnesota Wild last night by a score of 3-2 at T-Mobile in front of a sold-out crowd of 18,492. Vegas previously had won 10 of their last 11 games and seemed poised to pass the San Jose Sharks, who have lost […]
Knights on Ice—One Team Fighting, One Team Wait...
It was obvious which team was fighting and which team was waiting for it to happen in last night’s game. The Golden Knights, who’ll make the playoffs no matter how uninspired they play, lost the game in the first period where they looked slow and not interested in taking their playoff-clinching opportunity into their own […]
Knights on Ice — Another Blind Behind-the-Backh...
Saturday’s game against Detroit ended just 19 seconds into overtime when Reilly Smith attempted a blind behind-the-back pass in front of Malcolm Subban. Last night, Subban picked up right where Smith left off with his own blind behind-the-back pass. That one was picked off by Zach Sanford, who was behind the net. Seconds later, Sanford […]
Knights on Ice — Two Costly Mistakes and the Lo...
It’s difficult to find fault with the VGK, especially over the last 11 games in which they’ve won every one except for their loss in Calgary on March 10 by a score of 6-3. In their last 10 wins from Feb. 26 till March 21, they surrendered only 16 goals. In the same period of time, they […]
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