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 that the team will be called 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
==Players==
===Current roster ===
Updated May 12, 2024.
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===Team captains===
*Patrick Brown, 2020–21
*Ryan Murphy, 2021
*Brayden Pachal, 2022–2023
* Jake Bischoff, 2023–present
==References ==
== External links == 
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Category:Henderson Silver Knights
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 2020
Category:Ice hockey teams in Nevada
Category:Vegas Golden Knights minor league affiliates