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Vegas Golden Knights: Five Best Regular Season Games

By Richard Cardinale

LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Nate Schmidt #88, Luca Sbisa #47, William Carrier #28, and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after scoring a goal during their inaugural regular-season home opener against the Arizona Coyotes at T-Mobile Arena on October 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Nate Schmidt #88, Luca Sbisa #47, William Carrier #28, and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after scoring a goal during their inaugural regular-season home opener against the Arizona Coyotes at T-Mobile Arena on October 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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1) October 10th, 2017  Game #3 Vegas Golden Knights def Arizona Coyotes 5-2

LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Nate Schmidt #88, Luca Sbisa #47, William Carrier #28, and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after scoring a goal during their inaugural regular-season home opener against the Arizona Coyotes at T-Mobile Arena on October 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Nate Schmidt #88, Luca Sbisa #47, William Carrier #28, and Tomas Nosek #92 of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after scoring a goal during their inaugural regular-season home opener against the Arizona Coyotes at T-Mobile Arena on October 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/NHLI via Getty Images) /

This home opener stood out from all the rest in the NHL. The Vegas Golden Knights had a fantastic tribute before the game in honor of the victims of the Las Vegas shooting on October 1st. The gameday staff did a masterful job from start to finish.

First, they introduced all the players with the first responders from October 1st. They had a 58-second moment of silence before the game to honor the lives that were lost. You could hear a pin drop when the team started displaying each of the victim’s names on the ice.

The national anthem was sung, then out of nowhere, Deryk Engelland asks for the mic. Engelland puts together a great speech that came from the heart. The whole crowd roared in cheers when Engelland said the words “We Are Vegas Strong.” That concluded one of the best ceremonies I’ve ever seen.

A hockey game then commenced as the puck officially dropped for the first time in Las Vegas. The rowdy fanbase didn’t need to wait long for the first home goal in Golden Knights history. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare led a swift pass to Tomas Nosek who quickly fired it past Antti Raanta for an early 1-0 lead.

The Golden Knights kept pouring it on as Deryk Engelland scored an emotional goal as he slapped one past Raanta in front of his home crowd. The atmosphere in the building from those two goals was electric, it felt like a playoff game.

James Neal added another, and the Coyotes ended up pulling Raanta, but that move didn’t really pan out either. Neal net a power-play goal past Louis Domingue to give the Golden Knights a commanding 4-0 lead.

The Golden Knights went onto win the game 5-2 and gave the fans a stick salute that has since become a tradition after every victory. The scene with the players at center ice giving the fans their respect with “Viva Las Vegas” playing in the background was absolutely incredible. A moment I will never forget.

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So there are my top five Vegas Golden Knights regular season games. What your list? Send me a comment or tweet, and we can have a discussion.

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