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Friday, October 23rd

Dominant First Period Helps Lead Knight Monsters to Victory Over Goatheads

Dominant First Period Helps Lead Knight Monsters to Victory Over Goatheads

STATELINE, NV – The Tahoe Knight Monsters, proud ECHL Affiliate of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights and the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights, earned their first win of the season against the New Mexico Goatheads on home ice by a score of 6-2.    

 

In the first period, after enduring an early rush of New Mexico shots, Tahoe turned the tide as Jake Durflinger got the Knight Monsters on the board with his first of the season to give Tahoe an early one-goal lead. Just over three minutes later, the Knight Monsters would build their lead off of a goal from Tucker Ness, making it 2-0 Tahoe. In the closing minutes of the frame, Durflinger scored his second of the night shorthanded to put Tahoe up 3-0; however, that goal would be cancelled out by a power play goal from Jake Chiasson for New Mexico, and Tahoe took a 3-1 lead into the intermission. 

 

After struggling in the second period on the road in Wichita, the Knight Monsters played a complete middle 20 as Noah Nelson scored his first professional goal to make it 4-1, and Samuel Mayer scored Tahoe’s second shorthanded goal of the game to go up 5-1 heading into the third period.

 

The Goatheads would jump out first in the final frame as Briley Wood scored his first of the season to cut the lead to 5-2, but late in the period, on the power play, New Mexico pulled their goaltender and captain Jake McGrew scored an empty-net, shorthanded goal to extend Tahoe’s lead to four and give the Knight Monsters a 6-2 win. 

 

Goaltender Alex Tracy had a great night in net as well, stopping 40 of 42 Goatheads shots in the win in front of a sold-out crowd. 

 

This win also marked the first win in the head coaching career of Connor Jones. The Montrose, British Columbia native joins the Tahoe staff from Princeton University, where he was an assistant coach for the last two seasons. 

 

 

The Knight Monsters are back at Tahoe Blue Event Center tomorrow night, October 24, as they take on the New Mexico Goatheads for the second game of this three-game series. Puck drop is set for 7 pm PT. Season tickets and ticket packages for the 2026-27 season are now available. For more information on becoming a 1645 Club Season Ticket Member, visit knightmonstershockey.com. 

 

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