The Vegas Golden Knights were founded in 2017, becoming the first professional sports franchise to represent Las Vegas. In their short time as a franchise, the Golden Knights reached the Cup Finals in their first season, and have qualified for the playoffs each season.

How did they become “golden knights”?

The main owner, Bill Foley, named them primarily after his alma mater, the Black Knights of the United States Military Academy. According to him, knights are the epitome of the warrior class. By adding golden to the name, it refers to the most precious metal as well as a nod to Nevada as the largest gold producing state in the United States.

How have the rosters changed?

2017 Team Roster	2021 Team Roster
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	Sven Baertschi
Ryan Carpenter	Laurent Brossoit
William Carrier	Patrick Brown
Cody Eakin	William Carrier
Erik Haula	Dylan Coghlan
Tomas Hyka	Evgenii Dadonov
William Karlsson	Nicolas Hague
Brendan Leipsic	Brett Howden
Oscar Lindberg	Mattias Janmark
Jonathan Marchessault	William Karlsson
Stefan Matteau	Keegan Kolesar
James Neal	Robin Lehner
Tomas Nosek	Jonathan Marchessault
David Perron	Alec Martinez
Brandon Pirri	Brayden McNabb
Ryan Reaves	Max Pacioretty
Vadim Shipachyov	Nolan Patrick
Reilly Smith	Alex Pietrangelo
Tomas Tatar	Nicolas Roy
Alex Tuch	Reilly Smith
Deryk Engelland	Chandler Stephenson
Jason Garrison	Mark Stone
Brad Hunt	Shea Theodore
Brayden McNabb	Logan Thompson
Jon Merrill	Alex Tuch
Colin Miller	Zach Whitecloud
Luca Sbisa
Nate Schmidt
Shea Theodore
Zach Whitecloud
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban

NEXT TEAM: Columbus Blue Jackets

Until Next Time

~RJ