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Eddie Rivkin

Lifelong hockey fan going back to the days of Olympia Stadium and Gordie Howe Hockey School. Finally combining my passion for hockey with my passion for writing at THW! Detroit born, Vegas since 89 and thanks to Direct TV (I hate to say that) get to watch the NHL every night!

Golden Knights’ Slow Start Stops Sweep

Eddie Rivkin | August 17, 2020

In the first three games of their first-round series against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Vegas Golden Knights won the statistical battle and the battle on the scoreboard. Game 4 was…

Golden Knights Win Game 3, Put Stranglehold on the Series

Eddie Rivkin | August 16, 2020

Down two game to none, the Chicago Blackhawks were in a must-win situation in Game 3 vs. the Vegas Golden Knights Saturday night in Edmonton. Teams taking a 3-0 in…

Golden Knights Lack Emotion, Not Offense, in Game 1

Eddie Rivkin | August 12, 2020

After a dominant 3-0-0 round-robin effort to secure the #1 seed in the Western Conference, anticipation was at an all-time high for the “real games” to begin for the Vegas…

Golden Knights Outshoot and Outwork Blues in Round Robin

Eddie Rivkin | August 8, 2020

Seven days into the Stanley Cup tournament and WOW, this new format really has produced some spectacular hockey! Let’s start with the upsets. In both conferences, the 12th-seeded teams knocked…

Golden Knights Training Camp – Week 1 Takeaways

Eddie Rivkin | July 22, 2020

After 123 unbearable days, the NHL has resumed the 2019-20 season. Though we are not quite at the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, sounds of pucks hitting the glass,…

3 Reasons the Golden Knights Win the Stanley Cup

Eddie Rivkin | June 29, 2020

One-hundred and nine days ago, the NHL world came to a crashing halt and the great unknown began. With absolutely no real factual information, the NHL and all major sports…

2020 NHL Playoff Hub Cities – Vegas Checks ALL the Boxes

Eddie Rivkin | May 18, 2020

With all due respect to Vancouver and Edmonton — both absolutely lovely cities — (if) when the NHL gets down to making the hard decisions of which four cities will…

Whitecloud Makes Golden Knights Defensemen Expendable

Eddie Rivkin | April 1, 2020

On March 22, the Vegas Golden Knights re-signed rookie defenseman Zach Whitecloud to a two-year deal with an AAV of $1.45 million. Even in a hockey starved world due to…

Golden Knights Sweep Crucial Alberta Swing

Eddie Rivkin | March 13, 2020

For the first time in franchise history, the Vegas Golden Knights swept a trip through Alberta, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. In the midst of the…

Golden Knights 3-for-3 On Critical Homestand

Eddie Rivkin | February 20, 2020

With three wins in a row, in three different ways, the Vegas Golden Knights are rounding into the team head coach Pete DeBoer needs them to be for the stretch…

Golden Knights’ First 10 Games Under DeBoer, What Do We Know?

Eddie Rivkin | February 16, 2020

We’re 10 games into Peter DeBoer’s tenure as head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights and already there is a lot learned on what this team is going to be…

Golden Knights Better With DeBoer but Time Will Tell

Eddie Rivkin | February 2, 2020

Twenty-eight games to go, five teams separated by three points, and games in hand, the Vegas Golden Knights’ road to the Stanley Cup Playoffs is going to be an adventure.…

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