Vegas Golden Knights create league for Las Vegas valley high schoolers

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Vegas Golden Knights announced on Tuesday it created a hockey league specifically for high schoolers in the Las Vegas valley.

The team created the Vegas Golden Knight High School Hockey League, which is the first league that allows high schoolers to represent the areas where they live in the valley.

“It’s been a longtime goal of our organization to give high school athletes the opportunity
to represent the areas where they live,” Senior Vice President of Hockey
Programming and Facility Operations Darren Eliot said. “We are excited for this step and
hope it evolves as hockey in the Valley continues to grow.”

The co-ed league will be made of players born between 2008 and 2011, organized in eight geographically-based teams for the following areas:

• Centennial/North Las Vegas
• Summerlin
• Summerlin South
• Spring Valley/Durango
• Enterprise/Anthem
• Paradise/Green Valley
• North Henderson/Black Mountain
• Southeast Henderson/Foothills

While the league will not officially been affiliated with specific high schools, each team represents area that feed into multiple schools. Each area will feature both a Major and Minor team, based on ability.

Selection camps will be held in March at City National Arena or America First Center.

The season will run from April to July and consist of 15 games and five practices per team.