It’s almost Knight Time! I have never been as into a sport as I am hockey right now! The Vegas Golden Knights came along and shattered expectations and goals in their inaugural season and I feel like I can reach out and touch hockey season right now since it is so close to upon us. I won’t do a full play by play of the season (even though that’s all we want to talk about now in the Valley) but I will direct you to my Twitter where I live tweet EVERY EMOTION, 0 filter while I’m having them. And yes, it is me mostly praising Fleury, the goal post, praying to the hockey Gods and appreciating…well everyone. LOL
I have become WILDLY superstitious since starting to watch VGK. I now HAVE GOT to have on a pair of pink flamingo socks! For those of you who don’t know, we have a lovely Victory Flamingo that gets thrown onto the ice to get the energy right for some good gameplay and to celebrate a win. I’m honestly probably going to get this beautiful thing tattooed on me here soon because that’s how deep my fandom is right now. We actually have an entire crew of VGK super fans that are like celebrities to us now. I look for them during every game and keep an eye out for their tweets. I’ll get a post up with them the next chance I get.
Right now, we have our Rookie Faceoff going on right before our full squad hits the ice for practice and then PRESEASON (preseason counts as officially hockey for me). Here is what I know about our upcoming games according to NHL.com :
PRESEASON
Sunday, Sep 16 – Home vs ARI
Tue, Sep 18 – Away @ COL
Thu, Sep 20 – Away @ LAK
Sat, Sep 22 – Away @ SJS
Mon, Sep 24 – Home vs COL
Fri, Sep28 – Home vs LAK
Sun, Sep 30 – Home vs SJS
HOCKEY SEASON
Thu, Oct 4 – Home vs PHI
Sat, Oct 6 – Away @ MIN
Mon, Oct 8 – Away @ BUF
Wed, Oct 10 – Away @ WSH
Thu, Oct 11 – Away @ PIT
Sat, Oct 13 – Away @ PHI
Tue, Oct 16 – Home vs BUF
Sat, Oct 20 – Home vs ANA
Wed, Oct 24 – Home vs VAN
Fri, Oct 26 – Home vs TBL
Sun, Oct 28 – Home vs OTT
Tue, Oct 30 – Away @ NSH
Thu, Nov 1 – Away @ STL
Sat, Nov 3 – Home vs CAR
Tue, Nov 6 – Away @ TOR
Thu, Nov 8 – Away @ OTT
Sat, Nov 10 – Away @ MTL
Sun, Nov 11 – Away @ BOS
Wed, Nov 14 – Home vs ANA
Fri, Nov 16 – Home vs STL
Sun, Nov 18 – Away @ EDM
Mon, Nov 19 – Away @ CGY
Wed, Nov 21 – Away @ ARI
Fri, Nov 23 – Home vs CGY
Sat, Nov 24 – Home vs SJS
Tue, Nov 27 – Away @ CHI
Thu, Nov 29 – Away @ VAN
Sat, Dec 1 – Away @ EDM
Tue, Dec 4 – Home vs WSH
Thu, Dec 6 – Home vs CHI
Sat, Dec 8 – Away @ LAK
Sun, Dec 9 – Home vs DAL
Wed, Dec 12 – Away @ NYI
Fri, Dec 14 – Away @ NJD
Sun, Dec 16 – Away @ NYR
Mon, Dec 17 – Away @ CBJ
Thu, Dec 20 – Home vs NYI
Sat, Dec 22 – Home vs MTL
Sun, Dec 23 – Home vs LAK
Thu, Dec 27 – Home vs COL
Sat, Dec 29 – Away @ LAK
Sun, Dec 30 – Away @ ARI
Tue, Jan 1 – Home vs LAK
Fri, Jan 4 – Away @ ANA
Sun, Jan 6 – Home vs NJD
Tue, Jan 8 – Home vs NYR
Thu, Jan 10 – Home vs SJS
Sat, Jan 12 – Away @ CHI
Tue, Jan 15 – Away @ WPG
Sat, Jan 19 – Home vs PIT
Mon, Jan 21 – Home vs MIN
Wed, Jan 23 – Home vs NSH
Fri, Feb 1 – Away @ CAR
Sat, Feb 2 – Away @ FLA
Tue, Feb 5 – Away @ TBL
Thu, Feb 7 – Away @ DET
Sat, Feb 9 – Home vs CBJ
Tue, Feb 12 – Home vs ARI
Thu, Feb 14 – Home vs TOR
Sat, Feb 16 – Home vs NSH
Mon, Feb 18 – Away @ COL
Wed, Feb 20 – Home vs BOS
Fri, Feb 22 – Home vs WPG
Tue, Feb 26 – Home vs DAL
Thu, Feb 28 – Home vs FLA
Fri, Mar 1 – Away @ ANA
Sun, Mar 3 – Home vs VAN
Wed, Mar 6 – Home vs CGY
Sat, Mar 9 – Away @ VAN
Sun, Mar 10 – Away @ CGY
Fri, Mar 15 – Away @ DAL
Sun, Mar 17 – Home vs EDM
Mon, Mar 18 – Away @ SJS
Thu, Mar 21 – Home vs WPG
Sat, Mar 23 – Home vs DET
Mon, Mar 25 – Away @ STL
Wed, Mar 27 – Away @ COL
Fri, Mar 29 – Home vs MIN
Sat, Mar 30 – Away @ SJS
Mon, Apr 1 – Home vs EDM
Thu, Apr 4 – Home vs ARI
Sat, Apr 6 – Away @ LAK
HOPEFULLY – this is where we will start our road to the cup again and bring it home in our 2nd season. We will have to wait and see what the Knights and the hockey Gods have in store for us this season. I am super stoked to see that first official puck drop and hope as many of you reading this as possible get a chance to come to town to watch a game here in one of our local sports bars, or at a sponsored watch party. Last year, all of the watch parties were completely free and the energy was ELECTRIC! The hardest part was having to stand out in the sun during the finals. They did let us in to watch inside of T-Mobile arena during our last away game @ WSH, but they can’t do that every time since they still hold regular events there. I will make a post on one of my social media channels as soon as watch party info is released and we know if it is free or not.
One last thing – Vegas is LIT during our home games! Stop by my Tickets page to see what is happening in our club scene during our home games and get your tickets to your favorite choice for after party.
Do you have a pre – post – or during game ritual? Share yours with me down in the comments below.
Mine are Flamingo Socks – Twitter storm – Glass of Wine
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