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News
Injury-riddled Golden Knights figure a way to beat Kraken
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 The Golden Knights aren’t going to overpower teams like they’ve grown accustomed to over the years — not with so many key scoring forwards injured. Sometimes they’ll need to outwork a team and grind out a victory ...
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Hockey
With Buffalo behind him, Eichel ready for surgery, new life with Golden Knights
Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 Had Jack Eichel undergone the surgery he wanted, when he wanted it, he’d most likely be long recovered and again playing hockey. Eichel was traded to the Golden Knights last week from the Sabres, with whom he had a public falling-out over the best course of care for his injured neck ...
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Sports
Golden Knights overcome nightmare first period to take down Canadiens
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 There was nothing about the first period Saturday that suggested the Golden Knights would beat the Montreal Canadiens. It was perhaps the worst 20 minutes in team history, as Vegas registered fewer shots than Montreal had goals.
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Longtime friends reunite with Silver Knights, looking to rekindle NHL dreams
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 It seems that no matter where Sven Baertschi and Derrick Pouliot go in hockey, they can’t quite escape each other. They met more than a decade ago in junior hockey, played two seasons together in the NHL “and now we’re in Henderson,” Pouliot said with a grin.
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Sports
Golden Knights return to Montreal for first time since playoff defeat
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 The last time the Golden Knights were in Montreal, they watched the Canadiens celebrate their trip to the Stanley Cup Final, having just beaten Vegas in the league semifinals.
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News
Line of new Golden Knights comes through in victory over Senators
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 Offseason addition Brett Howden and rookies Jake Leschyshyn and Jonas Rondbjerg aren’t exactly a murderer’s row, but with the injuries Vegas has sustained ...
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Sports
Golden Knights acquire Sabres star Jack Eichel in blockbuster trade
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 The Golden Knights have won the sweepstakes for Sabres superstar Jack Eichel. Vegas swung a massive trade with Buffalo in the early hours of Thursday, acquiring Eichel ...
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Hockey
Down yet another forward, Golden Knights overmatched in Toronto
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 As soon as the lineup came out before the Golden Knights took the ice in Toronto, it was clear it was going to be a rough night for the visitors.
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Las Vegas
Injuries, analytics and a strong goalie: Early takeaways from the Golden Knights’ season
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 So what do we know about the 4-4-0 Golden Knights? Here are a few takeaways as Vegas embarks on a four-game road trip through eastern Canada and Detroit ...
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Hockey
Late goals, backup goalie fuel Golden Knights' dramatic rally
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 When players talk about getting “rewarded” with goals, look no further than Jonathan Marchessault’s game-tying goal Wednesday night. Marchessault was a wrecking ball in the latter stages of the game ...
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Hockey
Golden Knights' early lead finally sticks in victory over Avalanche
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 Early on this season, the Golden Knights had a problem holding leads. They had scored first in all but one of their opening five games, and went on to lose all but one of them. Even in that one win ...
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News
Howden could be latest Golden Knights newcomer to jump-start career in Vegas
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 The Golden Knights’ Brett Howden admitted he knew nothing about Las Vegas before he was traded here.
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Sports
Golden Knights continue to improve, but goals, wins still elusive
Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 Twice in team history has Vegas lost five in a row, though both of those occasions included an overtime loss that garnered the Golden Knights a standings point.
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Sports
Live coverage: Golden Knights blanked by Islanders as losing streak hits four
Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 The Golden Knights have matched the longest regulation losing streak in their history. Vegas fell to the New York Islanders 2-0 Sunday night, the team's fourth-straight loss after winning the season opener ...
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Hockey
Golden Knights preaching progress, not panic, after loss to Oilers
Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 It’s too early in the Golden Knights’ season to panic. Two weeks ago we were still watching preseason games, after all. Vegas is missing three of its scoring forwards and its top defensive pair at this early juncture of the season, and the absences are showing ...
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News
Live coverage: Third-period Oilers goals send Golden Knights to third-straight loss
Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 There was hope for a moment when Nicolas Hague blasted home a monster of a slapshot in the third period to tie the game, that the Golden Knights would avoid a third-straight loss. Instead, the Edmonton Oilers answered right away, and dashed Vegas' hopes of avoiding a 1-3-0 start ...
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Golden Knights' early-season defensive woes continue in loss to Blues
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 It was by many statistics one of the worst defensive outings for the Golden Knights in almost two years. It wasn’t even the worst of the season though. That was last week in Los Angeles ...
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News
Golden Knights flash parental instincts with slick advice for new dad
Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021 Once they take the skates off and drive home from T-Mobile Arena after a game, there are a few Golden Knights who shift from hockey player to dad duty.
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News
Golden Knights lose game, captain in rough night against Kings
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 Things couldn’t have gone much worse for the Golden Knights on Thursday night. Not only did they lose 6-2 to the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center, they also lost their captain to an injury in the second period ...
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Breaking News
Thx: ESPN to use VGK instead of VGS for Golden Knights
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021 VGS is no more. Golden Knights fans were upset Tuesday during the season-opening broadcast when ESPN, in its first game carrying Vegas, used VGS as the team abbreviation on ...
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News
'Don’t get us fired up': Golden Knights star power takes over in win over Kraken
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 There’s a certain pool of players available to expansion teams these days that ensure a quality product on the ice. Even if few expected the Golden Knights’ breakout in 2017, many predicted the Seattle Kraken to be competitive from the start.
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Hockey
As Vegas gears up for tonight's opener, a look at Golden Knights fun facts
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 Vegas will open its fifth season at 7 p.m. tonight at T-Mobile Arena against the Seattle Kraken, the NHL’s new expansion team, with a healthy amount of history that feels ...
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Features
How will Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner fare replacing a legend and becoming the stand-alone starter?
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 “I think he knows he’s got some big shoes to fill,” Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer says. “I have no doubt this guy is committed to giving us excellent goaltending all year, and hopefully championship goaltending all year.”
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Sports
5 games to circle on the VGK schedule
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 Dates against Montreal, the New York Rangers, Chicago and Edmonton are can't-miss games for fans of the Golden Knights.
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Features
Analysis: Will the Golden Knights improve on the power play this season?
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 Plus, who’s Vegas’ enforcer post-Ryan Reaves?
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Hockey
Golden Knights forwards appear deeper than ever, building preseason buzz
Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021 A shoulder injury keeping Alex Tuch out of the Golden Knights lineup until the second half of the season was an unexpected blow to the rotation.
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News
Daniil Miromanov making case for future look with Golden Knights
Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 Daniil Miromanov, formerly a scoring forward in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, hasn’t fully kicked those offensive instincts with the Golden Knights.
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News
Golden Knights come out flat, lose to Kings in Salt Lake City
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 There was some novelty to Thursday’s preseason game, in that it was in Salt Lake City, a locale that had hosted only lower-level hockey in the past.
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Sports
Veterans in fine form as Golden Knights beat Colorado in preseason
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 The Golden Knights’ veteran players won the game, as Alex Pietrangelo scored the game-tying goal and Jonathan Marchessault the game winner to send the T-Mobile crowd home happy.
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Sports
Power play flashes potential in Golden Knights preseason opener
Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 The Vegas power play connected on one of its three opportunities and looked dangerous every time out — something that couldn’t always be said last season.
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News
Preseason games provide opportunity for Golden Knights rookies to make lasting impression
Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 There are three kinds of players at Golden Knights training camp.
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Hockey
Golden Knights looking forward to normal training camp, NHL season
Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 It’s been more than 18 months since fans were allowed to watch Golden Knights practices, and their return was appreciated inside City National Arena ...
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News
Golden Knights reach 100% vaccination rate, GM McCrimmon says
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 The hope is this season returns to more of what it was before the pandemic. After two shortened seasons, the league resumes its 82-game calendar this year, and will again travel to play ...
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Hockey
Key questions facing Golden Knights as training camp gets underway
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 Just like every year after the run to the Stanley Cup Final, the Golden Knights enter camp with massive expectations. They’ve been to the league semifinals the past two years and look poised to make another run this season. But just like every year, questions ...
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Hockey
'We’ve got to move on': Golden Knights adjust to life without Fleury
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 When the Golden Knights report to City National Arena for the formal start of training camp on Wednesday, they’ll do so without one familiar, famous smile for the first time since the organization began in 2017. Marc-Andre Fleury is gone, sent to Chicago this summer in an emotional move. Fleury was among the ...
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Sports
Lukas Cormier among prospects looking to impress at Golden Knights rookie camp
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 Manny Viveiros chuckled in that unmistakable way coaches do, suggesting his next comment about Golden Knights rookie defenseman Lukas Cormier would be an understatement.
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Sports
Coach of Las Vegas' Indoor Football League team shares his expectations for new team
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 The incoming Vegas Knight Hawks of the Indoor Football League are owned by a group that also owns multiple professional hockey teams, so it should be no surprise that they went to Canada to find their head coach.
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Sports
High expectations for top prospect Peyton Krebs as Golden Knights rookie camp begins
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021 The Golden Knights open rookie camp at City National Arena with medicals and fitness testing, and on Thursday the first on-ice workouts.
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News
Homegrown soccer standout Danny Musovski living the dream in Las Vegas
Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021 Danny Musovski has possibly the best Plan B in professional soccer. He’s under contract with Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer, but because he isn’t always in the squad’s matchday plans, frequently put on a bus for the four-plus-hour trek to Cashman Field ...
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Sports
Official: NHL players to participate in 2022 Olympics in Beijing
Friday, Sept. 3, 2021 The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced today that players will indeed take part in the Olympics after missing out on the 2018 Games after an agreement was reached with the NHL and the Players’ Association. Players will depart from the NHL All-Star Game in Las Vegas, and a three-week break is built into the season to accommodate the Games.
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Sports
Golden Knights to require masks, not proof of vaccination, for home games
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 The Golden Knights will require masks for fans attending games at T-Mobile Arena this season, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. Golden Knights home games are subject to ...
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Hockey
5 Golden Knights prospects to watch this season
Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 Since they began play four years ago, the Golden Knights have been a veteran-heavy team. They didn’t have one of their own drafted players appear for them until 2019-20, and relied on first-and second-year players mostly in depth roles, even last season.
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Sports
Can Golden Knights tap misfit magic again with newcomer Nolan Patrick?
Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021 The Golden Knights acquired William Karlsson as a throw-in during the expansion draft. Chandler Stephenson came for a fourth-round pick.
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Hockey
Janmark to play big role as Golden Knights' Swiss Army knife
Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 Mattias Janmark said after the season that he had a pretty clear picture of the Golden Knights’ salary cap situation. There likely wasn’t space to bring back the multifaceted forward ...
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Hockey
Pete DeBoer on Olympics, Marc-Andre Fleury, and coaching with Jon Cooper
Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 There’s never been a point that a call from Hockey Canada would go unanswered on Pete DeBoer’s phone. A proud Dunnville, Ontario, native, DeBoer has always jumped at the opportunity to represent his homeland on the world stage.
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Hockey
Which Golden Knights could head to the Olympics this winter?
Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 Pete DeBoer is heading to the 2022 Winter Olympics as an assistant coach for the Team Canada men’s hockey team. And if things go according to plan, the Golden Knights coach won't be the only Vegas representation in Beijing.
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Sports
Get to know the Vegas Golden Knights' latest additions
Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021 The Golden Knights were busy last week, using the cap space gained in the Marc-André Fleury trade to shore up their offense, while also securing Fleury’s replacement.
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Hockey
A look at the Golden Knights’ refreshed forward group, and an opening night lineup projection
Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 Another move notwithstanding, the Golden Knights’ roster appears set and very similar in many ways to last season’s team that led the NHL with 40 wins ...
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Sports
Marc-Andre Fleury won’t retire, will play for Blackhawks next season
Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021 Despite reports the 36-year-old goalie might retire instead of playing out the last year of his contract following his trade from the Golden Knights, Fleury will indeed suit up for them next season...
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Hockey
Golden Knights counting on Dadonov to awaken dormant power play
Friday, July 30, 2021 It was painfully clear to anyone who watched a Golden Knights this game this season, but especially in the playoffs, the power play needed some work. That’s why Evgenii Dadonov is on his way to Vegas.