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NHL Vegas Hockey: Desert Heat & Hot Tickets
September 29th, 2018 Almost one year ago the NHL expansion Vegas Golden Knights won their first home opener, 5-2, over Arizona with a T-Mobile Arena sellout crowd of 18,191. It was an emotional game for a variety of reasons. The Knights became the first NHL expansion team to win its first three...
McPhee the Master Builder
May 28th, 2018 Four wins now separate general manager George McPhee’s current team from George McPhee’s former team from winning the 2018 Stanley Cup. It’s an improbable storyline that’s almost too ridiculous to believe. Monday night, the Vegas Golden Knights will host the...
VGK Spotlight: Gerard Gallant – From 'The Island' to 'The 'Strip'
January 4th, 2018 He's known as 'Turk'. To others, it's 'Spuddy', that being in reference to his home province's obsession with potatoes. The former, according to Gerard Gallant, goes back to his childhood love of chasing turkeys. Back then, kids didn't have smartphones and iPads to...
Branding the Golden Knights
September 10th, 2017 The first task of any marketer is to find the starving crowd. This applies to every business, from the local sandwich shop to the billion-dollar sports franchise, because no matter how brilliant a business idea might seem at first glance, if there isn't a starving crowd...
Meet the Golden Knights: Gerard Gallant
July 31st, 2017 Vegas Golden Knights hockey is upon us, Sin City. We've got plenty to learn before the puck is dropped for preseason play next month. Do some learning. Most recently, we got you up to date on Calvin Pickard, the number two in net for VGK. Today we're going to give you...
Meet the Golden Knights: Vadim Shipachyov
July 19th, 2017 We're officially under two months until the NHL's 31st franchise becomes a real-life, on-the-ice product. Do you know the Golden Knights? Take the steps to ready yourself, loyal local, before VGK kicks off preseason play against the Vancouver Canucks on Sep. 17. Not...
Vegas Fans Tasked With Balancing Enthusiasm, Patience
July 13th, 2017 In 66 days, NHL hockey in Las Vegas becomes real. The Golden Knights will travel to Vancouver to meet the Canucks in the first of six games on their preseason slate. Nine days later, on September 26th, Vegas gets its first opportunity to compete on its home ice. VGK...
Mock Expansion Draft: Golden Knights Select Best Contracts Available
June 19th, 2017 From one extreme to the other. Yesterday, I published a mock expansion draft that showed the potential of the Vegas Golden Knights selecting the best players available from every team without making any trades or side...
The Most Competitive Team the Golden Knights Could Ice
June 19th, 2017 The NHL has released the protected lists for the Las Vegas expansion draft. Cue the excitement among Golden Knights fans dreaming up who will be at the T-Mobile Arena come October. Hockey fanatics are racking their brain trying to figure out what is the best team...
Mock Expansion Draft: Golden Knights Select Best Players Available
June 18th, 2017 George McPhee is going to be a busy man over the next few days — perhaps the busiest man on the planet — leading up to Wednesday’s unveiling of the Vegas Golden Knights’ expansion draft roster. McPhee will be wheeling and dealing, engaging in trade negotiations...
Golden Knights New Assistant Coaches Kelly & Craig
June 10th, 2017 As the 2017 Expansion Draft gets closer for the Vegas Golden Knights, the team continues to shore up its hockey operations staff. Within days of naming Memorial Cup winning coach Rocky Thompson as the head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Golden Knights...
Vadim Shipachyov Ready To Conquer Vegas
May 30th, 2017 After being one of the top KHL players in the latest few seasons, Russian center Vadim Shipachyov has decided to move on and play in the NHL, signing a two-year, 4.5-million dollars contract with the Vegas Golden Knights. In this translated interview, Shipachyov talked...
Golden Knights Mock Expansion Draft: Easter Edition
May 7th, 2017 OK, so Easter was a few weeks ago, but much of the legwork for this mock expansion draft was done in April at the conclusion of the NHL regular season. And, despite the publishing delay, I wanted to stick with the holiday theme. Alas, a lot has changed since...
