The majority of the team visited young patients at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center on Friday.
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.
The 24-year-old defenseman has been a healthy scratch in every game he’s been on the NHL roster this season.
Tickets for the tournament, which features rookies from six NHL teams, including the Golden Knights, can be purchased through the team’s website at vegasgoldenknights.com/rookie-faceoff.
General manager George McPhee announced Tuesday that the Fort Wayne Komets are now the ECHL affiliate of the Knights. The team will now be able to send players to and from the Komets in Fort Wayne, Indiana next season.
The attacking midfielder has scored five goals in seven games with the Lights after being cut by Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy last fall.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz talks to Lights FC midfielder Zach Mathers about his first three games with the club and his time in the Seattle Sounders’ organization.
The Las Vegas midfielder earned a spot on the United Soccer League’s Team of the Week after scoring a goal Saturday against Fresno FC.
The Rancho High School alumnus started the Lights’ second preseason game Saturday against Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
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