The Golden Knights are 9-0-1 in their first 10 games since winning the Stanley Cup. Here are three reasons why they have taken 19 of a possible 20 points.
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.
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Defenseman Shea Theodore scored a late go-ahead goal, and the Golden Knights defeated the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena.
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