No letup for Golden Knights as organization elevates youth hockey in Las Vegas
Nine-year-old Audrie Malta and her 3-year-old brother Logan love hockey.
The two of them turn their living room into a hockey rink, batting a ball across the carpet using cardboard rolls from old Christmas wrapping paper as hockey sticks.
On Tuesday, Audrie held a hockey stick in her hands for the very first time and was shown how to use it by Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland.
“I’m having a lot of fun,” Malta said. “It’s kind of confusing because your two hands go different ways, but once you get it, it’s actually pretty fun.”
Engelland joined members of the Golden Knights’ youth hockey coaching staff Tuesday at a street hockey clinic for children ages 6-10 at the Walnut Recreation Center near Cheyenne Avenue and North Las Vegas Boulevard.
The children got to meet Engelland and Chance the Gila Monster mascot, and go through drills to work on stick handling, passing and shooting.
“You want to get out in the community and do as much as you can,” Engelland said. “Your first love is hockey and you want to grow it here in Las Vegas. How much it’s grown in just one season is phenomenal to see.”
Orange street hockey balls flew in every direction as the kids slapped them around with hockey sticks they took home after the event. It’s part of the Golden Knights’ initiative to grow the sport during the offseason. It started last summer with “Sticks for Kids” events and continues this year with clinics at 11 community centers around the valley.
“This is about building fans and an appreciation for the game,” said Matt Flynn, senior manager of youth hockey development for the Golden Knights. “For a lot of these kids, hockey is a foreign concept in general. We recognize this isn’t the first thing they’re going to do when they walk outside to play. It’s going to be basketball, baseball, soccer or football. This is the least-accessible sport, but this at least gets a stick in their hands and shows them that they can do it out in the
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