Golden Knights fans will be set for playoff hockey. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights Have Jets Schedule For NHL Stanley Cup Round 1: Games 1 and 2 On Tuesday, Thursday In Las Vegas

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   By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer

After missing the playoffs last season, the Vegas Golden Knights will host the Winnipeg Jets in Round 1 as the number one seed in the Western Conference.

The VGK-Jets Game 1 is set for Tuesday in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena. Game 2 is set for Thursday April 20, also at home.

Minutes after the Golden Knights defeated the Seattle Kracken on the road Thursday, the team sent out an email asking fans to buy tickets with this graphic.

The VGK racked up 111 points to edge out the Edmonton Oilers as Pacific Division champs by two points.

The Knights’ coach last season, Pete DeBoer, is trying to win the Central Division with his Dallas Stars.

Vegas’ current coach, Bruce Cassidy, guided the Knights to the best record in the West, while Cassidy’s old team from last season — the Boston Bruins — made the record books with 65 wins this season.

Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com


 

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.