The start of the Silver Knights' inaugural season was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team is named for Nevada's nickname "The Silver State" and adopted the slogan "Home Means Henderson," inspired by the Nevada state song "Home Means Nevada." On August 31, 2020, Emanuel Viveiros was announced as the club's initial head coach. ![]() On May 28, 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced that the team will be called the Henderson Silver Knights. The team was announced to initially play at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, while the club's new 6,000-seat arena is constructed at the site of the Henderson Pavilion in Henderson, Nevada. The purchase and relocation was approved by the league on February 28. On February 6, 2020, the Vegas Golden Knights announced it had purchased the franchise from the Spurs with the intent to relocate it to the Las Vegas area. The team then spent the next eighteen years in San Antonio. The franchise remained dormant until 2002, when it was purchased by the ownership of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and resurrected as the San Antonio Rampage. In 1999, the Red Wings suspended operations of the team. The team played in Virginia as an owned and operated affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings until 1975 where after a two year suspension they moved to Glens Falls, New York as the Adirondack Red Wings. The franchise began in 1971 as the Tidewater/Virginia Wings in the Norfolk, Virginia of the greater Hampton Roads area. The team is an owned-and-operated affiliate of the Vegas Golden Knights. The team plays its home games at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The Henderson Silver Knights are a professional ice hockey team based in Henderson, Nevada, that began play in the 2020–21 American Hockey League (AHL) season. Henderson silver, Vegas gold, medieval blackīlack Knight Sports and Entertainment ( Bill Foley, Chair)Ĥ ( 1980-81) ( 1985-86) ( 1988-89) ( 1991-92) American Hockey League team in Henderson, Nevada Henderson Silver Knights
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