Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ Goaltending Prospect Shining in ECHL

The 2019 NHL Draft produced two goalies who experienced success early in their careers. Florida’s Spencer Knight was the 13th overall pick and has a record of 31-12-6 with a 2.67 goals-against average (GAA) and a .913 save percentage. Pyotr Kochetkov is 8-1-0 with Carolina with a 2.30 GAA and a .916 save percentage after […]

Will Bruce Cassidy End The Bruins’ Home Streak?

Bruce Cassidy was at the helm as head coach of the Boston Bruins for six seasons, and his team made the postseason each year and came within one win of a Stanley Cup in 2018-19. Cassidy’s record with Boston was 245-115-49, and the Bruins made at least the second round four times. Cassidy is a […]

Vegas Golden Knights’ Star Finally Fitting In

When the Vegas Golden Knights were eliminated from the 2021-22 NHL playoffs last April, fans were disappointed and angry. A good portion of that anger was directed toward star center Jack Eichel, acquired via trade in November of 2021 but did not debut until mid-February. The former Boston University star was brought in to be […]

Golden Knights Are Learning That Bruce Cassidy Is a No-Nonsense Coach

Ask Brandon Carlo about Bruce Cassidy. Ask Jake DeBrusk about his former coach. Ask Jack Studnicka how his development as a professional hockey player progressed with Bruce Cassidy as his coach. Ask any members of Cassidy’s old club about their former mentor, and you will get some interesting stories and insight into the new head […]

The Bruce Cassidy Era Begins in Vegas

After Bruce Cassidy was relieved of his duties rather abruptly in Boston after a first-round loss to Carolina last season, the Vegas Golden Knights were quick to offer the former Bruins head coach a five-year contract worth $22.5 million. Cassidy is now working on getting the Golden Knights back into the playoffs after missing the […]

Vegas Golden Knights sign Phil Kessel

On Wednesday night Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon announced the team had agreed to terms with the veteran forward Phil Kessel. The deal is a one-year contract that will pay him 1.5 million this upcoming season. Kessel is a two-time Stanley Cup champion in back-to-back years of 2015-16 and 2016-17 and has accumulated […]

Max Pacioretty Sidelined Six Months With Torn Achilles

It wasn’t the best news for Canes fans on Tuesday as they learned their newly acquired top-six winger, Max Pacioretty, will recover from a torn Achilles. It will take approximately six months to recover from this injury fully. The newly acquired Canes forward will have to wait until the new year to make his Hurricanes […]

Bruce Cassidy to Vegas: “A No-Brainer”

Bruce Cassidy spoke to the media on Thursday as the Vegas Golden Knights introduced the former Bruins’ head coach as the third coach in the team’s short five-year history. Cassidy was relieved of his duties by Boston on June 6th after leading the Bruins to the playoffs in all six of his seasons as head […]

Habs Trade Shea Weber to Vegas for Evgeni Dadonov

Thursday afternoon Kent Hughes announced that he and Vegas had reached a deal to trade the defenseman for the Russian forward. “First of all, I would like to thank Shea for all that he has done for and represented to the Montreal Canadiens”. That was Hughes’s opening statement to the Montreal media when he began […]

Report: Barry Trotz Interviews with Detroit

On Saturday night in Canada’s 32 Thoughts segment on Hockey Night, Sportsnet insider Elliotte Friedman reported that he believes that Barry Trotz has interviewed for the Red Wings head coaching vacancy. The 59-year-old was shockingly relieved of his head coaching duties on May 9th, after the New York Islanders failed to reach the postseason. The […]