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First-Year Golden Knights Clinch Playoff Berth During Historic Season

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By ALAN SNEL

LVSportsBiz.com

 

Stanley Cup playoffs.

 

It’s an unprecedented achievement for the first-year Vegas Golden Knights.

 

And it means the rookie franchise can be expected to generate millions of dollars more in ticket sales, merchandise revenues and more sponsorship deals.

 

Before we dive into the financial windfall for the Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com interviewed key VGK players after Vegas knocked off the Colorado Avalanche, 4-1, at T-Mobile Arena Monday night.

 

First, forward Jonathan Marchessault.

 

 

Let’s go to forward Erik Haula.

 

 

Let’s move to the Flower, goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury.

 

 

And finally, William Karlsson — who scored his 40th goal in an empty net to seal the 4-1, playoff-clinching victory tonight.

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LVSportsBiz.com has a busy week and we will be working at bringing you the financial implications of the Golden Knights securing a playoff berth.

 

I also wanted to share our game photography from Las Vegas photographer L.E. Baskow, who captured several gorgeous images tonight for LVSportsBiz.com.

 

Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury (29) jumps high to snag a shot as defenseman Colin Miller (6) looks on with Colorado Avalanche left wing Gabriel Landeskog (92) during the second period of an NHL game at T-Mobile Arena on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow

 

Vegas Golden Knights left wing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (41) is down on the ice after taking a stick to the face during a face off with the Colorado Avalanche during the second period of an NHL game at T-Mobile Arena on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow

 

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Alex Tuch (89) works in close as a puck gets past Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov (1) during the second period of an NHL game at T-Mobile Arena on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow

 

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Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.

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