By ALAN SNEL
LVSportsBiz.com
LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell
Another sellout crowd packed into T-Mobile Arena, as 18,240 watched the Golden Knights defeat a tough Dallas Stars squad, 4-2, Sunday night before the VGK head to New York City.
Each fan in the building received a generous gift from VGK sponsor Zappos — a $25 gift card courtesy of the downtown Las Vegas-based online clothing and shoe retailer.
It’s one of the most generous game freebies for VGK fans, who gobble up player game posters when they head to their seats and any other giveaways.
The Golden Knights hit the road for metro New York to play the Islanders Wednesday, the Devils Friday and Rangers Sunday before the road trip is wrapped up in Columbus, Ohio Dec. 17. The next home game is Dec. 20 when the Islanders come to Las Vegas.
Here’s Alex Tuch, who scored the third goal.
And Ryan Carpenter, who scored his first of the season.
VGK coach Gerard Gallant said he still gets a kick out of the crowd noise for Golden Knights games at T-Mobile Arena.
“It doesn’t feel common because it’s so loud,” Gallant said in response to a question during the post-game news conference. “This is incredible. It’s a fun place to play.”
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The Golden Knights averaged 18,299 attendance a game through 13 homes dates entering the Sunday match with the Stars, filling T-Mobile Arena to 105.4 percent of capacity — third highest in the 31-team National Hockey League. Only Chicago and Minnesota had higher percentage capacities.
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