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The Golden Knights ready for a short and intense season

The Golden Knights start their season Thursday night against the Anaheim Ducks in Vegas and their head coach Peter DeBoer couldn’t be happier.

“Hockey is back in my house,” he said Thursday, during a video conference. I started to watch the games in the east [mercredi] from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. I don’t know how happy my wife is that the NHL is back, but it felt good to see competitive hockey live again. ”

The Golden Knights driver liked what he saw on this first day of the regular schedule.

“The matches were very good. If there’s one thing about the NHL that we’ve seen in the bubble, it’s that no matter what happens, the players are ready. They don’t wait for the action, they jump in. The level of competitiveness in yesterday’s games shows it’s a short season and you have to start quickly, ”said DeBoer.

“Essentially, we start directly in the second half of the season. So we hope to win a lot of games in regulation. “

The Golden Knights will play their first two games against the Ducks, which they will meet again on Saturday. While Anaheim’s roster hasn’t made it to the last playoffs, DeBoer believes it’s a good challenge.

“It’s a big, heavy team that has a lot of leadership. They have elite players and they have added youth and speed to their roster … and [John] Gibson still has the ability to steal a match, DeBoer noted. But we spent more time focusing on our game, establishing it, and realizing what we’re doing right. ”

The head coach does not believe that playing in front of empty stands will eventually affect the show. However, he knows the team is losing a valuable ally as the T-Mobile Arena crowd has always served them well.

“We will definitely miss the momentum created by our spectators, perhaps more than anywhere else in the league. When I was an opposing coach and came here, when Vegas counted and the crowd came on board, it sometimes led to a second and a third goal quite quickly. “

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