The former lightweight champion feels he has done enough to warrant a shot at the 145-pound belt after going 8-1 in non-title bouts at featherweight.
Adam Hill
Pro backup reporter
Email: ahill@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 224-5509
After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered mixed martial arts and prep sports while helping coordinate online and social media coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
The Sharks decided to stick with goaltender Martin Jones despite his struggles early in the series and the move has paid off.
Tomas Hertl promised fans in San Jose the team would be back for a Game 7, then went out and scored the first short-handed goal in a multiple overtime game in NHL playoff history to beat the Golden Knights 2-1 on Sunday.
San Jose has 5-2 victories in the two Western Conference quarterfinal playoff games against the Golden Knights in which Marc-Edouard Vlasic has started and finished.
Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoff series between the Golden Knights and San Jose Sharks will start at 4 p.m. Sunday at T-Mobile Arena, the NHL announced Friday night.
The Red Wings announced the hiring of Hall of Fame player Steve Yzerman as their general manager Friday. He and Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant played on the same line with Detroit.
The beleaguered netminder delivered a strong effort to help San Jose avoid elmination with a 5-2 win over the Golden Knights at SAP Center on Thursday night.
The 23-year-old has shown off his skills in a series against two of the top offensive defensemen in the league.
A day after Evander Kane’s epic rant about Ryan Reaves was followed by a meltdown by the Sharks in the closing minutes of Tuesday night’s Game 4, it was the Golden Knights’ turn to fire back and fan the flames of the feud.
Sharks forward Evander Kane unleashed on Golden Knights bruiser Ryan Reaves in his first public comments since their fight at the end of Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals.
The Golden Knights bruiser snapped back at Joe Thornton for his comments on Reaves’ fight against Evander Kane on Sunday night.
Rising star Israel Adesanya intensified his budding rivarly with Jon Jones days after claiming the interim middleweight title in a thrilling win over Kelvin Gastelum.
San Jose Sharks forward Joe Thornton has been suspended one game for a hit to the head of Golden Knights forward Tomas Nosek during Sunday night’s game at T-Mobile Arena, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Monday following a hearing on the incident.
The Golden Knights scored in the opening minute of all three periods of Game 3 on their way to a 6-3 win at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday night.
Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves and Sharks forward Evander Kane exchanged big right hands late in the third period Sunday until Reaves dragged Kane to the ground and the referees stepped in to stop the fight.
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