Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant remains grounded as his team plays for the Stanley Cup against the Washington Capitals beginning Monday at T-Mobile Arena.
Steve Carp
Former Golden Knights reporter
A five-time Nevada Sportswriter of the Year, Steve Carp wrote for the Review-Journal from October 1999 to 2018. He was the beat writer for the Vegas Golden Knights and National Hockey League. He also covered UNLV basketball, USA basketball, the NBA Summer League, boxing, golf and tennis. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a 1980 graduate of San Jose State with a degree in Journalism, he is member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame.
Golden Knights fans who want to attend team practices should be prepared to wait in line to get into City National Arena during the Stanley Cup Final.
The Golden Knights’ low-risk, simple and smart way of playing has produced three straight series wins and a chance to win the Stanley Cup.
If you’re looking to attend the Stanley Cup Final and don’t have season tickets, you can expect to pay even more for what few tickets will be available. A limited number of tickets will go on public sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
The Golden Knights will have a number of executives led by general manager George McPhee in Buffalo, New York, starting Sunday to evaluate and interview prospective draftees at the NHL’s scouting combine.
The veteran fourth-line forward put the Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Finals with his game-winning goal in the second period that would ultimately eliminate the Winnipeg Jets.
Bill Foley remained in Las Vegas with a head cold while the Golden Knights advanced to the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets Sunday and clinched the Western Conference Final, 4-1.
The Winnipeg Jets gave the Golden Knights credit for outplaying them in winning the Western Conference Final 4-1 with four straight victories.
The Golden Knights are in position to claim their first NHL trophy, the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, if they win the Western Conference Final. But hockey superstition is teams that win it don’t usually touch it.
Golden Knights rookie forward Alex Tuch has performed well in the Stanley Cup playoffs despite having played one-third more games than he had played in his hockey career.
Forward Tomas Nosek had taken a second-period penalty which led to a Winnipeg Jets power-play goal but he scored less than a minute later to give the Knights back the lead in what would eventually be a 3-2 win.
Tomas Tatar sits out as David Perron was back after missing the last two games with an illness.
Third-line center Cody Eakin has been one of the Golden Knights’ consistent performers in the Western Conference Final against the Winnipeg Jets heading into Game 4 Friday.
Golatender Marc-Andre Fleury met with the widow and sons of deceased Humboldt Broncos coach-general manager Darcy Haugan after Wednesday’s 4-2 win over Winnipeg in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.
Center Erik Haula assisted on James Neal’s second-period goal and had his best game of the Western Conference Finals as the Knights took Game 3 from the Winnipeg Jets and hold a 2-1 series lead.