Posts About "Gerard Gallant"
Golden Knights Need Their Backup Goalies to Be Better
November 7th, 2019 Despite a wicked start against the Winnipeg Jets, which saw the team jump out to a 3-1 lead after 20 minutes, the Vegas Golden Knights dropped their second straight overtime game on Saturday night. The team coughed up a 3-1 lead in the third period and saw Kyle Connor give the final dagger in the extra period. For Vegas, the game was...
Golden Knights Have High Expectations Once Again
September 23rd, 2019 LAS VEGAS — Expectations for the Vegas Golden Knights remain as high as ever two years after reaching the Stanley Cup Final. With the potential for having its most talented roster yet, in the franchise's third season, the team expects to challenge in t...
Does History Offer Golden Knights Hope?
June 6th, 2018 For the first time in the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Vegas Golden Knights are in an unfamiliar spot. Progressing through the first three rounds, the Knights controlled each series and dominated, advancing to the Stanley Cup Final after only playing 15 games. As they head into Game 5, against the Washington Capitals, they are down...
The 'Real Deal' James Neal
June 4th, 2018 Life is pretty great for Vegas Golden Knights forward James Neal. He's coming off a 25-goal season, two more than last year. He is the de facto leader of the Golden Knights forwards, bringing considerable postseason experience. What is lacking in Neal’s resume, however, is a Stanley Cup ring. This is his second consecutive Stanley...
Keys for the Golden Knights in Game 3
June 2nd, 2018 An abundance of goals? Check. Physical hits? Check. Highlight-reel goals and saves? Check. What does this all add up to? A wildly entertaining Stanley Cup Final. Through two games of the concluding series between the Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals, we have seen a total of 15 goals, over 100 hits and a multitude of...
Gallant's Ghost Haunting Panthers
April 29th, 2018 Playoff hockey is the best time of year. For Florida Panther fans, though, watching the Vegas Golden Knights dominate the NHL has to be difficult. It is no secret the Panthers may have botched the expansion draft, but leaving former head coach Gerard Gallant on the side of the road following a loss in 2016 may have been their biggest...
Golden Knights: Irony Raises the Bar
April 21st, 2018 Looking back at the players that NHL teams left "unprotected" and thereby eligible for the upstart Vegas Golden Knights to select for their expansion roster brings a great sense of irony. For example, it's ironic that Marc-Andre Fleury, previously with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and James Neal of the Nashville Predators would both be...
Golden Knights Playoff Preview
March 8th, 2018 With fewer than 20 games left on the schedule, the Vegas Golden Knights have little time to bask in the jackpot euphoria their inaugural season has produced. A division title in year one is nothing short of remarkable and as such, they will soon face a level of playoff pressure no team in their position has ever had to contend...
Gauntlet of Golden Knights' Games Will Set Playoff Sights
January 6th, 2018 Is there anybody left still wondering if the Vegas Golden Knights are for real? I don’t think there is, but if that rare breed still exists, catch up. The discussion has changed. Water-cooler talk should now be circling around whether or not head coach Gerard Gallant’s squad is a legitimate Cup contender. This conversation...
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 entertain them. Gerard Gallant grew up in Summerside, PEI. Since...
The Vegas Golden Knights: A True Underdog Story
December 28th, 2017 For many, expansion teams in professional sports should suck. They should be destined for a multi-year sentence of futile failure. It's sort of like an unwritten rule that speaks to the initiation of new franchises. As a result, fans are treated to disappointing results night after night and are left with little reason for optimism....
To Outsiders, Vegas Is a Must-Watch
December 24th, 2017 Last Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena was a night to remember. Not just for Golden Knights fans (or Lightning fans, sadly), but for hockey fans across North America. For the middle of December, this was the closest we’ve gotten to playoff hockey in Nevada. But it wasn't just that Vegas beat the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 4-3....
Panthers Rejects Proving Former Team Wrong
December 19th, 2017 How bad are Florida Panthers management and ownership feeling right about now? The Cats lost 5-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena Sunday night, a game in which they led 2-0 after just five minutes, and then proceeded to muster only 14 shots the rest of the way. Vegas head coach Gerard Gallant, fired by Florida in...
