Marc-Andre Fleury racks up another win.
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Perhaps No Free Doughnuts, But Golden Knights Rack Up Another Win with Pirri Goal, Tough Guy Reaves Fight

Alan Snel , ,

 

 

By Alan Snel

LVSportsBiz.com

 

LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

 

Marc-Andre Fleury sat in front of his locker, the goaltender wearing a Golden Knights ball cap and that sly smile of his after he and the VGK racked up another win at T-Mobile Arena Tuesday night. This time, it was a 4-2 victory over the visiting New York Rangers.

 

Leading the NHL in wins and minutes played, Fleury was at his jovial best, answering sports reporters’ questions with a quip or a joke. He mused that he was disappointed in losing the shutout and the dozen free Krispy Kreme doughnuts that go with every Golden Knights whitewash. You can hear Fleury’s aw-shucks, funny style here.

 

Fleury’s shutouts this year have meant Krispy Kreme cranking out about $40,000 worth of free doughnuts per shutout, but the free publicity is sweet.

 

In defeating the Rangers, the Golden Knights secured their seventh consecutive win, with VGK two-way centerman Cody Eakin scoring the first goal. The Knights would not trail in the game, which drew 18,249 to the friendly confines of the Big Ice House on the Strip.

Eakin opened the scoring.

 

 

The Golden Knights, after 20 home dates, were averaging 18,284 attendance per home game and more than 105 percent of capacity of the arena that officially sits 17,367 for VGK home games. The arena’s fan atmosphere — and loud noise — is credited with giving the Golden Knights a home ice advantage. After Tuesday’s game, the average attendance dropped by two to 18,282 after 21 home games.

 

 

 

 

The march of the Golden Knights mascots, Vegas girls and VGk cheerleaders is a crowd-pleaser.

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Popular fan favorite, the crowd igniter/dancer Cameron Hughes, celebrated his 25 years of stoking NHL and NBA crowds into a frenzy with his over-the-top enthusiastic dance routines.

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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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