Golden Knights players enter the rink before taking on the Los Angeles Kings in Game 1 of an NHL hockey first round playoff series at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
It’s called “Blowing a tire” when a player loses an edge on his skate and wipes out.
But what happened to Golden Knights forward Alex Tuch late in the first period Wednesday during Game 1 of the Knights’ Stanley Cup playoffs series with the Los Angeles Kings wasn’t a blown tire. The entire wheel came off.