Golden Knights forward Max Pacioretty is unlikely to play in Sunday’s game against the Ottawa Senators at T-Mobile Arena because of an upper-body injury. His status beyond that is uncertain.
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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.
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant was forced to mix his lines and play several players additional minutes after Max Pacioretty was ruled out early in the first period.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski will look to end a two-fight losing streak when he returns to action Dec. 29 in Las Vegas. He will fight Walt Harris on the UFC 232 card at T-Mobile Arena.
Perhaps no single play in the regular season was more significant than Shea Theodore’s goal for the Golden Knights that beat the Tampa Bay Lightning with three seconds left last December at T-Mobile Arena.
Forward Alex Tuch was slotted in at right wing on the second line in his return from injury on Wednesday night with Tomas Hyka dropping to the third line.
The Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously voted to extend the temporary suspensions issued to Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov for their roles in a melee inside T-Mobile Arena following UFC 229.
Max Pacioretty and Erik Haula, the mainstays of a makeshift second line for the Knights, have not been able to find chemistry or the back of the net during 5-on-5 play together through eight games.
The heavyweight has said he limited his training sessions to 30 minutes in the past with at least five minutes dedicated to posting funny memes on Instagram.
The 22-year-old forward paid for dinner with his teammates hours after inking a new seven-year contract worth $33.25 million.
Coach Gerard Gallant doesn’t believe the team’s 3-4 start has been much different from last season’s blistering 6-1 opening stretch.
The star forward scoffed at the notion his home in Florida had a “safe room.”
William Karlsson had three points, including his first goal of the season, and Jonathan Marchessault added two goals in the Golden Knights’ 4-1 victory over Buffalo on Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena.
The UFC light heavyweight rivals will headline pay-per-view events before the end of the year with a possible trilogy fight on the horizon.
The Golden Knights forward believes the ‘ketchup effect’ may take effect once he’s finally able to tally his first of the season.
Lights FC CEO and owner Brett Lashbrook announced Sanchez would not return in 2019 after the franchise finished its inaugural season 8-19-7.
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