Golden Knights right wing Keegan Kolesar, who is trying to make the team, was penalized for a neutral zone hit on Arizona Coyotes defenseman Aaron Ness on Sunday.
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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 Knights center received a controversial five-minute penalty and game misconduct for cross-checking San Jose’s Joe Pavelski after a faceoff in Game 7 of their playoff series.
Veteran left wing Max Pacioretty called the team’s intersquad scrimmage Friday the best he’s seen in a training camp in his 12 years as an NHL player.
The 32-year-old forward is day to day with an undisclosed injury he suffered training late this summer, general manager Kelly McCrimmon said Thursday.
Dylan Coghlan was the Chicago Wolves’ leading scorer on the blue line last season. Now he’s out to prove he’s ready for his NHL debut with the Golden Knights.
Fifty-three players received an invitation to camp, which begins Thursday with off-ice testing at City National Arena. The season opener is Oct. 2 against San Jose.
The Aviators lost the fifth and deciding game in their first-round, Pacific Coast League playoff series, falling 7-3 to Sacramento on Sunday.
The Aviators will host a winner-take-all Game 5 with the Sacramento River Cats at 12:05 p.m. Sunday at Las Vegas Ballpark.
The Aviators defeated the Sacramento River Cats 11-4 Friday night at Las Vegas Ballpark to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five Pacific Coast League playoff series.
Cody Glass, Nicolas Hague, Dylan Coghlan and Zach Whitecloud are hoping to build off their playoff run with the Chicago Wolves last season and make the NHL roster.
Defenseman Jimmy Schuldt signed a one-year, $850,000 contract with the Golden Knights, the team announced Thursday on the first day of rookie camp.
As the Golden Knights reconvene before training camp begins Sept. 12, it’s hard for players not to reflect on what split them up in April.
The 24-year-old restricted free agent remains unsigned, and off-ice testing for the team’s rookie camp is Thursday. The first on-ice workout is Friday.
Review-Journal reporters Ben Gotz and David Schoen take listeners around the NHL in 30 minutes on the latest edition of the Golden Edge podcast.
For the 50th edition of the Review-Journal’s Golden Edge podcast, Golden Knights reporters Ben Gotz, Adam Hill and David Schoen previewed the team’s upcoming rookie camp and discussed questions concerning the upcoming season.