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VGK Close Out Six-Game Homestand With 4-3 OT Loss To Islanders Thursday; Golden Knights Fail To Close The Deal In Loss

November 13, 2025November 13, 2025 Alan Snel Akira Schmid, Braeden Bowman, Bruce Cassidy, Emil Heineman, Ilya Sorokin, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Mark Stone, Mathew Barzal, Matthew Schaeffer, Mitch Marner, Pavel Dorofeyev, Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore, Tomas Hertl

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NHL’s New Goal King Won Stanley Cup On VGK Home Ice In 2018, Notched Hat Trick Against Knights In Win In November 2024

April 6, 2025 Alan Snel Alex Ovechkin, Gary Bettman, Ilya Sorokin, Jack Eichel

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Off Night For Golden Knights: Islanders Whitewash VGK, 4-0, Before Announced Crowd Of 17,713 Thursday

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Anders Lee, Bo Horvat, Brock Nelson, Bruce Cassidy, Casey Cizikas, Ilya Sorokin

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Injury-Plagued Golden Knights Shut Down By Islanders, 2-0; Only $20 To Get In Before Puck Drop Sunday

October 24, 2021October 24, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Alex Tuch, Ilya Sorokin, Josh Bailey, Mark Stone, Mat Barzal, Max Pacioretty, Robin Lehner, Zach Whitecloud

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Just the facts: New York Islanders 2 Vegas Golden Knights 0 Golden Knights

July 5, 2021

Alan Snel, veteran journalist and LVSportsBiz.com publisher. ASnel@LVSportsBiz.com.

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking news on Las Vegas’ sports/stadium industry. Our stories are quoted nationally and we set the sportsbiz news agenda in Las Vegas. Publisher Alan Snel has reported on the business of sports and stadiums in Denver, South Florida, New York, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president Marc Badain

LVCVA spends $8.25 million on A’s sponsorship

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

May 24, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel is a nationally-known bicycle rights leader and bicycle travel writer.

Alan focuses on reducing road violence and has asked government to enforce road safety laws, design better roads for bicyclists and walkers not just motorists, educate drivers, install more penalties for reckless motorists and lower speed limits.

Here are Alan’s travel story samples, literary adventures based on Alan’s expansive and curious approach to reporting sports-business news and a bicycle life:

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel has also written two books: Long Road Back To Las Vegas and Bicycle Man. Purchase Long Road Back To Las Vegas on Amazon and contact Alan to buy Bicycle Man at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com.