It was a warm October morning in Dallas, Texas. The 2017-18 NHL season was ready to get underway for the Dallas Stars as they prepared for their season opener against the league’s newest franchise, the Vegas Golden Knights.
As an expansion franchise, the Golden Knights were receiving little love in the preseason predictions simply because it came with the title. Meanwhile, the Stars had once again “won the offseason” and were looking like legitimate contenders.
Fast forward six months and that all seems like a sick, twisted dream. Not only did the Golden Knights eventually upset Dallas with a surprising 2-1 win in front of a sold out crowd at the American Airlines Center, but they took it about a thousand steps further.