During warm-ups, the Golden Knights will wear specialty jerseys designed by team graphic designer, Stephanie Suominen. The jersey will feature a flowered crest inspired by the pin worn during the Women's Suffrage movement and will feature other important details to highlight the history of women's equality.
Following warm-ups, fans will have the opportunity to own the one-of-a-kind sweaters as they will be signed and available for auction online. To participate in the online auction, fans can visit
WHM2023.givesmart.com
or text "WHM2023" to 76278. The auction will begin at 5:45 p.m. PT and conclude at 9 p.m. PT that evening. Jerseys and nameplates will be bundled together and warm-up pucks will also be available for purchase outside of Section 11 and Section 12 inside T-Mobile Arena. A portion of the proceeds from Wednesday will benefit
The Shade Tree
, a non-profit organization that shelters Las Vegas women and their children.
Jenn Stehlin, in-arena announcer for the Henderson Silver Knights, will join Katie Marie and Mark Shunock as hosts for the game and Women's History Month graphics will be incorporated in all of the team's game elements Wednesday night, both in arena and on social media. Punam Mathur, known for her advocacy for public education, eradicating hunger, and improvements in the Southern Nevada community, will ring the first period siren to begin the contest.
At first intermission, members of the Vegas Jr. Golden Knights 12-and-under girls team will take part in Mites at Knight on the ice. Throughout the game, fans are invited to Sections 7 and 8 to fill out "A Woman Who Inspires Me Is…" signs and take photos.
Looking for a Ladies Knight Out? The first 250 fans who purchase tickets through the Ladies Knight Out special offer will receive an exclusive Golden Knights clutch while supplies last. Access to this special offer can be found
here
.
The Golden Knights' recognition of Women's History Month will begin on the final day of February with a special, invitation-only girls hockey clinic on Tuesday, February 28. U.S. Olympic silver medal winner Megan Bozek will host 40 girls who participate in the Golden Knights' Learn to Skate, Learn to Play, Lil' Knights and House League initiatives at City National Arena from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. PT.
TNT will have the exclusive television broadcast of Wednesday's game between the Golden Knights and Hurricanes. On radio, Dan D'Uva and Gary Lawless will call the action on FOX Sports Las Vegas 98.9 FM/1340 AM, while Jesus Lopez calls the game in Spanish on Deportes Vegas 1460 AM.
ABOUT THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
The Vegas Golden Knights are a National Hockey League franchise owned and operated by Black Knight Sports and Entertainment LLC. The Vegas Golden Knights were established by founding partners Bill Foley and his family and the Maloof family. The Golden Knights were the most successful expansion franchise in North American professional sports history in 2017-18 and celebrated their fifth season in 2021-22. For the latest news and information on the Golden Knights visit
vegasgoldenknights.com
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