Head coach Ryan Craig and the Henderson Silver Knights are off to a strong 9-7-1 start, a sharp contrast from last season’s 4-12-0 opening stretch. This year’s group has leaned on its veterans, but the early surge has just as much to do with the injection of youth throughout the lineup.
Braeden Bowman did not have far to travel for his first NHL call-up. The 22-year-old forward from Kitchener, Ontario, had been playing just over seven miles away with the Henderson Silver Knights, close enough that the two rinks almost share the same stretch of desert.
The Vegas Golden Knights have recalled right-winger Braeden Bowman from the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights. This is the first call-up of Bowman’s professional career.