Golden Knights Hold Off Scrappy Blues, 4-3, Before Announced 17,861 Friday; Eichel-Stone-Barbashev Line On Fire
Just the facts: Vegas Golden Knights 4 St. Louis Blues 3
VGK goal scorers: Jack Eichel (first of the year) in Period 1; Ivan Barbashev (third goal of season) for 2-1 lead after 1 period; Shea Theodore scored his first of the season off a rebound from a shot by Cole Schwindt, who tallied his first point of his career; Nic Roy with a redirect off a Theodore shot in third period for a 4-2 lead.
Story line: Jack Eichel-Mark Stone-Ivan Barbashev line is on fire
Quote: VGK coach Bruce Cassidy on Eichel-Stone-Barbashev, “They’re dnamic off the rush . . . They all have chemistry.”
One word to describe VGK after two games from Shea Theodore: “Opportunistic”
Attendance: 17,861
Record: Two games and two wins. VGK play Anaheim Ducks Sunday here after Raiders game.
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Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell
Few NHL team hunger after corporate sponsorships and business partnerships like the Vegas Golden Knights.
Whether you’re Circa hotel-casino owner Derek Stevens or a garage door business or a guy making his own craft ice cream, the VGK sponsorship reps are happy to have a chat with you.
Today, the media received an interesting press release from the Vegas franchise advising them the Golden Knights are hunting for a business to buy a patch for the team’s away white jersey.
The VGK release used the term, “iconic,” to describe the road sweaters. The team is in its eighth season, so “iconic” might be a bit hyperbolic. But this is Vegas, a market that makes a living on suspending reality.
Stevens bought the home jersey sponsor with his Circa Sports patch. The downtown Las Vegas hotel operator recently added a second NHL team to his marketing mix, becoming the home jersey partner for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Many NHL teams have both home and road jersey sponsors.
In advising the media about the VGK’s effort to snag a sponsor for the road jersey,
LVSportsBiz.com suggests the Knights contact the LVCVA — the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority — to see of the publicly-funded Las Vegas tourism agency would like to buy the road jersey patch. It would be a great way for the LVCVA to spread the Las Vegas brand in NHL cities. Plus, the LVCVA loves sports and spending public money on sponsorships.
The LVCVA uses R&R Partners ad agency man Rob Dondero should be contacted by VGK Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships Keith Baulsir at 702-916-3348 or kbaulsir@vegasgoldenknights.
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The Blues opened the scoring on a goal by Pavel Buchnevich before three VGK goals gave the Knights a 3-1 lead on the second. Buchnevich scored his second of the game and VGK led, 3-2, after two.
After a Nic Roy score made it, 4-2, Vegas, St. Louis’ Robert Thomas scored his first of the year to cut the VGK lead to a single goal.
“We let them back in the game after that third goal,” Cassidy. But the VGK coach was pleased the Knights closed out wins tonight and two nights ago against Colorado in the season-opener.
That was the final: Vegas 4 St. Louis 3
