Pediatric cancer patients to be honored at T-mobile
Shea Theodore knows what it’s like to deal with cancer.
His grandmother is a breast cancer survivor. And with the NHL’S Hockey Fights Cancer initiative coming to T-mobile Arena on Tuesday, the Golden Knights defenseman expects it to be emotional inside the building as the Knights host Dallas at 7 p.m.
“It’s special to see everyone embrace it,” Theodore said. “As a new organization, we’re trying to help out with every cause.”
Select patients from the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation will be honored prior to the game. Recently, a group of players visited the kids and spent time working on arts projects with them.
“In a situation they have it’s hard to smile every day,” Knights forward Alex Tuch said of the patients. “It’s a serious thing, it’s tough at times, and these kids are among the strongest people I know.”
Sbisa skates
Defenseman Luca Sbisa practiced Monday at T-mobile Arena, and he hopes to return to the lineup for the first time since Nov. 10 when he suffered a lower-body injury.
“It feels great even though I’m wearing the red-tomato jersey, it’s still nice to be out there with the guys,” Sbisa said after practicing in a red no-contact jersey. “I skated the last two days by myself and got better every day. This is the next step. Now we’ll see how the body reacts (Tuesday).”
Sbisa hoped to be back in
the lineup at some point this week. He plans to make the trip to St. Paul and Winnipeg, so he could returns Thursday against the Wild or Friday vs. the Jets.