The NHL Visits Reno For Hot August Knights

This is not a meeting of the Nevada Mascot Association, but it's a good sign to see Archie Ace and Truckee from Reno 1868 FC to join Chance from the Las Vegas Golden Knights as part of the team's efforts to be the main NHL team for Reno, Boise, Wyoming and Salt Lake City.

It had a big bus as part of a road trip that started in Reno at the Atlantis this past Monday. It was a basic promotion that included the bus, some hockey goals for kids to shoot at, and Brad Hunt signing autographs.

While it's great the team is putting more attention to northern Nevada (which had a pro hockey team very briefly), it would have been great if they had jerseys on display or the Western Conference Trophy. Maybe throw in a few genuine hockey sticks and pucks.
There's also an effort to build a year-round ice rink to encourage youth hockey in Reno. There's been some talk of adding a rink to the Events Center to bring the ECHL here. Hopefully that will advance very soon.

It would also help if local radio or TV would show more Golden Knights games. They're occasionally on NBC Sports Network, but Spectrum doesn't have the local regional sports channel, AT&T Sportsnet, that carries the team. That would help, too. That's the best way to compete with the Aces and 1868...and University of Nevada, too.

Still, it's a good start, and it's getting me interested in getting a jersey of my own. For now, I have this...