Last night the VGK were missing $18.3 million worth of crucial players to their lineup and it showed in their 2-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild. Mark Stone and Alex Pietrangelo who were injured in Saturday’s game in San Jose did not play, even though Pete DeBoer claimed that Stone’s not returning to the game […]
Knights on Ice — Tuch It
Alex Tuch is on fire and Marc-Andre Fleury is smoking hot in the net. These two were instrumental in VGK’s 4-0 shutout of the San Jose Sharks last night at the SAP Center in San Jose. Vegas has 3 wins this season in 3 games at the SAP Center. The Sharks have just 2 home […]
Knights on Ice — Pacioretty Saves the VGK Once ...
Max Pacioretty’s goal, his 2nd of the game at 1:25 in overtime, saved the Golden Knights from what would have been a disastrous loss to the San Jose Sharks. It was Pacioretty 3rd winning OT goal this season as Vegas won the opening game of this back-to-back 2-game series 5-4. The VGK led 2-0 after […]
Knights on Ice — Tuch Picks Up Right Where He l...
On Monday night, Alex Tuch scored with just 42 seconds left in the game to erase a 2-goal 3rd period Minnesota lead at T-Mobile. Last night, he picked up right where he left off, scoring just 2:03 into the game for the lead that Vegas never relinquished in their 5-1 win over the Wild at […]
Knights on Ice — A Wild Storm in the Second Neu...
The Minnesota Wild created a fast-moving storm of goals in the 2nd period. Their first 2 goals came just 66 seconds apart and their 3rd and 4th goals just 19 seconds apart. Four goals in a period, especially the second, is a rarity for the Wild. Coming into the game Minnesota had a deficit of […]
Knights on Ice — Flower and Wild Bill Stretch a...
The longest stretch pass allowed in the NHL is 125 feet. It covers the ice from the end boards to center ice, which is 100 feet, and the remaining 25 feet between the red line and the blue line. Anything longer than that would cause a whistle and a stoppage of play. Alex Pietrangelo’s pass […]
Knights on Ice — DeBoer Orders a Milkshake; Flo...
Pete DeBoer had seen enough after losing 2 games in a row, a first for him as the VGK coach. So he turned on his blender and created a milkshake with his entire team’s lineup, top to bottom. Every one of the 18 skaters was playing with someone new. Some believed it was a quiet […]
Knights on Ice—On Thin Ice
Sometime in early 2016, when Bill Foley and the Maloof family were exploring the idea of bringing an NHL franchise to Las Vegas, the pundits insisted, “Hockey in the desert will never work.” They should have said, “Hockey on Lake Tahoe on a sunny Saturday will never work.” Yesterday’s game started at 12 noon, but […]
Knights on Ice — VGK Blow Away 3 Valuable Point...
The VGK were headed into overtime, which would have prevented last night’s game from being a 4-pointer. But with the faceoff to Fleury’s left, William Karlsson drew the puck to the boards, clearly a safe choice, better than the puck drawn back to the point or out in front of Fleury. But Zac Whitecloud was […]
Knights on Ice — 4 Down, 12 To Go
Yesterday, the VGK started a crucial 4-game segment all against the same team, the Colorado Avalanche, the team most hockey pundits believe stand in their way, not only for the #1 seed in the Honda West Division, but a repeat appearance in the Western Conference Finals. If this were to happen, it would mark the […]
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