# Henderson Silver Knights

The Henderson Silver Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in Henderson, Nevada, that began play in the 2020–21 American Hockey League (AHL) season. The team plays its home games at Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada. The team is an owned-and-operated affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights.

## History

The franchise began in 1971 as the Tidewater/Virginia Wings in the Norfolk, Virginia of the greater Hampton Roads area. The team played in Virginia as an owned and operated affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings until 1975 where after a two year suspension they moved to Glens Falls, New York as the Adirondack Red Wings. In 1999, the Red Wings suspended operations of the team. The franchise remained dormant until 2002, when it was purchased by the ownership of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and resurrected as the San Antonio Rampage. The team then spent the next eighteen years in San Antonio.
On February 6, 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced it had purchased the franchise from the Spurs with the intent to relocate it to the Las Vegas area. The purchase and relocation was approved by the league on February 28. The team was announced to initially play at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, while the club's new 6,000-seat arena is constructed at the site of the Henderson Pavilion in Henderson, Nevada.
On May 28, 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced the team name as the Henderson Silver Knights. The team is named for Nevada's nickname "The Silver State" and adopted the slogan "Home Means Henderson," inspired by the Nevada state song "Home Means Nevada." On August 31, 2020, Emanuel Viveiros was announced as the club's initial head coach. The start of the Silver Knights' inaugural season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On February 5, 2021, the team named Patrick Brown as their first captain a day before their inaugural game of the 2020–21 AHL season. The Silver Knights finished their first regular season earning the top seed in the Pacific Division. The Pacific Division was the only division in the AHL that chose to have a postseason, and the teams had a playoff for the John D. Chick Trophy and division title. As the top seed, the team earned a bye to the semifinals, where they swept the San Jose Barracuda in two games before losing the division championship to the second seeded Bakersfield Condors in three games.
When the 2021–22 season schedule was released, it was revealed the Silver Knights would begin play in Henderson earlier than expected with the first home game at the new Dollar Loan Center (now Lee's Family Forum) to take place on April 2, 2022. In the 2022 AHL Calder Cup Playoffs, the Silver Knights lost in the first round to the Colorado Eagles in a 2–0 series sweep.

## Season-by-season records

| Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | Standing | Year | Prelims | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
| 2020–21 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 51 | .654 | 125 | 102 | 1st, Pacific | 2021 | — | BYE | BYE | W, 2–0, SJ | L, 1–2, BAK |
| 2021–22 | 68 | 35 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 75 | .551 | 209 | 203 | 6th, Pacific | 2022 | L, 0–2, COL | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 29 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 63 | .438 | 201 | 221 | 9th, Pacific | 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023–24 | 72 | 28 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 64 | .444 | 190 | 243 | 8th, Pacific | 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
* ↑ The 2021 Calder Cup playoffs were not held; the Pacific Division held a postseason tournament for the division title. The bottom four teams had single-elimination play-in games to qualify for the semifinals (the first two rounds). The division semifinals and finals were best-of-three for the John D. Chick Trophy (the last two rounds).

## Players
### Current roster

Updated March 11, 2025.
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace | Contract |
| 45 | Jake Bischoff (C) | D | L | 30 | 2021 | Cambridge, Minnesota | Silver Knights |
| 42 | Braeden Bowman | RW | R | 21 | 2024 | Kitchener, Ontario | Golden Knights |
| 12 | Jakub Brabenec | C | L | 21 | 2023 | Jihlava, Czech Republic | Golden Knights |
| 68 | Cal Burke | RW | R | 27 | 2024 | Boxborough, Massachusetts | Golden Knights |
| 51 | Lukas Cormier | D | L | 22 | 2022 | Ste-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick | Golden Knights |
| 13 | Jakub Demek | RW | L | 21 | 2023 | Kosice, Slovakia | Golden Knights |
| 50 | Joe Fleming | D | R | 21 | 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts | Golden Knights |
| 4 | Mason Geertsen | F | L | 29 | 2023 | Drayton Valley, Alberta | Golden Knights |
| 38 | Jordan Gustafson | C | L | 21 | 2022 | Ardrossan, Alberta | Golden Knights |
| 18 | Robert Hagg | D | L | 30 | 2024 | Uppsala, Sweden | Golden Knights |
| 63 | Ben Hemmerling | C | R | 20 | 2022 | Sherwood Park, Alberta | Golden Knights |
| 41 | Brandon Hickey | D | L | 28 | 2023 | Leduc, Alberta | Silver Knights |
| 26 | Alexander Holtz | F | L | 22 | 2024 | Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden | Golden Knights |
| 29 | Lucas Johansen | D | L | 27 | 2024 | Port Moody, British Columbia | Silver Knights |
| 28 | Tanner Laczynski | C | R | 27 | 2024 | Shorewood, Illinois | Golden Knights |
| 30 | Carl Lindbom | G | L | 21 | 2021 | Stockholm, Sweden | Golden Knights |
| 65 | Dysin Mayo (A) | D | R | 28 | 2023 | Victoria, British Columbia | Golden Knights |
| 89 | Riley McKay | LW | L | 26 | 2024 | Swan River, Manitoba | Silver Knights |
| 75 | Mitch McLain | C | L | 31 | 2024 | Baxter, Minnesota | Silver Knights |
| 11 | Mason Morelli (A) | C | L | 29 | 2023 | Minot, North Dakota | Golden Knights |
| 72 | Gage Quinney (A) | LW/C | L | 29 | 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Golden Knights |
| 25 | Matyas Sapovaliv | C | L | 21 | 2022 | Kladno, Czech Republic | Golden Knights |
| 40 | Akira Schmid | G | L | 24 | 2024 | Bern, Switzerland | Golden Knights |
| 44 | Christoffer Sedoff | D | L | 23 | 2023 | Helsinki, Finland | Golden Knights |
| 77 | Kai Uchacz | C | R | 21 | 2024 | Calgary, Alberta | Golden Knights |

### Team captains

* Patrick Brown, 2020–21
* Ryan Murphy, 2021
* Brayden Pachal, 2022–2023
* Jake Bischoff, 2023–present

## Team records

Records as of the end of the 2023–24 AHL regular season

### Single season records

    Goals: 27, Pavel Dorofeyev (2021-22) and Sheldon Rempal (2023-2024)
    Assists: 39, Gage Quinney (2022–23)
    Points: 64, Gage Quinney (2022–23)
    Penalty minutes: 108, Mason Geertsen (2023–24)
    Wins: 14, Jiří Patera (2022–23)
    GAA: 2.77, Logan Thompson (2021-2022)
    SV%: .920, Logan Thompson (2021-2022)
    Shutouts: 2, Logan Thompson (2021–22)
* Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender

### Single playoff records

    Goals: 3, Danny O'Regan (2020-2021), Dylan Sikura (2020-2021), and Jack Dugan (2020-2021)
    Assists: 3, Danny O'Regan (2020–21) and Cody Glass (2020-2021)
    Points: 6, Danny O'Regan (2020–21)
    Penalty minutes: 12, Kaedan Korczak (2021–22)