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By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
The last time the Colorado Avalanche were in this building, they were saying so long to their season.
The hometown Vegas Golden Knights had rolled off four straight wins against the fast-skating Colorado club, including Game 6 of last season’s second round playoffs and the Avs went back to Denver that night on a very subdued plane right.
Tonight inside the Big Ice House by the Strip, the stakes were much lower. It was a preseason game and Colorado left many of its best players back in Denver.
Meanwhile, the Golden Knights did send out its Original Misfits line of William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith with defensive starters Alex Pietrangelo and Alec Martinez seeing ice time, too.
The Marchy smile was on display late in period three when he scored a power play goal and gave the Knights a 4-3 lead.
Final score: Golden Knights 4 Colorado 3
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In the first period, Patrick Brown and Nic Hague (a power play goal off an assist by Dylan Coghlan) scored to give the Knights a 2-1 lead after one period.
Colorado scored on VGK goalie Laurent Brossoit in period two and the game was locked at two after 40 minutes.
Pietrangelo knotted the game at three off an assist from Karlsson in period three.
It sounded like 16,867 was announced for attendance tonight. Not a sellout, But for a preseason game on a Tuesday night, it’s not a shabby number. This being an exhibition game, the two teams practiced their shootout skills after the VGK 4-3 win, with Colorado outscoring Vegas, 2-1, in five rounds.
Hague enjoyed the fans back in the building: “It gives you tingles.”
VGK coach Pete DeBoer said after the game that the preseason is a time for evaluation and he looks forward to the final few games when the team’s core will come together.
The VGK season — Year V — is back with familiar faces of the ice. The regular season goes off Oct. 12 when the new Seattle Kraken visit T-Mobile Arena.