Local Corner—New York Street Dogs 300 Stewart Ave., 702-930-9540 We’ve been roamin’ these streets for decades and have made a lot of culinary discoveries, but one thing we’ve never come across is a street cart selling New York City-style hot dogs topped with kraut and red-onion sauce. Sure, the dog itself has made its way […]
Knights on Ice — Lots of Firsts Last Night
Las night’s game featured a lot of things, some of what happened had never happened before and most if not all weren’t beneficial to the Vegas Golden Knights. VGK lost at home to the Dallas Stars 3-0. Malcolm Subban lost his first game as the VGK goaltender; he was 4-0-0 coming into the game. Also for […]
Knights on Ice — A Goaltender Problem?
On October 13, Marc-Andre Fleury, the starting goaltender for the VGK, the recipient of several personal awards, and a winner of three Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, was injured. Today, more than six weeks later, there’s been no indication of when Fleury will return to the lineup. On October 21, Fleury’s replacement, Malcolm Subban, was injured. On October […]
Knights on Ice — Would You Rather Be Lucky Or G...
Would you rather be lucky or good is a question that’s often asked among poker players. The correct answer is both. In order to win a poker tournament these day, especially with massive fields like at the World Series of Poker, you simply can’t win a tournament based upon skill alone. You need to get […]
Knights on Ice — When “Duck That!” Becomes “Duc...
The original title of tonight’s blog was the simple “Duck that!” You know what I really wanted to say, but VegasWithAnEdge.com is G-rated, so I had to get a little creative to express my exact thoughts on the first 39 minutes of last night’s game against the Anaheim Ducks at Anaheim. This game last night reminded me […]
Knights on Ice — Long Live the King(s) — Except...
The primary role of a knight in medieval times was to fight battles for his king. Tonight, the Knights surrendered their historic role as protectors of the throne. Their first-period quickness was a nightmare for the Los Angeles Kings, especially their goaltender Jonathan Quick, who was pulled from the game rather quickly. Quick faced only nine […]
Greater Vegas — the Soul of Carson City
What is it about godforsaken patches of the Nevada desert that give men visions of booming metropolises? It’s hard to say. Myron Lake bought a collapsed bridge and proceeded to found the world’s biggest little city. Don Laughlin bought a bankrupt bait shop and built, in a few short years, one of the largest gambling […]
Knights on Ice — A Rebound in Hockey Is (Usuall...
In hockey, the word “rebound” is rarely a good thing, especially if it refers to something that happens in your defensive zone. A rebound is a ricochet of an original shot. The goaltender blocks the shot, but the puck rebounds in front of or to either side of the goaltender, who is now usually out […]
Knights on Ice — Burn the Tape
This was the kind of game that a coach would just prefer to “burn the tape,” meaning not even have the chance of reviewing; nothing that Coach Gallant could even try to do or say would sugarcoat or somehow, some way, pull something positive out of it for his team to learn from. The only possible positive […]
Greater Vegas — Stewart Indian School
One of the highlights of Carson City, the Nevada state capital, is a visit to the Stewart Indian School. Thirty full years after the complete dislocation of Nevada’s Native population, the U.S. Senator from Nevada, William Stewart, acquired federal funds to open this school in 1890 on a 240-acre campus south of the town. At […]
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