Friday, August 30, 2019

Everett, Washington – Erik Atchison of Las Vegas scored the first goal of the game for the WHL Spokane Chiefs in a 6-5 loss to the Portland Winterhawks in a pre-season here last night at the Angels of the Winds Arena. Erik, 17, is in his second season with the Chiefs. Erik and the Chiefs take on the WHL Everett Silvertips in a pre-season game Saturday night. Erik’s younger brother Fuzzy is skating this season with the AAA Arizona Bobcats 16u.

Labor Day Weekend Texas Shootout Final Scores

Saturday, August 31, 2019

AA Midget 16u

Final

Game Two

Vegas Jr Golden Knights 2, McKinney North Stars 1 (OT/Shootout)

Vegas Goal – John Purdy from Chase McGrossan

Vegas Shootout Goals – Ian Williams, Chase McCrossan

Vegas Goalie – Zackary Ortolano

++ Chase McGrossan #1 Star, goalie Zackary Ortolano #2 Star

Game One

Dallas Stars Elite 15u 5, Vegas Jr Golden Knights 2

//Vegas Goal – William Jacob from Heath Mensch

//Vegas Goal – John Purdy from Tristan Nelson, Heath Mensch

++ Heath Mensch, Las Vegas, #3 Star of the Game ++

Sunday, September 1

Game Three

Houston Wild 2, Vegas Jr Golden Knights 1

//Vegas goal – Kenneth Curtis lll

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Texas Shootout

Saturday

AA Bantam 14u 

Final

Game Two

AHU Bantam Black 5, Vegas Jr Golden Knights 1

//Vegas goal – Carter Adams

Game One

Texas Tigers 4, Vegas Jr Golden Knights 1

//Vegas goal – Andrew Crawford

Las Vegas Labor Day Weekend Goal Scorers

WHL – Pre-Season

Goals

1 – Erik Atchison, Spokane Chiefs

Texas Shootout – Dallas/Fort Worth 

AA 16u

2 – John Purdy, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights 

1 – Kenneth Curtis lll, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights

1 – William Jacob, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights 

1 – Anthony Mazza, AA Vegas Golden Jr Knights

1 – Chase McCrossan, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights 

1 – Ian Williams, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights

Texas Shootout – Dallas/Fort Worth

AA 14u

1 – Carter Adams, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights

1 – Andrew Crawford, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights 

1 – Caden Ross, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights

1 – Christian Yepes, AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights

AA 13u

3 – Fuzzy Atchison, Las Vegas, Arizona Bobcats 13u

//2-1 win over the Arizona Sun Devils 14u; Bobcats goalie Logan Perez from Las Vegas 15 saves.

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Friday, August 30, 2019

Special to Vegas Hockey

Dallas – The Wally Lacroix-coached AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights – defending National Champions – are off to Dallas to skate in the 16th annual  ‘Texas Shootout’ Tournament here at the StarCenter. The Jr Golden Knights have two games on Saturday – first against the AA Dallas Stars Elite 15u at 9 am, then against the McKinney North Stars 16u at 2:30 pm. Also in the tournament are the AA Dallas Penguins 16u and AA Houston Wild 16u. The Vegas Jr Golden Knights 16u team practices and plays home games at the SoBe Arena on North Rancho Drive in Las Vegas. 

The Vegas Jr Golden Knights bantam and peewee teams will open their seasons here as well this weekend.

AA Vegas Jr Golden Knights 16u Roster

#77 Caden Berninger

#3 Kenneth Curtis lll

#81 William Jacob

#17 Anthony Jurcic

#20 Matthew Lackas

#13 Anthony Mazza

#88 Chase McCrossan

#25 Conner McLeod

#91 Heath Mensch

#2 Colton Miller 

#14 Tristan Nelson

#80 Zackary Ortolano

#8 Ethan Parsons

#4 Ty Phillips

#10 John Purdy

#7 John Sinagra

#57 Harrison Whissel

#18 Ian Williams

#19 Micah Williamson

Head coach – Wally Lacroix

Assistant coach – Todd Owen

Team Manager – Jennifer Lener

https://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2019/08/26_Vegas,-Tampa-Top-Frozen-Four.php

The Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League nominated Jr. Golden Knights Varsity D2 forward Heath Mensch to the Division 2 All-ADHSHL team. The nomination came as part of the league’s inaugural postseason awards recognizing players for their performances throughout the 2018-19 season. Mensch was one of three  forwards nominated for the D2 team and the lone player to be nominated outside the state of California across all three divisions. The Jr. Golden Knights had two teams compete with Pacific Ridge, Capistrano Coyotes, La Jolla Country Day, and St. John Bosco making up the rest of the division. The All-Division teams are presented by Pacific Premier Bank.

Division 1 All-ADHSHL Team

F – Joshua Hyden, Santa Margarita

F – Jalen Cordura, Damien

F – Blake Reed, JSerra

D – Jacob Hager, JSerra

D – Axel Carlberg, Santa Margarita

G – Jack Ferletic, JSerra

Division 2 All-ADHSHL Team

F – Zach Lane, Capistrano United

F – Justin Kaufman, La Jolla Country Day

F – Heath Mensch, Las Vegas – Grey

D – Clayton Moore, Pacific Ridge

D – Dylan Hougland, Capistrano United

G – Patrick O’Donnell, Pacific Ridge

Division 3 All-ADHSHL Team

F – Buckley Roberts, Corona-Norco

F – Cory Mater, Placentia Yorba Linda

F – Cole Rorick, North County

D – Grayson Yada, Beckman

D – Cody Vadeboncouer, Corona-Norco

G – Jacob Hahn, Irvine United

Special to Vegas Hockey

Innsbruck – Las Vegas coach Rob Pallin and HC TWK Innsbruck are off to a 3-0-0 start in pre-season games in the Austrian Hockey League.

2-1 over Bietigham Steelers

4-3 over Ravensburg Tower Stars

5-2 over Ravensburg Tower Stars

HC TWK Innsbruck has three more pre-season games before the main season gets underway.

Erik Atchison, who played with the WHL Spokane Chiefs last season, is on the Chiefs pre-season roster.

https://spokanechiefs.com/roster/215/269

https://www.vegasgoldenknightsjr.com/

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