The Golden Knights have signed their first player from their six-man 2020 draft class.
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Ben Gotz was named assistant sports editor in November 2023. He previously covered the Vegas Golden Knights. Ben came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. Before coming to Las Vegas, he wrote about college hockey, college football and high school sports during stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Minnesota Daily back home in Minnesota.
The Henderson Silver Knights and the rest of the AHL will have a season in 2021.
UNLV’s long COVID-19-related pause is slated to end next week
The Golden Knights will appear on national TV five times next season.
The Golden Knights are ready for the 2020-21 season. Training camp starts Jan. 3, and the team opens the 56-game season Jan. 14 against Anaheim at T-Mobile Arena.
The UNLV men’s basketball series against San Diego State has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The games were scheduled for Jan. 2 and 4.
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The Rebels aren’t coming back for the rest of 2020.
The Rebels paused in-person team activities Tuesday, and their first Mountain West basketball series at Wyoming on Sunday and Dec. 22 was postponed.
Another positive COVID-19 test for the Rebels led to another canceled game.
The Rebels will play for the first time in nine days Monday against Pepperdine after a positive COVID-19 test forced the team to cancel a game last week.
Knights coach Pete DeBoer said he’s excited about the addition of Alex Pietrangelo and thinks he can find playing time for Robin Lehner and Marc-Andre Fleury in the net.
UNLV junior guard Bryce Hamilton is a natural scorer, but he’s improving in other aspects of his game, such as rebounding, passing and defense.
The UNLV men’s game against Eastern Washington on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center has been canceled after a member of the program tested positive for COVID-19.
