Eddie Rivkin
@https://twitter.com/SinCity_Eddie
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!
Author's Posts
3 Reasons the Golden Knights Win the Stanley Cup
June 29th, 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 were left wondering if their seasons would resume and crown champions. Pseudo pundits came out of the woodwork espousing all sorts of theories, most of which turned...
2020 NHL Playoff Hub Cities - Vegas Checks ALL the Boxes
May 18th, 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 host the divisional playoff tournaments, there is really no choice when it comes to the Pacific Division. Las Vegas is the only real choice. Follow along as I lay out the...
Whitecloud Makes Golden Knights Defensemen Expendable
April 1st, 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 the league-wide shutdown, this doesn't seem like a needle-mover. Zach Whitecloud, Vegas Golden Knights (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images) But, what if I...
Golden Knights Sweep Crucial Alberta Swing
March 13th, 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 most important road trip of the season, the Golden Knights beat division rivals, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, on back-to-back nights to solidify themselves as the team to...
Golden Knights 3-for-3 On Critical Homestand
February 20th, 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 run. The Golden Knights have defeated the past two Stanley Cup champions and one of the stingiest defensive teams in the league to start this ultra-critical, five-game...
Golden Knights' First 10 Games Under DeBoer, What Do We Know?
February 16th, 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 like going down the stretch. The 10 games are broken down into three groups - observation, implementation, and execution. There is a lot to unpack in the 10-game block.. The...
