Can Nashville shed light on what Las Vegas will experience when the NHL and NFL come to town? Here’s a preview of an upcoming feature from Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney.
Free agent forward Reid Duke’s goal is to make the NHL this season with the Golden Knights. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Chicago Wolves head coach Rocky Thompson oversaw the Vegas Golden Knights’ first rookie practice. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights prospect Jake Leschyshyn, who is coming off ACL surgery in February, talks about his recovery during the rookie’s first practice. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Chicago Wolves coach Rocky Thompson will oversee the Golden Knights rookie camp at City National Arena in Las Vegas. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights forward Reilly Smith speaks at the Coast X Coast Foundation’s Ride for the Fallen on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, at Pkwy Tavern. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In this exclusive interview with Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney, Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley talks about being a winery owner and gives his thoughts on his team’s upcoming hockey season. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
City National Arena, the Knights’ practice facility in Summerlin, got ice Wednesday and is expected to be finished by late August. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Alex Tuch, one of the few players at VGK Development Camp with a chance to make Opening Night roster chose to participate in the camp, even though he didn’t have to. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Keegan Kolesar wants to make his mark during the Vegas Golden Knights’ camp. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley explained at the team’s Open House event that they’re unlikely to make the 2017 NHL trade deadline because of extensive amounts of paperwork.
Golden Knights Sr. VP Murray Craven discusses progress on team’s practice facility. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
At a news conference at the T-Mobile Arena the Vegas Golden Knights introduced Gerard Gallant as their head coach.
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Ben Gotz and Steve Carp discuss why Gerard Gallant is the right coach for the Vegas Golden Knights.
Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee speaks about what it’ll take to build a winning hockey team and how George Gallant’s history as a player will benefit him as the head coach.
Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant talked about what it’ll take to lead the first NHL team in Las Vegas. This will be his second time coaching an expansion team since he was with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Selected 65th overall in the third round by the Vegas Golden Knights, Jonas Rondbjerg says most of what he knows about Las Vegas he learned from watching The Hangover movies.
The Vegas Golden Knights drafted Nicolas Hague, a prospect who was considered a top pick, in the second round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
Ed Graney and Steve Carp from the Las Vegas Review-Journal review the Vegas Golden Knights selections from the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in Chicago at the United Center.
Ed Graney and Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal recap the Vegas Golden Knights’ first-round picks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in Chicago
Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury talks about fans and being picked up by the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 in the NHL expansion draft. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The RJ’s Steve Carp and Ed Graney recapped the 2017 Expansion Draft and talk about Marc-Andre Fleury’s already growing popularity. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Brayden McNabb was selected by the Golden Knights in the 2017 Expansion Draft. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
1. Metro’s abuse and neglect detectives are investigating the deadly drowning of a 14-year-old boy last night. Police say the unconscious teenager wasn’t breathing when he was pulled out of the water near Alta Drive and Valley View Boulevard. It isn’t clear if an adult was watching him when he went underwater.
2. The Golden Knights made headlines again with the unveiling of their uniform last night. The jerseys are a combination of steel gray, black, gold and red. But the team’s uniform comes with an accessory that no other NHL team wears: white gloves. Majority owner Bill Foley says the logo and uniform represent strength and power.
3. And Las Vegas hits 117 degrees. The National Weather Service says the desert tied the all-time record high yesterday. The city has only been this hot three other times in June 2013, July 2005 and July 1942. The weather service says the normal high for June 20th is 100 degrees.
The Golden State Warriors held their championship parade in Oakland with an estimated one to two million fans in attendance. RJ columnist Ed Graney asks what Las Vegas could anticipate if they host one of their own in the near future.
Vice President of Communications and Content with the Vegas Golden Knights, Eric Tosi, presented a custom hockey stick to professional boxer, Sergey Kovalev. Kovalev used to play hockey as a child before switching to boxing. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)