Golden Knights Rumors & News

NHL.com "The Vegas Golden Knights are not deterred by San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl saying he believes San Jose will win Game 6 of the Western Conference First Round at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, SN, SN360, TVAS, ATTSN-RM, NBCSCA). Hertl scored two goals in a 5-2, Game 5..." April 21

Pro Hockey Rumors "The Golden Knights made a splash in Russia earlier this month with the signing of winger Nikita Gusev.  Now, it appears they have their sights set on winger Ilya Mikheyev.  A report from Sport-Express in Russia suggested that he has agreed to terms with Vegas but Sport-Express writer..." April 21

NHL.com "The Colorado Avalanche advanced to the Western Conference Second Round and will play the Vegas Golden Knights or San Jose Sharks. The Avalanche defeated the Calgary Flames 5-1 in Game 5 on Friday to end that first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series. The Golden Knights lead the..." April 20

ESPN "With two goals in Game 5 on Thursday night, Sharks forward Tomas Hertl helped his team avoid elimination. Then he guaranteed the fans that there will be a Game 7 back in San Jose against the Vegas Golden Knights. "I know we have one more game, and come back for Game 7,"..." April 19

NHL.com "Nikita Gusev got no guarantees from the Vegas Golden Knights that he would play in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but the newly signed forward said he'll be ready if needed. The Golden Knights lead the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in the Western Conference First Round. Game 5 of the best-of-7..." April 18

NBC Sports Bay Area "It’s perhaps the most talked-about and most controversial topic in the current first-round matchup between the San Jose Sharks and the Vegas Golden Knights: Who Team Teal decides to start between the pipes. The topic has grown more polarizing, to the point..." April 18

Pro Hockey Talk "It’s awards season! The NHL has begun to roll out the nominees for the 2018-19 awards beginning with the Selke Trophy, which is awarded “to the forward who best excels in the defensive aspects of the game.” The nominees, who are voted for by members of the..." April 17

The Score "Ryan Reaves doesn't seem opposed to his newfound nickname. On Wednesday, the Vegas Golden Knights forward responded to Evander Kane giving him the "Muffin Man" moniker one day prior. "That's my new nickname, so you can call me that," Reaves told..." April 17

USA Today "Yet another NHL player has been seriously hurt because Gary Bettman insists on fighting a losing game. Carolina Hurricanes rookie Andrei Svechnikov is in the concussion protocol and likely to miss Game 4 of the playoffs Thursday night, an outcome just about anybody could..." April 17

Pro Hockey Talk "What Mark Stone is doing for the Vegas Golden Knights through three games against the San Jose Sharks should come as no surprise. Stone has an NHL-best six goals and is tied for first on the team with eight points, already matching his career best in the postseason set during the..." April 16

NHL.com "The Vegas Golden Knights know the importance of keeping their composure heading into Game 4 of the Western Conference First Round against the San Jose Sharks. It worked to the Golden Knights' benefit in Game 3 on Sunday, when a 6-3 victory gave them the lead in the best-of-7..." April 16

Las Vegas Review-Journal "Golden Knights bruiser Ryan Reaves finally got his hands on longtime nemesis Evander Kane of San Jose late in the third period of Sunday night’s Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series. The fight appears to have done little to ease tensions between the bitter..." April 16

Sportsnet "San Jose Sharks pivot Joe Thornton will have a hearing Monday for a hit to the head of Vegas Golden Knights‘ Tomas Nosek. The incident in question occurred late in the second period of Game 3, with Vegas already holding a dominant 4-1 lead. As Nosek..." April 15

NHL.com "The Vegas Golden Knights know better. They won a back-and-forth thrill ride at SAP Center on Friday, defeating the San Jose Sharks 5-3 and tying the Western Conference First Round 1-1. Kudos to the penalty kill, which not only held the Sharks 1-for-8 on the power play but outscored..." April 14

USA Today "With the 2019 NHL playoffs looking wide open, teams are aggressively bringing in young reinforcements to find an edge. The Vegas Golden Knights announced they have signed Nikita Gusev, 26, who led the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League in scoring with 82 points in..." April 14

ESPN "The Vegas Golden Knights are getting reinforcement for their playoff push. Vegas announced it signed KHL leading scorer Nikita Gusev to one-year entry level contract on Sunday. Gusev, a Moscow native, scored a league-high 82 points (17 goals, 65 assists) for SKA St. Petersburg this..." April 14

Pro Hockey Talk "The Vegas Golden Knights looked a little overwhelmed by the sheer talent of the San Jose Sharks in Game 1 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. If only they had, say, the leading scorer from the KHL this season … TSN’s Darren Dreger reports that Nikita Gusev’s agent..." April 13

ESPN "San Jose Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said a goalie interference penalty that swung momentum to the Vegas Golden Knights was "a travesty," following his team's Game 2 loss at home on Friday. After a wild first period that saw the Knights and Sharks both score three straight..." April 13

Pro Hockey Talk "The Vegas Golden Knights know they need to make changes heading into Game 2 against the San Jose Sharks on Friday night (10:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN; Live stream), but perhaps they’re learning the wrong lessons. To head coach Gerard Gallant, Vegas wasn’t..." April 12

Knights On Ice "According to NHL.com Russia correspondent Igor Eronko, Nikita Gusev is heading to Las Vegasfor the playoffs. Whether he gets to America for the second game of the series between the Vegas Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks is in the air. If the report is true,..." April 11

The Hockey Writers "For any professional sports league, growth is crucial. The NHL has shown that they know this by adding the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017-18 and a new team in Seattle for the 2021-22 season. For the next expansion, the NHL needs to look bigger than North America. They need to look to..." April 08

NHL.com "Marc-Andre Fleury will start for the Vegas Golden Knights against the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday (10 p.m. ET; ATTSN-RM, FS-A, NHL.TV). The goalie hasn't played since March 15 because of an undisclosed injury. But he skated Monday, then practiced Tuesday and..." April 04

NHL.com "Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Colin Miller has been fined $2,000 as supplementary discipline under NHL Rule 64 (Diving/Embellishment), the National Hockey League announced today. NHL Rule 64 is designed to bring attention to and more seriously penalize players (and teams) who..." April 04

The Score "Marc-Andre Fleury is hoping to make at least one appearance in goal for the Vegas Golden Knights before the regular season comes to an end. "We'll see what (coach Gerard Gallant) wants," Fleury said Wednesday, according to NHL.com's Nicholas J. Cotsonika. "But..." April 03

Pro Hockey Talk "The NHL’s current playoff format is reportedly sticking around, at least for one more season. According to a report from Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic, the NHL and NHLPA have agreed to extend the format, as well as the current divisional alignment, for one more year. Even..." April 03

Las Vegas Review-Journal "The Golden Knights signed free-agent defenseman Jimmy Schuldt of St. Cloud State to an entry-level contract Wednesday, a source confirmed to the Review-Journal. Schuldt, 24, can sign a one-year deal and will become a restricted free agent this summer. He is able sign a longer deal..." April 03

The Score "Alan May can't recall every single game of his dizzying pro hockey career. After all, he skated for 16 teams across five leagues from 1986 to 1999. But he does remember the night in February 1994 when a players' bench inside Richfield Coliseum - a since-demolished arena near..." April 01

NHL.com "The Vegas Golden Knights have made it two appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in their two seasons in the NHL. The Golden Knights (42-30-6) clinched a 2019 playoff berth when the Arizona Coyotes lost 3-2 in a shootout to the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center on Friday. Vegas is..." March 31

Sportsnet "Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves and San Jose Sharks forward Joe Thornton have been fined $2,500 each for a high-sticking incident, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced. Thornton and Reaves were involved in an altercation after the whistle..." March 31

Las Vegas Review-Journal "The Golden Knights turned qualifying for the postseason into a Rube Goldberg machine. For those not familiar, the contraptions are named after the early 20th century cartoonist and are designed to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion. Think the board game Mouse..." March 30

CBS Sports "This is a new one. Up until the trade deadline, Mark Stone seemed like the player the Senators were the most interested in at least trying to hold on to. They eventually did trade him to he Golden Knights, where he's been thriving and has already signed a big..." March 22

The Score "Mark Stone's having a moment right now. Since being traded to the Vegas Golden Knights on Feb. 25, Stone's already bagged four goals and four assists while his new team has won nine of 10 games heading into Thursday's home date with the Jets. Quite simply, the fit has been..." March 21

Pro Hockey Talk "It has taken George McPhee and the Vegas Golden Knights front office less than two years to assemble a roster that looks like it is going to be a legitimate Stanley Cup contender for the foreseeable future. In year one they rode some stunning play from their top line of Jonathan..." March 18

Sportsnet "You know there has been an astonishing interpretation of the NHL rule book when the most shocking thing about the Canucks’ 3-2 shootout win Sunday against the Dallas Stars was not Vancouver winger Tim Schaller scoring twice. Or the Canucks winning. Frequently..." March 18

TSN "The Vegas Golden Knights have announced that goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. The team has called up goaltender Maxime Lagace who will serve as a backup to Malcolm Subban. " March 17

Pro Hockey Rumors "The Vegas Golden Knights have gone from an empty expansion team roster to a cap crunch sooner than anyone could have expected. The defending Western Conference champs are enjoying another strong season and made a major splash at the trade deadline, acquiring Mark Stone and..." March 17

The Score "Marc-Andre Fleury passed Hall of Famer Jacques Plante for eighth place on the NHL's all-time wins list with the Vegas Golden Knights' 6-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. With 438 career wins, Fleury is just seven back of the legendary Terry Sawchuk for..." March 10

Sportsnet "The Vegas Golden Knights have officially signed forward Mark Stone to an eight year extension worth $9.5-million annually, the team announced on Friday. Stone was acquired by the Golden Knights at the 2019 trade deadline, heading to Vegas along with Tobias Lindberg from Ottawa in..." March 08

ESPN "Player X is in the NHL. After home games, he has a routine. Typically, he'll meet a few teammates at a local restaurant for a late dinner. He likes to order steak after games -- medium rare, with a side salad and mashed potatoes. Then he'll go home. Player X sometimes has a..." March 07

The Score "The Vegas Golden Knights won't participate in Seattle's expansion draft, raising concerns that other teams could make deals with Vegas in order to work around the protection-list process. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly doesn't expect that to occur, but he..." March 06

Pro Hockey Rumors "After Mark Stone was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights just minutes before the February 25th trade deadline, he admitted to have already worked out an extension with the team. That extension was to be for eight years and $76MM, but couldn’t be officially filed until..." March 06

Pro Football Talk "With zero goals and just one assist in his first four games in Vegas, many might be tempted to say that Mark Stone hasn’t worked out so well early on for the Golden Knights. Luckily for Stone (not to mention Golden Knights GM George McPhee), there are plenty of other numbers to..." March 05

Sportsnet "NHL players minus their helmets, hair flapping in the breeze as they attempt to rejoin the action, could soon be a thing of the past. The league’s general managers announced Tuesday at their meetings in Florida that a new rule has been drafted that would force skaters to..." March 05

Pro Hockey Talk "Vegas Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was named the NHL’s No. 1 star of the week on Monday after recording back-to-back shutouts in his past two starts, bringing his season total to a league-leading eight shutouts. It is an impressive number when you consider..." March 05

Pro Hockey Rumors "The Florida Panthers have cleared a large amount of cap room this season by trading away players like Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann, and many have speculated that they’ll use it in free agency on targets like Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky. While that..." February 26

Pro Hockey Talk "The Vegas Golden Knights got their man on NHL Trade Deadline day on Monday, and they appear poised to keep imposing their will on the rest of the NHL when it comes to acquiring the best available talent at this time of year. And that’s because general manager George..." February 26

Sportsnet "The Vegas Golden Knights have agreed to an eight-year extension with Mark Stone after acquiring the star forward from the Ottawa Senators in a trade on Monday. The deal, which is expected to be north of $9 million per season, can’t officially be..." February 25

Sportsnet "The Ottawa Senators have traded star forward Mark Stone to the Vegas Golden Knights. Per NHL approval, Stone to Vegas — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) February 25

Ottawa Sun "As if there wasn’t enough talk about the Ottawa Senators making a deal with the Winnipeg Jets, the discussions hit another level Friday. As the Ottawa Senators prepare to face the Jets on Saturday night at Bell MTS Place, there is no shortage of speculation surrounding the..." February 16

New York Post "Every time someone wants to talk about the NBA, I have the same response. “I don’t really watch the games until about the conference finals, but I closely follow the league. I love the drama.” Conversely, when discussing the NHL, it’s the exact..." February 15