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Lakewood, California – Anthony Rodriguez of Las Vegas dealt an assist to help the powerful WSHL Long Beach Bombers beat the Fresno Monsters 7-0 and win a Best of Three series two games to one. Earlier Anthony and the Bombers eliminated the Ontario Avalanche in two straight games.

Here are the game scores:

Long Beach Bombers 6, Ontario Avalanche 1

Long Beach Bombers 4, Ontario Avalanche 0

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Long Beach Bombers 4, Fresno Monsters 3

Fresno Monsters 3, Long Beach Bombers 2

Long Beach Bombers 7, Fresno Bombers 0 (#10 Anthony 1 assist, Bombers win series and advance)

Derek Sutliffe of Las Vegas getting set to angle towards the net for Macon Mayhem

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Saturday, March 30, 2019

Knoxville, Tenn – Derek Sutliffe of Las Vegas scored his 19th goal – his most goals in three seasons in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) – to help the Macon Mayhem beat the Knoxville Ice Bears 6-2 at the Knoxville Civic Center. Derek this season has 19 goals, 14 assists for 33 points. He is listed at 6’1, 175.

For the Love of Hockey: The Making of a Vegas Hockey Superfan

By Bethany Drysdale

            Las Vegas – Fifteen months ago, Kat Craner had never watched hockey. Today, she is one of the most loyal and passionate fans in the Vegas Hockey community. Like many lifelong Vegas residents, hockey was not something Kat grew up watching or playing, but with the Golden Knights came, it piqued her interest. The free and open to the public practices drew her in, and admittedly, a chance to see some good looking guys. That was all it took for Kat to love the sport that so many of us have always enjoyed.

            Kat has met almost every locally born hockey player now, and follows the Macon Mayhem, Chicago Wolves, Royal Flushes, Jesters, UNLV Rebels, Minnesota Wild and of course our Golden Knights. I can easily find her in the same place most days, watching a game on the City National Ice, with the Golden Knights playing on the TV at Mackenzie River, and her listening to a game on her phone through ear buds. She saves us seats if we are running late to the Rebels games, and helps me spot goal scorers. She knows all the players names and numbers, easily spotting who was in on the action. My kids run through door at City National most days, looking for her and her lollipops that she usually has for them. They think she lives at City National.

            One thing that I really appreciate about Kat is her photo albums. She has several of them, with photos of her and Vegas hockey players. Many of them have signed their photos too. Not only does she care about the players, but she has an album of hockey friends. From Zamboni drivers, to front desk staff, to security guards, Kat has a photo of everyone, including a signed photo of Lucas and Blake. No matter how famous or popular they are, everyone is equally important to Kat. I have personally been grateful to her for friendship.

She has had many unique opportunities to meet the players at the Knights Gala, signing events and random encounters throughout the Valley. Each time, the players recognize her and say hello. Recently, we had the chance to see four Golden Knights at the BX on Nellis AFB. As the players were leaving, they saw Kat and said hello to her by name. Only missing 2 practices in the past 14 months, it makes sense that they know the lady who makes them encouraging signs along the glass.

When asked what she enjoys most, Kat says, “she loves the passion hockey players bring to the game. They come out on the ice and always look like they are having fun. It makes me love the game, because of the players.” Although she is not looking forward to the end of the season, she gets excited about the various development camps that occur during the summer. That’s when she can see Derek (Sutliffe) and (Gage) Quinney come home to prepare for the next season. As well as watching the A League Summer teams hitting the ice, on the hottest days of summer.

As the Las Vegas Jesters continue into the post season, their next game is at SoBe Ice April 5^th and 6^th at 10:15pm… and Kat will be there, cheering on Kody Holmes and Richie Crossley.

Bethany Drysdale was voted as the Best Writer here on Vegas Hockey

Allentown, Pa. – Dominic Garcia of Las Vegas and NCAA Arizona State will take on Quinnipiac in their first game at the NCAA Midwest Regional here at the PPL Center on Saturday, March 30.

There are four teams here seeded like this:

#1 Minnesota Duluth vs #4 Bowling Green

#2 Quinnipiac vs #3 Arizona State

Garcia, a sophomore, is an Assistant Captain with Arizona State. He played junior hockey and was a captain for the NAHL Aston Rebels. Dominic is a sophomore at Arizona State. He is listed at 5’11, 190. He has two goals, five assists.

Arizona State, in its first NCAA Tournament, has had an awesome season going 21-12-1.

By Lee Samuels 

Las Vegas  – The UNLV Rebels are out of games but there are things to do before calling it a season. Head coach Anthony Greener said today “we will have exit meetings with each player next week. 

“We thought our goalie Ben Giesbrecht played well at Nationals in Texas. Our best player was Kuzy (Joseph Kaszupski) who scored 4 of our 5 goals. A lot of players played well but he was the best. Definitely proud of Kuzy and Cody Williams as well. For me it was sad to see them both end their Rebels careers with our program.

“Then in about three weeks we will have a team dinner to close out the season.”

2019 – The Season is Over for These Las Vegas players and teams

Steven Avalone, SJHL Kindersley Klippers

Vito Carlo, NA3HL Atlanta Capitals

Caleb Day, NA3HL Gillette Wild

Brenden Fehlig, NA3HL College Station Spirit

Dom Garcia, NCAA Arizona State

Bryce Gould, NA3HL Butte Cobras

Michael McNicholas, ECHL Maine Mariners

Gunner Moore, NA3HL Atlanta Capitals

Zach Pochiro, ECHL Allen Americans – Texas

Daniel Ramos, NA3HL Gillette Wild

To contribute send to leesamuels07@aol.com

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Tuesday – Final Score – #1 Kansas Jayhawks 6, #8 Oakland 3

Wednesday – Final Score – #1 Kansas Jayhawks 7, #4 Tampa University 2

Thursday – Final Score – #1 Kansas Jawhawks 2, #2 Fairfield University 3

//Fairfield scores last three goals; Kansas Jayhawks are eliminated

Special to Vegas Hockey

Frisco, Texas – Team President Jimmy Samuels of Las Vegas and undefeated ACHA D3 Kansas said today “we need to come out strong in Game One at the Nationals.”

Kansas University, 20-0-1 and a #1 seed, takes on the Oakland Golden Grizzlies of Michigan here on Tuesday, March 26.

“We’ve never played them before but judging from their record, even though it doesn’t appear to be impressive, Oakland has been competitive against every team they have played. They have an 11-14 record but have one of the hardest schedules I’ve ever seen. These guys are going to be hungry to prove themselves, so we need to come out strong,” Jimmy said.