Watching highlights of the Golden Knights’ landslide Game 6 victory over Dallas, I couldn’t help but notice that two of their three first-period goals were scored by fourth-liners William Carrier and Keegan Kolesar.
A pair of twin battering rams, the 28-year-old Carrier (pictured above) goes 6’2” 218, the 25-year-old Kolesar a pound lighter at 217. Together, they anchor a physical, hard-checking fourth line that can also produce.
A former second-round pick of the Blues, portsider Carrier notched a career-best 16 goals this past season (in 56 games) to go with 133 hits. On the starboard side, Kolesar…a former third-round pick of the Blue Jackets…notched eight goals while dishing out a whopping 279 hits, seventh most in the league.