Golden Knights reporter Ben Gotz answers questions from readers about the Knights’ missing defenseman Nate Schmidt, the team’s third line and more.
Ben Gotz
Golden Knights backup reporter
Email: bgotz@reviewjournal.com
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Ben Gotz came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He covers the Lights FC, high school sports and anything else sports-related that comes into town. He also hosts segments in the video studio on soccer and high school sports. 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 allowed the Buffalo Sabres to have a lot of close chances around their goaltender in a 4-2 loss Monday.
McNabb said when he made his NHL debut for Buffalo he was more of an offensive defenseman, but he has since adapted to become a shutdown presence.
The two Knights defensemen both added to their families in training camp, giving them something easy to talk about as they try to build on-ice chemistry.
Back in Minnesota, where he skated in college and at the start of his NHL career, Erik Haula played right wing for the second straight game after centering the Golden Knights’ second line last season.
While reaching the Stanley Cup Final requires NHL teams to play an extra month of games and fall behind in the offseason, that hasn’t carried over to slow starts the following seasons.
A DISH spokesperson said Friday that the channel will be available to the company’s customers in Las Vegas and its surrounding areas in time for the Knights game against the Minnesota Wild at 5 p.m. Saturday.
The high-profile trade acquistion failed to make an impact offensively in the Knights’ 5-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday but displayed fight defensively.
The Knights’ re-worked third line and third defensive pair struggled Thursday at T-Mobile Arena against the Philadelphia Flyers and played a large part in their team’s 5-2 defeat.
For the second straight year the Knights did not designate a captain, instead choosing to have three alternate captains at home and three on the road.
The defenseman will practice with the Vienna Capitals while serving a 20-game suspension for violating the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz ranks his Top 5 at each NHL position entering the 2018-19 season.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz answers reader questions on prospects Cody Glass and Erik Brannstrom and more.
Review-Journal Knights reporter Ben Gotz projects how the Western Conference playoffs will go after the NHL regular season.
Knights players visited a blood drive, Mandalay Bay employees, dispatchers, first responders and police throughout the city and presented medals to Community Ambulance medical team members as part of the Oct. 1 shooting remembrances Monday.