The 20-year-old top prospect might start the season in Las Vegas after upper-body injuries to right wing Alex Tuch and center Cody Eakin.
Ben Gotz
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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.
Los Angeles Kings left wing Kyle Clifford scored with 8:59 left to break a tie as the Golden Knights fell 3-2 on Friday night before a crowd of 18,103 at T-Mobile Arena.
The Golden Knights sent the defenseman and forward Reid Duke to the American Hockey League on Thursday and placed forwards Patrick Brown and Curtis McKenzie on waivers.
NHL teams now can choose which faceoff dot they want the puck dropped on when they begin a power play. The subtle adjustment could produce an increase in scoring.
Defenseman wants to pursue changes to the NHL’s drug testing system after being given a 20-game suspension last season.
Goal-scoring left wing scratched and clawed last season just to be on the Golden Knights. Now he wants to do more.
The Golden Knights defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday in the first meeting between the two rivals since Game 7 of the Western Conference quarterfinals.
Shea Theodore practiced with the Golden Knights on Thursday and Friday and is getting back into a normal routine following his testicular cancer diagnosis this summer.
The 27-year-old forward hopes to make the team out of training camp, but if not, he will provide much-needed veteran presence for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.
The Golden Knights are the top-selling NHL team the ticket exchange website StubHub for the third straight season, and outsell the second-place New York Rangers by 28 percent.
Golden Knights defensemen Deryk Engelland, Nick Holden, Brayden McNabb, Jon Merrill and Nate Schmidt recalled their NHL debuts and what helped them stick in the league.
The inagural Leagues Cup Final will be played at Sam Boyd Stadium on Wednesday between Liga MX teams Tigres UANL and Cruz Azul.
Despite the decision Monday by the NHL Players Association to not reopen its collective bargaining agreement with the NHL, Golden Knights players still have issues they would like to address with the owners.
The Golden Knights put French-speaking prospect Nicolas Roy next to veteran Jonathan Marchessault on the ice and in the locker room to ease his transition to the organization.
The NHL Players’ Association declined to reopen the collective bargaining agreement Monday, which should give the league labor peace for the next three seasons.