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Washington Capitals Hoist First Stanley Cup After Dramatic Win Over Vegas

11:36pm June 07, 2018

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

The championship is the first by a D.C. team in one of the Big Four sports in a quarter-century, and prevents a fairy tale ending to the Las Vegas hockey team's first season.

The Golden Knights' mascot takes up his sword before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday. Vegas would go on to win that game against the Washington Capitals — but not before the mascot fought a sweat-drenched duel with a sad-sack stand-in for the

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Behind That Bonkers Golden Knights Pregame Show: 'We Threw Everything On The Wall'

8:58pm May 30, 2018

Sword fights. Neon-visored drum majors. A giant, firework-spitting helmet. The Vegas hockey team's spectacle is an anomaly in the stoic NHL — and that's just the way the team likes it.

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Marc-Andre Fleury, winner of multiple Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, had been cast off to Vegas when a younger player took his spot as starting goalie. Now in goal for the Golden Knights, he's four wins away from adding his name yet again to t

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For Vegas Oddsmakers, Home Team's Fairy Tale Season Becomes A Frightfest

6:31pm May 21, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The odds of the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup hovered as high as 500-to-1 last fall. Now, the team has made the final in its first season — and some bettors stand to win big.