The Vegas Golden Knights are an American professional ice hockey team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area.They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL).The Golden Knights joined the NHL as an expansion team in 2017.The team's first head coach, Gerard Gallant, was hired on April 13, 2017.[1] Gallant was fired on January 15, 2020, and replaced by recently fired San Jose Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer.
Gerard Gallant
, the first head coach in franchise history, served in the role until 2020.