Instead of starting to peak with the Stanley Cup playoffs about six weeks away, the Golden Knights are playing some of their worst hockey, going 1-5-1 in their past seven games.
Ben Gotz
Golden Knights backup reporter
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Ben Gotz came to the Review-Journal in May 2016 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He covers the Lights FC, high school sports and anything else sports-related that comes into town. He also hosts segments in the video studio on soccer and high school sports. Before coming to Las Vegas, he wrote about college hockey, college football and high school sports during stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Minnesota Daily back home in Minnesota.
Fewer players are participating in the Golden Knights’ optional morning skates in an effort to save their energy for games.
The forward felt he was “public enemy No. 1” a few games after the Knights acquired him before last season’s trade deadline.
Miller was a healthy scratch Wednesday for the first time as a Knight after being on the ice for every goal in a 3-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Monday.
Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves welcomed daughter Kamilla to the world Wednesday before a game against the Boston Bruins.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz answers reader questions on the Golden Knights.
Hockey-Reference.com gives the Knights a 92.9 percent chance to make the playoffs, but just a 0.1 percent chance to win the Pacific Division.
The two wingers were placed on a line with center Cody Eakin on Saturday and the group combined for five points in a 5-1 win against the Nashville Predators.
Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt said he would love to be “a fly on the wall” as the team decides what to do before the Feb. 25 trade deadline.
The Golden Knights signed 12-year-old Jay Procter and 8-year-old Jace Owen to one-day contracts with the help of Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada on Friday and the two practiced with the team.
The clip, which was released on the league’s YouTube channel Monday, features the Golden Knights forward visiting the Las Vegas barbershop Haircutz Don’t Lie and discussing how to make hockey more popular in the black community.
Review-Journal reporter Ben Gotz answers reader questions on Golden Knights center Cody Eakin, forward William Carrier and defenseman Jake Bischoff.
William Carrier recorded eight hits in the Golden Knights’ 4-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, tied for fourth-most in his three-year career.
Coach Gerard Gallant played only 10 forwards in the third period of the Golden Knights 4-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Forward Reilly Smith recorded an assist in the second period of the Golden Knights’ win Thursday at Detroit, giving him his first point in four games since returning from an undisclosed injury.
