Photo Gallery: Even Golden Knights Practices Are Must-Watch Hockey

By ALAN SNEL

LVSportsBiz.com

 

It’s 11:30 a.m. Friday and Las Vegas’ favorite sons are skating effortlessly around the ice rink, passing and shooting and stopping pucks.

 

It’s practice time for the Las Vegas Golden Knights, a professional hockey phenomenon with a first place record in its rookie season.

 

And the practice is absolutely packed — and has been for the past several weeks now that the unicorn team is here atop the standings and appears heading to the Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

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LVSportsBiz.com was there, too, amid the fans sardined into the stands at the Golden Knights’ twin-rink practice facility and headquarters near Downtown Summerlin and Red Rock Resort in the land of suburbia.

 

The first thing you notice is how many kids are in the joint. Lots of them.

 

You are so close to the ice that you can see the expressions on the faces of the players when when they listen to coach Gerard Gallant.

 

Hundreds of fans are crammed into the bleachers, with fans even spilling onto the steps for a view.

 

Fans even wait outside for a glimpse of the players as they go to their cars in the facility’s parking lot in Summerlin.

 

And don’t forget, the best way to get to the Golden Knights’ training center is via your bicycle. I did Friday. And there’s even a new bike rack, too.

 

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