Meet Jonathan Marchessault In Henderson
How would you like to meet Jonathan Marchessault? You know, the Vegas Golden Knights player who just won the Conn Smythe Trophy. You can attend a meet and greet with him today, Monday, June 19th, 2023.
Jonathan Marchessault Meet and Greet
According to an article written by Linsey Lewis on 8NewsNow.com, the Golden Knights high-scoring forward posted an invitation on Instagram over the weekend. He’s inviting all of his followers to attend a 90-minute meet and greet in Henderson.
He will be at Dick’s Sporting Goods, 1308 West Sunset Road in Henderson, 89014. Per the Lewis article at Marchessault’s Instagram post, he will be there from 6pm-7:30pm this evening.
Marchessault’s Playoff Stats
How good was Jonathan Marchessault during the Vegas Golden Knights championship run? Well, good enough to win the Conn Smythe Trophy. That’s the award the NHL hands out every year to the Most Valuable Player during the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The native of Quebec, Canada, led the Golden Knights in goals with 13. He added 12 assists for a total of 25 points in 22 playoff games. Three of his goals, and three of his assists came on the power play. He finished the playoffs on a ten-game point streak.
Jonathan Marchessault’s Amazing Career Story
Marchessault also led the VGK in goal scoring during the regular season too. He’s done extremely well for being an undrafted player. He has had to work harder than many drafted players to reach these lofty goals. In fact, he is the first undrafted player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy since Wayne Gretzky earned the award in 1988.
He’s not the biggest guy, but he plays with a lot of heart. All Vegas Golden Knights fans are extremely happy that the Florida Panthers left him unprotected in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. Do you think he had a little extra incentive to beat the Panthers in the Stanley Cup Finals? You’d better believe it!
Now, he has his name on the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy. Congratulations Jonathan!
Vegas Golden Knights Regular Season Team Leaders
Most Points: Jack Eichel #9
Jack Eichel earned his money this season, leading the team in scoring with 66 points. He had 27 goals and 39 assists to win the Vegas scoring crown. Chandler Stephenson gets honorable mention right behind Eichel with 65 points.
Most Goals: Jonathan Marchessault #81
Winger Jonathan Marchessault led the team with 28 goals. He added 29 assists to his scoresheet for a total of 57 points this season. Jack Eichel gets honorable mention in this category, right behind Marchessault with 27 goals.
Most Assists: Chandler Stephenson #20
Center Chandler Stephenson, one of the most underrated players in the NHL, led Vegas in the assist category with 49 on the season. He also potted 16 goals. Alex Pietrangelo gets honorable mention in this category with 43 assists, coming in second to Stephenson on the team, and leading all Golden Knights defensemen in scoring with 54 points on the season.
Best Plus/Minus: Alec Martinez #23
If you are unfamiliar with the Plus/Minus statistic, it works like this. If a player is on the ice when his team scores at even strength or while short-handed, he gets a plus. If a player is on the ice when his team gets scored on by the opposition at even strength, or while the other team is short-handed, he gets a minus. Defenseman Alec Martinez led all Vegas Golden Knights in this category at a plus-30. Jack Eichel earns honorable mention in second place with a plus-26.
Most Penalty Minutes: Keegan Kolesar #55
When Ryan Reaves left the Golden Knights, Keegan Kolesar picked up the role of protector and enforcer for Vegas. He led the team with 68 penalty minutes on the season. He also did a lot of great work on the forecheck and along the boards for the team. For a fourth-line player, he did very well on the stat sheet, adding 8 goals and 10 assists for 18 points, and was a plus-6 for the season.
Most Power Play Goals: Jonathan Marchessault #81
Not only did Jonathan Marchessault lead the Vegas Golden Knights in goals scored, he also led the team in power play goals with 9. He added 7 assists on the power play for 16 total power play points. Chandler Stephenson gets honorable mention in this category with 6 power play goals and a total of 15 power play points overall.
Most Short-Handed Goals: Reilly Smith #19
The Vegas Golden Knights scored 10 power play goals during the 2022-23 season, and winger Reilly Smith scored four of those to lead the team. William Karlsson and captain Mark Stone each added two short-handed tallies during the regular season to share honorable mentions.
Goaltending - Best Save Percentage: Laurent Brossoit #39
Although goaltender Laurent Brossoit only started 10 games during the regular season, he played very well down the stretch for the Vegas Golden Knights while both Logan Thompson (.915 sv%) and Adin Hill (.915 sv%) have been injured. Brossoit led all goalies on the team with a .927 save percentage, and did not lose any games during regulation time. He did lose three games in overtime or in shoot-outs for a sparkling 7-0-0-3 overall record. It’s a good bet he’ll start for Vegas in net when the first round of the playoffs begin.
Goaltending - Best Goals Against Average: Laurent Brossoit #39
For those Vegas goalies who started more than 25 games during the 2022-23 regular season, Adin Hill had the best goals against average at 2.50 tallies allowed per game. But in the ten games that Laurent Brossoit started, plus the one in which he came on in relief, he accumulated the best goals against average at 2.17.
Larry Martino is the long-time afternoon drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of Larry Martino and not necessarily those of Beasley Media Group, LLC.
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