New Pro Women’s Hockey Team Has A Name: Vegas Vanguards
By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The new pro women’s hockey team has a new name.
The Vegas Vanguards.
The Women’s Professional Hockey League revealed the name in an email sent to media this morning.
This league and its 12 teams including the Vanguards are owned by billionaire Mark Walter, who launched it in 2023. Walter was the sole financial backer. He and his companies were under federal investigation earlier this year.
Pro women’s sports in Las Vegas include the three-time WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces playing at Mandalay Bay’s Michelob Ultra Arena and the volleyball Vegas Thrill, which plays in the Lee’s Family Forum venue in the Henderson section of Green Valley.
The Vanguards hit the ice for the team’s inaugural Home Opener Dec. 6 (a Sunday) at 5 PM at T-Mobile Arena against fellow expansion club, the Detroit Clutch.
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