Gary Lawless

Las Vegas

Vegas Golden Knights Insider, color on radio, digital columnist, TV contributor. garyjlawless on insta. To order It Hurts To Win - https://t.co/NtBHVry1en

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Lawless: It's Hard To Win

1 day ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

When the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023, coach Bruce Cassidy used the phrase, “It Hurts To Win.” It was printed on T-shirts and the title of the team’s official championship book. On Tuesday, discussing the 3-1 hole his team now faces in its best-of-seven series with the Edmonton Oilers, Cassidy tweaked the expression. “It’s hard to win. But if you start with one at home, a building we have typically played well in, it’s small picture right now. Take care of business Wednesday.
Lawless: Golden Knights Aim to Swing Series in Edmonton

4 days ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

Las Vegans get up every day and do their thing. Sometimes things go your way and sometimes they don’t. Life isn’t easy. The Vegas Golden Knights got served a plate of that on Thursday night and woke up Friday morning to find the leftovers starting at them from the top row of the fridge. Lots has gone the way of the Edmonton Oilers and they lead this best-of-seven series, 2-0. That’s a tough hole to be in for the Golden Knights.
Lawless: Full Golden Knights Battalion Contributed to Series Win vs. Wild

1 week ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

With the plane taxiing towards the runway for a return flight to Las Vegas, choppy strains of Happy Birthday swelled to a full-throated salute to Golden Knights Director of Security Tom Monahan. The 60-something Monahan, an original VGK staffer and Vegas legend in his own right, took an awkward bow and shared a bashful grin with the 50 or so serenaders which make up the Golden Knights travelling party of players, coaches, management and staff.
Lawless: Passion Pushes Golden Knights into Game 6

2 weeks ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

The same passion that pushes a team’s faithful to delirium when things are going well can also drive folks a little crazy when the score isn’t to their liking. Fan is short for fanatic. A team’s tribe, if it’s worth its salt, is passionate. Legendary play-by-play broadcaster Dennis Beyak used to tell Shane Hnidy and myself, “It’s the passion that pays us all,” when a fanbase was riled up about one thing or another.
Lawless: Golden Knights Finding Their Game in Series vs. Wild

2 weeks ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

Over 19,000 stood in slack-jawed disbelief. After two games of everything going the way of the Minnesota Wild, their faithful were forced to witness Ivan Barbashev’s balloon-popping Game 4 overtime winner. Deuces wild heading back to Vegas. The ice was divided like a black and white cookie. Jubilation at one end of the ice and crushing disappointment at the other.
Lawless: Cassidy, Golden Knights Ready to Correct Mistakes in Game 3

3 weeks ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

Bruce Cassidy is a truth-sayer among NHL coaches. He may be from Ottawa where Canada’s government sits but he’s no politician. Ask a question and the veteran coach of the Vegas Golden Knights gives you an answer which is neither scripted, canned or premeditated. Cassidy summed up Game 2 of his team’s series with the Minnesota Wild with a clear and to the heart-of-the-matter response late Tuesday night. “We didn't take care of the puck.
Lawless: Expect Adjustments from Golden Knights and Wild Ahead of Game 2

3 weeks ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

The interlude between Stanley Cup playoff games can sometimes feel interminable for fans but what coaches and players can achieve on these days off is crucial to a team’s success. In a word, today is about adjustments. Both the Vegas Golden Knights and Minnesota Wild liked pieces of their game on Sunday. Vegas earned a 4-2 win with an empty net goal and never trailed in the game. Adin Hill was dynamite in net, the power play clicked twice and scoring came from two lines.
Lawless: Golden Knights Aim to Get Better and Better During Stanley Cup Playoffs

3 weeks ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

The Vegas Golden Knights haven’t played their best game. Despite collecting 50 wins and 110 points this team has another gear. Maybe more. They’ll need to continually raise their level with each round for which they qualify when the Stanley Cup Playoffs begin on Sunday night at T-Mobile Arena. They need to be better in the first round to beat the Minnesota Wild. And if they can do that, they’ll need to raise their game again. And again, and again.
Existential VGK presented by Las Vegas with Zach Whitecloud

1 month ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

The Existential VGK Questionnaire presented by Las Vegas is a set of questions offered to players, coaches, management and broadcasters. Based loosely on Proustâ€™s Questionnaire it combines hockey and Vegas topics for a unique look into our people. Look for new editions throughout the season. This edition centers around Zach Whitecloud. Whitecloud signed with the Golden Knights as a free agent out of Bemidji State University and has worked his way up in the organization since signing in 2018.
Lawless: Vegas Believes in Itself Late in Regular Season

1 month ago | nhl.com | Gary Lawless

The Golden Knights boarded their flight from Vegas to Minneapolis last Monday missing Tomas Hertl and Alex Pietrangelo. Despite not having a key piece to the offensive engine in Hertl and their alpha blueliner Pietrangelo, the team flew back Saturday night from Nashville with six points in the bag after a perfect week on the road. Wins over the Wild, Blackhawks and Predators pushed Vegas to a nine-point lead in the Pacific Division with just nine games to play in the regular season.