Prior to the Golden Knights win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Rogers Hometown Hockey aired a piece on Deryk Engelland. It’s a gem.
.@droetker_canada My Hometown: Born in Edmonton, Deryk Engelland thought his career was over at age 20. Then the #Flames signed him to their ECHL affiliate in Las Vegas. pic.twitter.com/XpltoEVg7d
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 31, 2017
VGK to win Pacific Division
-200 (1st)
VGK to win Western Conference
+400 (2nd)
VGK to win Stanley Cup
+900 (T-3rd)
Head Coach Bruce Cassidy announced the following players have returned to Vegas and will be unavailable Saturday:
Reilly Smith (injury)
Logan Thompson (injury)
Alec Martinez (personal reasons)
#VegasBorn
Let's talk about a big, hopefully not costly, win over CGY https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1BdxYyMzXezxX
"I thought it was a good a Golden Knights keep them to the outside defensive style game." -Cassidy
Cassidy says he doesn't think either Thompson or Smith will be available on Saturday.
Says he's really concerned for Logan because he had been out so long.
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sparky
Deryk England’s speech on opening night (I watched it live, up here in the Great White North) made me proud to be a “hockey guy”.
Hockey players are the best of the pro athletes.