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Productive day for Vegas Golden Knights at World Championships

By Andrew Steele-Davis |
KOSICE, SLOVAKIA - MAY 10: Jonathan Marchessault #81 of Canada controls the puck during the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia group A game between Finland and Canada at Steel Arena on May 10, 2019 in Kosice, Slovakia. (Photo by Lukasz Laskowski/PressFocus/MB Media/Getty Images)
KOSICE, SLOVAKIA - MAY 10: Jonathan Marchessault #81 of Canada controls the puck during the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia group A game between Finland and Canada at Steel Arena on May 10, 2019 in Kosice, Slovakia. (Photo by Lukasz Laskowski/PressFocus/MB Media/Getty Images)
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA – MAY 9, 2019: Sergei Plotnikov, Nikita Gusev, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Alexander Barabanov (L-R) of the Russian national men’s ice hockey team during a training session ahead of their 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship match against Norway. Alexander Demianchuk/TASS (Photo by Alexander DemianchukTASS via Getty Images)
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA – MAY 9, 2019: Sergei Plotnikov, Nikita Gusev, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Alexander Barabanov (L-R) of the Russian national men’s ice hockey team during a training session ahead of their 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship match against Norway. Alexander Demianchuk/TASS (Photo by Alexander DemianchukTASS via Getty Images) /

It was a good day at the office for a handful of Vegas Golden Knights players at the IIHF World Championships.

The Vegas Golden Knights saw four of their players in action today in Slovakia with two players in particular standing out.

Jonathan Marchessault, who tallied 25 goals and 34 assists for 59 points for the Knights in 2018-19 including a further six points (four goals, two assists) in the postseason, potted a power play goal and was named Player of the Game despite a 3-1 loss for Team Canada against Finland.

And it was a Vegas affair for Marchessault’s goal with Golden Knights teammates Shea Theodore and Mark Stone, who was named an Assistant Captain for Team Canada, getting the helpers.

Team Canada are next in action on Sunday when they face Great Britain at 11:15 am PT for their second game of the opening round.

It also proved to be a fruitful day for forward Nikita Gusev, who played his part as Team Russia cruised to a 5-2 win against Norway in their opening game of the tournament.

Gusev, who has yet to ice in an NHL game for Vegas but is expected to challenge for a roster spot in training camp, enjoyed a starring role for his country on the big stage.

He started off by registering an assist on a goal from Florida Panthers forward Evgenii Dadonov, before getting in on the act himself after ripping a shot under the crossbar to give the Russians a commanding 5-0 lead.

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The 2019 IIHF Men’s World Championships continue on Sunday for Team Russia who go up against Team Austria at 3:15 am PT in their second game of the opening round of the tournament.

Team Russia have 27 Gold Medals to their name and they will be hoping to add another to their collection this year, although Team Canada are hot on their heels with 26.

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