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Tom’s Daily: Avs Nip Vegas Golden Knights; Tahoe Pics; Coyotes Turmoil
Tom’s Daily: Avs nip Vegas Golden Knights; Lake Tahoe venue coming along (pics); More turmoil with Arizona Coyotes and it isn’t pretty; Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts; Lake Tahoe venue starting to take shape; more.
VGK
The Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche is going to be this season’s classic matchup. Two powerful teams that will butt heads now and likely in the playoffs too. Here’s Danny Webster’s take on the morning after the loss. (VegasHockeyNow)
The rink at Lake Tahoe is starting to take shape, and here’s a great photo gallery to check out the progress. Vegas hosts Colorado on Saturday at noon PT on NBC. (NHL.com)
NHL
Katie Strang wrote a scathing article about the inside culture at the Arizona Coyotes yesterday (The Athletic), and the Coyotes not only bristled at the allegations but fired back and called it a ‘harassment campaign’ (The Score). Buckle up.
The New York Islanders finally got Ilya Sorokin his first NHL win as he shuts out the Buffalo Sabres 3-0. (NYIHockeyNow)
More rescheduled NHL games released this week due to COVID-19. (NHL.com)
Very interesting take by our brothers at PhillyHockeyNow.com on how the NHL might be taking an unnecessary risk by making the Flyers play at Lake Tahoe Sunday. (PhillyHockeyNow)
Hockeyverse
Elliotte Friedman’s 31 Thoughts is always a compelling read. (Sportsnet)
Men’s college hockey is trying to figure out how to do this post-season thing. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Tom’s Daily: Shea Theodore and Alex Pietrangelo shine in Vegas Golden Knights OT win over Anaheim Ducks; VGK sever deal with UpickTrade after blowback; Vintage Marc-Andre Fleury; Patrick Kane hits 400 goals; John Tortorella doesn’t care how hot his seat gets and more.
VGK
Shea Theodore and Alex Pietrangelo shined for the Vegas Golden Knights in a 3-2 overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks. (VegasHockeyNow)
Just three days after announcing a partnership with UpickTrade the Golden Knights have cancelled the partnership amid blowback from pretty much everywhere. (ESPN)
Logan Thompson dressed as the backup to Marc-Andre Fleury after Oscar Dansk was sent back to the Henderson Silver Knights. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Our own Tom Callahan called it two weeks ago: this is vintage Marc-Andre Fleury. Now the rest of hockey is beginning to notice, like the good folks at TSN. (TSN)
NHL
Patrick Kane hit 400 NHL goals in the Chicago Blackhawks win over the Detroit Red Wings Sunday. (Sportsnet)
The Columbus Blue Jackets have lost five in a row, but John Tortorella says he’s never concerned about his job security. (TSN)
Both Auston Matthews and Frederik Andersen have returned to practice with the Toronto Maple Leafs. (TSN)
Hockeyverse
The PWPHA Dream Gap Tour took to the ice at Madison Square Garden for a historic women’s game. (USA Today)
NHL Agent Bayne Pettinger is paving the way for LGBTQ+ members in hockey. (Sportsnet)
Tom’s Daily: The Vegas Golden Knights game with the San Jose Sharks Thursday night has been postponed, Sharks’ Tomas Hertl on COVID-19 protocol list; Boston Bruins – Philadelphia Flyers most-watched game ever on NBCSN with over 1 million viewers; NHL Schedule Updates; more
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights – San Jose Sharks game postponed for Thursday night out of “an abundance of caution.” (VegasHockeyNow)
Related: San Jose’s Tomas Hertl has been placed in the COVID-19 protocols by the NHL. (SanJoseHockeyNow)
NHL
The NHL has issued more schedule updates for games postponed by COVID-19 protocols. (NHL.com)
Freddie Andersen getting closer to returning for the Toronto Maple Leafs (TSN)
A “shaken” Artemi Panarin is taking time away from the New York Rangers following accusations coming out of Russia. USA Today takes a look at how Vladimir Putin’s reach and influence still hangs over Russian players. (USA Today)
Hockeyverse
The Bruins – Flyers game at Lake Tahoe on Sunday broke records including the most-watched regular season NHL game ever on NBCSN. (NBC Sports)
Good to see Henrik Lundqvist back on the ice again. (NHL.com)
Tom’s Daily: Vegas Golden Knights announce ticket sales plans; Alex Tuch promoted to top line duties; Former BMG member Marc Roberts enjoying life with the VGK; Habs fire Julien, Muller; more.
VGK
The Vegas Golden Knights have announced the team’s ticket sales plans for games with limited capacity at T-Mobile Arena (VegasHockeyNow)
Alex Tuch has played his way to the top line, continuing his successful run with the Golden Knights in last year’s playoffs. (VegasHockeyNow)
Former Blue Man Group member Marc Roberts is loving his new role with the Vegas Golden Knights. (VegasHockeyNow)
NHL
Don’t look now, but here come the Los Angeles Kings. (Sports Illustrated)
The Canadiens have fired head coach Claude Julien and assistant coach Kirk Muller. (Sportsnet)
Marcus Foligno calls in the linesman to stop fight with Sharks rookie early. Know the code, kids. Respect. (USA Today)
Hockeyverse
Play chess like a hockey player! (Chess.com)
A wild night in Vegas: Golden Knights’ comeback one for memory books
Vegas Golden Knights Stone Minnesota Wild in OT 5-4
