Like all of you, Im proud
to call Las Vegas home. I met my wife here, my kids were born here, You get another boo-boo? [Crying] Where? Just becoming a team is the biggest challenge getting to know everybody. So I think weve had a good transition. Got off to a good start.
They score! Neal! Working on pre-game elements. Are you ready to make some history? Its finally time to play in front of our fans! The home openers going to be a pretty
special moment for me and my family. Weve known Deryk a long time. We had him
in our minor league system in Washington.
Hes really earned his way here
through hard work and toughness. Hes a big, tough guy, but hes a smart player. I would never speak ill of him you know, anywhere, because I know what his job entails. [Announcer] And now were going to have a scrap.
Dont tug on Supermans cape. Hes just a really good hearted person,
but when he gets on the ice, he understands his role and you
want a guy like him on your team. [Announcer] You gotta know your role. Hes a character guy, hes a tough guy, and
hes going to be a stabilizing guy for our group.
Whatre you guys doing down here, shots? Just standing here? Making it look like youre doing something? Hes a presence that you know, as a
forward when you go in the zone and hes a guy that you gotta face, you always
have to make sure of where he is on the ice because he can really hurt you physically
with his body and the way he plays. So, you gotta make sure hes out there and I
think for us, hes a great guy to have on our side. I couldnt be more excited from when they announce the team,
Its kind of in the back of your mind even up in Calgary, you know you
didnt know what could possibly happen. You never knew what was going to happen
with the expansion draft or anything like that, so its always in the back of you mind that
theres a possibility to come and play at home.
I played my first pro career in the east coast here. I met my wife here. From day one, weve spent just about every summer here. Weve been here for fourteen years now.
Just being part of the history of an
expansion team is pretty unique. Not many guys get to say theyre part of that and for it to be at home, its pretty special. Hes all about his daddy. [Baby] Daddy! Hi, bud! Its a yummy dinner! Yeah, its yummy because youre eating pizza.
Deryk Engelland has been awesome.
Everybody goes to him with any questions regarding your house, your kids, hockey stuff it doesnt matter. The guy has been so good to all of us
and I know hes very proud and happy theres a team now in Vegas and hes part of it too. Just getting ready to go swimming right now. Ready for swimming? Where are we going, buddy? Swimming? Okay, head out there.
Okay, buddy. Ready? Whens your guys first game? We play tonight exhibition, but
the first home game is the 10th. Who are you guys playing tonight, Avalanche? Tonight is Avalanche, first game is Phoenix. Alright, bud, we'll be right out here.
Its a really good community people are so nice, we have friends that weve been
friends with since we moved here. Its nice to be home. Are you so happy that daddys playing here now? Yes. Uh oh! Mr.
Concierge, he was the guy that everyone would call before you really knew anybody, hey I dont
know where Im supposed to go for dinner, I dont know where I should buy a house, More wives and girlfriends text her than players did me. So, I think the wives and girlfriends are more organized and want to know things before they get there and guys just get there and wing it from there. Moving is more about just finding your routine. You know, you kind of live in the
same spot, you have a routine down.
He probably couldve started his own concierge business so for us its just anything we had a question, you know, he was the guy that everybody went to. So were lucky to have him around. It gets a little bit better everyday as
youd expect with a group that hasnt known each other prior to coming to this camp. So, we take a baby step everyday and thats all you can ask.
Everyone's new and the chemistry everyone
has were already a tight group in here everyones great to be around and its a lot of fun here. The guys in the room just seem real down to earth all have the same common goal, so its good to see. This is what we need to build a
champion is this kind of foundation. Marc-Andre Fleury is a champion, hes won three Stanley Cups, hes been a great teammate and
great in the community and it's precisely what we want here and his
teammates are going to learn a lot from him.
He's the reason why we have a chance to win every night. Hes one of the good goalies in the league and he proved a lot he's the best player on our team and everybody
should know that were lucky to have him. Nate, just his personality. I mean, the first
time you met him, hes smiling, he's laughing, hes giggling and its all you hear.
I mean, the players really like him. You know, this is a very exciting opportunity for me. First game at T-Mobile, you cant be more excited than this. Hold on.
One minute! You know, we dont have a whole lot of expectations, but we internally as a group do. And thats what I think makes us so unique
and how much fun were going to have this season. 21Here we go, boys! Lets go, Perrone! [Audience cheering] Got home from the game, we were in bed and it was about 12:30. Phones were both on silent, but Melissas
got a couple close friends that called once or twice it goes through, so thats when we kind of found out.
Hes a great guy to have, not only on our
team for leadership and playing ability, but an ambassador for this club hes been great in the community. You guys did the best thing bringing hockey to Vegas. I live here, I lived here for a while so Its wonderful to have you here no less. There you go! It was really cool to be a part of the first game.
We knew we had a good team, we were going
up against a tough opponent in Dallas, so we were jacked up and ready to go. Neal, shot deflect and score! James Neal, first goal in Golden Knights history ties the game! Under 3 minutes to go, Eakin up the middle feeds it to Neal shot score! James Neal from both knees, puts it
over Lehtonen to give Vegas the lead! Ultimately won the game, so loved the effort
from our team and then going into Arizona the next night and doing the same thing was pretty cool. Neil! And the Vegas Golden Knights are 2-0. Coming back 2-0 for our season opener is pretty special.
If you werent aware, tomorrow is our home opener. So yeah! [Clapping] Tomorrow night we're going to introduce
all of our players, but before we introduce them, were going to introduce a first responder,
a nurse, a doctor, all the local heroes and survivors. And then we're going to do a 58 second moment of silence in honor of each of those that passed as part of the tragedy. Were going to have all of their names
projected onto the ice, thats the pre-game ceremony.
And then once we drop the puck, hopefully we can
be a distraction for about two hours and forty minutes for all of the guests that are there. And then we can come away with two more
points and another Golden Knights victory. It's probably going to rival that first game feeling. I mean, not quite there, but its going to be awfully close just to be at home and have the kids
there thats going to be pretty special..
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