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Sometime in early 2016, when Bill Foley and the Maloof family were exploring the idea of bringing an NHL franchise to Las Vegas, the pundits insisted, âHockey in the desert will never work.â They should have said, âHockey on Lake Tahoe on a sunny Saturday will never work.â
Yesterdayâs game started at 12 noon, but didnât end until almost 12 hours later. A 9-hour break in play was imposed between the first and second periods due to the ice conditions caused by the bright sun and the higher elevation of Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe sits at 6,225 feet above sea level; Las Vegas is at 2,000 feet.
Marc-Andre Fleury, the most impactful player in the short history of the Vegas Golden Knights, this weekend will start the highest-profile regular-season game they have played.
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Knights on Ice â VGK Blow Away 3 Valuable Points with Just 40 Seconds Left From:
The VGK were headed into overtime, which would have prevented last nightâs game from being a 4-pointer. But with the faceoff to Fleuryâs left, William Karlsson drew the puck to the boards, clearly a safe choice, better than the puck drawn back to the point or out in front of Fleury. But Zac Whitecloud was picked off, disabling him from getting to the puck. Instead, Joonas Donskoi grabbed the loose puck and sent it up the boards to the point, where Bowen Byram sent a shot toward Fleury. That was tipped by Donskoi as he made his way from the boards toward the front of the net. Fleury made the initial save of the tip, but didnât control the rebound, which wa