Without another deep run to occupy their time, the Golden Knights will focus on using their longer offseason to recharge and regroup heading into training camp.
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.
Tuch, who signed a seven-year, $33.25 million extension in October, finished fourth on the Knights with 52 points.
Foley wrote the letter a week after the Knights’ season came to a controversial end in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series against the San Jose Sharks.
Golden Knights players Mark Stone, Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore are listed on team Canada’s roster for the 2019 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship.
The Golden Knights were 10-3 in the regular season when Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny and Mark Stone were in the lineup. They formed chemistry quickly to arguably become the team’s most dangerous line.
The Golden Knights couldn’t completely hide their bitterness during Thursday’s exit interviews after a controversial ending to their second season, but there was also hope.
The Golden Knights forward described center Cody Eakin’s five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for cross-checking Sharks captain Joe Pavelski “embarrasing” and “a (expletive) joke.”
Members of the Knights and local hockey authorities decried the five-minute major penalty and game misconduct given to Cody Eakin in Game 7 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.
The controversial call on Golden Knights center Cody Eakin in Game 7 on Tuesday will live on in Las Vegas infamy. Here’s four other calls that left fan bases angry and confused.
Sharks center Barclay Goodrow was benched for large portions of Game 7 against the Golden Knights, but he scored the game-winning goal in overtime to send his team to the second round.
The Knights coach said his team has been “real good” all season at turning the page after a loss.
The Knights had allowed only seven short-handed goals in their two-year history prior to Sunday and none in the postseason.
The Knights outshot the Sharks 59-29, outhit them 80-39 and won 56 percent of their faceoffs but still lost 2-1 in double overtime in Game 6 Sunday.
The Golden Knights won playoff series last year in Los Angeles, San Jose and Winnipeg. They would like to add Las Vegas to that list when they host the Sharks on Sunday in Game 6.
The Golden Knights, who defeated the Sharks 3-0 in Game 6 last year to advance to the Western Conference Finals, lead 3-2 and have a chance to end the first-round series Sunday at T-Mobile Arena.
