Hours before the Golden Knights hit the ice against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, a different Knight was greeted with fanfare.
The newest member of the Metropolitan Police Department’s K-9 unit was introduced outside the South Central Area Command near the Strip, and he sported a Golden Knights jersey.
Sitting on the grass next to officer Glenn Obsenares, Knight watched as his new handler tossed him a blue, stuffed shark. Knight jumped and clenched it in his jaws.
The 3-year-old German shepherd started training with Metro in January after the Maloof family, part-owners of the Vegas Golden Knights, approached police Lt.