Is the Vancouver Canucks name offensive? The answer lies in 19th century politics, a comic book and, legend has it, a poker game.
David Schoen
Reporter: Sports Betting
Email: dschoen@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-5203
David Schoen covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. He has previously covered the Vegas Golden Knights for the RJ. Prior to arriving at the RJ in 2008, the Southern California native was a reporter and editor at the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune and Wisconsin State Journal. A University of Wisconsin graduate, he enjoys golf, Arsenal Football Club, and Ed Hochuli's lengthy penalty explanations.
The Golden Knights are one of the least penalized teams in the postseason and can’t afford to put the Vancouver Canucks on the power play.
The Golden Knights and Canucks have not met in 2020. The two games they did play in December were wide-open, entertaining affairs.
While other players and teams understandably struggle, the Golden Knights are doing their best to embrace the challenges of living in a bubble.
The top-seeded Golden Knights await their next opponent after they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games in the Western Conference quarterfinals.
When forward Nick Cousins is not chirping at an opponent or trying to get under their skin some other way, he has contributed offensively for the Golden Knights.
Former Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant was a guest on the “Two Man Advantage” podcast and was asked about choosing between goalies Robin Lehner and Marc-Andre Fleury.
Alex Tuch scored the go-ahead goal 1:34 into the third period, and the Golden Knights eliminated the Chicago Blackhawks with a 4-3 win in Game 5 on Tuesday.
Forward Peyton Krebs, the Golden Knights’ 2019 first-round pick, is absorbing as many lessons as possible from his first stint in the NHL.
The Golden Knights will try to finish off their Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday in Game 5 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
The Western Conference quarterfinal between the Golden Knights and Blackhawks has been a polite gathering with hardly an ounce of bad blood between the clubs.
The Golden Knights can’t get frustrated after watching Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford make 48 saves in a Game 4 victory to stave off elimination.
Chicago goalie Corey Crawford finished with 48 saves, as the Golden Knights lost 3-1 to the Blackhawks on Sunday in Game 4 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series.
The Golden Knights went back to familiar line combinations and notched a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals.
Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 26 saves in his first start of the series to spark the Golden Knights to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday.