Silver Knights Sweep San Diego in Henderson, Including a 1-0 Shutout

by Ryan Rose

What Happened

Friday, Nov. 6: Silver Knights 1, San Diego 0. The first game of the weekend started at 7 p.m. at Lee's Family Forum. McLain, a veteran forward, scored the lone goal. Lindbom stopped all 31 shots San Diego put on him. The team's recap, a short video post by Brian McCormack, also pointed out that defenseman Lukas Cormier now has points in four straight games.

A 1-0 game is rare and tense. One bad bounce changes the whole result. For Lindbom, it meant a full 60 minutes with no room for a mistake, and he did not make one that ended up in the net.

Saturday, Nov. 7: Silver Knights 2, San Diego 1 (OT). The same two teams met again at 6 p.m. The first period had no scoring. It did have a fight, with Henderson's Tuomas Uronen and San Diego's Jett Woo each getting a five-minute major after they dropped the gloves. Henderson scored in the second period and took a 1-0 lead into the third.

That lead lasted until the final moments. With 2.7 seconds left in regulation, San Diego's Lucas Pettersson tied the game. Matt Basgall and James Hamblin picked up the assists. It was Pettersson's third goal of the season. For a Henderson crowd that had not seen the Gulls score all weekend, it was about as painful as a goal can be.

The Silver Knights recovered fast. They scored in overtime to win 2-1. San Diego got only two shots in the extra period. Gulls goalie Tomas Suchanek, making just his second start of the season, finished with 25 saves on 27 shots. Even in a loss, his numbers are strong. The Gulls list him at a 1.47 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage through two starts, so Henderson did not beat a goalie who was having an off night.

A quick note for newer fans on how overtime works. In the AHL, a game tied after three periods goes to a five-minute overtime played three-on-three. With so much open ice, these games often end on a breakaway or an odd-man rush. If nobody scores, a shootout decides it. A win is worth two points in the standings, and a team that loses in overtime still gets one. So San Diego's goal with 2.7 seconds left did earn the Gulls a point, even though Henderson took the win. The Gulls are now 1-3 in overtime games this season.

San Diego's late goal also kept a good stretch going for Pettersson, who has four points in his last four games. Woo's fight on Saturday brought him to 15 penalty minutes in 12 games, second among Gulls skaters.

One note on what we could not confirm. The San Diego recap did not name Henderson's two goal scorers or its goalie on Saturday, and Henderson's own postgame post is a video with no written details. We could not find those names in a written source, so we are not guessing here. The full box score is on the AHL website. We also could not confirm the updated standings when this was written, so check the AHL standings page for Henderson's current record.

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Why It Matters to Henderson and Las Vegas Residents

Two wins in November do not decide a season. The team plays 72 games, and 36 of them are at home. But a weekend like this matters to the people who actually go. Families who bought tickets for Friday saw a shutout. Families who came on Saturday saw a late tying goal and an overtime winner. That is a lot of drama for a ticket that started at $19 when the team announced its opening weekend plans in October.

The weekend was also about more than the score. The Silver Knights planned a food drive for CARE Complex on both nights, with tables outside the Tiltyard and M Resort entrances. It is a nice reminder that a local team can do useful work on game night. McLain, the player who scored Friday's only goal, was named the team's 2026 IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year for his charitable work in Henderson.

There is a real connection to the Golden Knights here, too. Henderson is the top minor league team for Vegas, so the players on this ice are often one phone call away from T-Mobile Arena. Trevor Connelly, the rookie who has been scoring big goals for Vegas this season, played for Henderson before he earned his job with the Vegas Golden Knights. When you watch a game on Green Valley Parkway, you may be watching a future Vegas regular.

Lindbom may be the best example of that right now. In the 2025-26 season, he was named to the AHL Second All-Star Team. As of mid-April, he had a 24-5-4 record and had set the single-season Silver Knights record for wins. He also made his NHL debut with Vegas last season and earned his first two NHL wins. A shutout from a goalie like that is worth paying attention to, no matter which building you usually watch hockey in.

Cormier is another name to know. He made that same AHL Second All-Star Team last season, and as of mid-April he had 47 points in 49 games, third in scoring among AHL defensemen. Vegas picked him in the third round of the 2020 draft. His four-game point streak is the kind of quiet detail that does not make a headline but helps a team win close games. And Henderson has needed close games lately. Its last three wins were by one goal each, and two of them took overtime.

For people who live nearby, this is simply an easy night out. Lee's Family Forum is at 200 S. Green Valley Parkway in Henderson. The arena's own site says it is close to The District at Green Valley Ranch and easy to reach from across the valley on the Beltway. Southwest valley and Summerlin families can take the 215 over instead of heading to the Strip for a hockey game.

Background and History

This season's games against San Diego have swung in a big way. The Silver Knights opened their road schedule at Pechanga Arena on Oct. 10 and lost 2-0, with Gulls goalie Damian Clara stopping all 25 shots. We wrote about that rough start in our story on the San Diego shutout. Henderson got its revenge on Halloween with a 3-2 overtime win in San Diego, behind a 34-save night from Cameron Whitehead. Now, after this weekend, Henderson has won three of the four meetings.

There is a fun echo from last season, too. On Dec. 16, 2025, Henderson also shut out San Diego 1-0 at Lee's Family Forum, with the Gulls putting 32 shots on net. So in back-to-back seasons, the Gulls have left Henderson with a 1-0 loss.

This is the first season for head coach Joel Ward. Ward was named to the job on June 25, 2026, becoming the third head coach in team history. He replaced Ryan Craig, who was promoted to head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights. Ward knows this team well. He was an assistant in Henderson from 2020 to 2023 and then an assistant in Vegas from 2023 to 2026. Henderson's 2025-26 playoff run ended in the Divisional Semifinals against the Colorado Eagles.

McLain's story is one that hockey fans in this town should enjoy. He is not a young prospect. When the team signed him to a contract extension in April, he had played 441 AHL games for Henderson, Calgary, Milwaukee and Iowa. Last season he set career highs with 22 goals, 18 assists and 40 points, and he served as an assistant captain. At the time of that extension, he ranked eighth in franchise goals and 11th in franchise points. Friday's goal was exactly the kind of play a veteran gets paid to make.

The building itself is still fairly new. Lee's Family Forum opened in March 2022 and took its current name in April 2024. The arena was built through a public-private partnership between the City of Henderson and investors led by Bill Foley. It has 5,567 fixed seats for hockey, which means even the seats far from the ice are not very far away. It also has the Tiltyard at the front entrance, where the team holds pregame parties, and an outdoor balcony called the Battlement with views of the Las Vegas Strip. The Silver Knights share the building with other events, and it hosted more than 350 events in its first two years.

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What Happens Next

The Silver Knights stay home this week. The published schedule shows these games for the rest of November. All times are local, and the team says all games are subject to change.

Thursday, Nov. 12: vs. Calgary Wranglers, 7 p.m., Lee's Family Forum
Saturday, Nov. 14: vs. Calgary Wranglers, 6 p.m., Lee's Family Forum
Wednesday, Nov. 18: vs. San Jose Barracuda, 7 p.m., Lee's Family Forum
Saturday, Nov. 21: at Bakersfield Condors, 7:10 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 22: at Ontario Reign, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 25: vs. Abbotsford Canucks, 7 p.m., Lee's Family Forum
Friday, Nov. 27: vs. Abbotsford Canucks, 1 p.m., Lee's Family Forum
Saturday, Nov. 28: at Coachella Valley Firebirds, 6 p.m.

The Saturday, Nov. 14 game is Hockey Fights Cancer Knight, presented by Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada. The first 1,500 fans get a Silver Knights car sunshade. Fans can also fill out "I Fight For..." signs on the concourse to honor loved ones who have fought cancer. That game will also air on The Spot-Vegas 34, as will the Nov. 25 game. The Friday, Nov. 27 game is a 1 p.m. start the day after Thanksgiving, which could be a nice way to get the family out of the house.

San Diego comes back to Henderson on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. and again on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m. The last two meetings of the eight-game season series are in San Diego in March. The Gulls, meanwhile, go home to face San Jose on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

Two things are worth watching over the next few weeks. The first is who plays in goal. Lindbom has the shutout, and the team's own weekend preview pointed to strong play from Whitehead, who made 34 saves in the Halloween win. Moysevich earned his first AHL win in October, too. Coaches like having more than one option, and fans will want to see how Ward splits the starts. The second is whether the offense can give those goalies some breathing room. Scoring three goals across two home wins is enough when the goaltending is this good, but it leaves very little margin. The team's preview also noted a hot streak for forward Alexander Holtz, so he is a good player to keep an eye on when Calgary comes to town.

Ryan's Take

A hockey sweep is not going to change what your house is worth, and I have no data that says it does. What I do see is what a team and a building like this add to a part of town. People ask me all the time what there is to do near a neighborhood after the moving boxes are gone. In Henderson, one easy answer is a real pro hockey game at a price a family can handle, a short drive from Green Valley.

I also like the small details from this weekend. A veteran who was honored for his charity work in Henderson scored the only goal on Friday. The team ran a food drive for a local nonprofit on the same nights. That kind of thing tells you more about a community than any brochure can. Whether you live in Henderson or come over from the southwest valley or Summerlin, it is worth a night out to see for yourself.

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What You Can Do

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Go to a game. Single-game tickets are sold through the Henderson Silver Knights website. The team said in October that single-game tickets start at $19, but prices can change from game to game, so check the seat map before you buy. The arena's website also has parking information at leesfamilyforum.com/parking.

Watch for free. If you would rather stay on the couch, The Spot-Vegas 34 will show the Nov. 14 and Nov. 25 games. You can find it on Cox channel 34, DIRECTV channel 34 or over the air on channel 34.1. We have the full list of dates in our story on the free TV games.

Bring the kids on a Sunday. The team has said that fans 14 and under get a promotional item and an invitation to skate onto the ice for a postgame slapshot at every Sunday home game. There are no Sunday home games left in November on the schedule, but the Feb. 28 game against San Diego is a Sunday, so it may be worth a spot on your calendar.

Follow the rest of the season. If you missed how the team got here, our story on the Halloween overtime win fills in the week before this sweep. The AHL website has box scores and up-to-date standings for every game.

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