Game On Magazine 2017 Game On Magazine - Regular Season Edition | Page 16

Vegas. I’m definitely getting
acclimated to driving around
and learning the ins and outs
of the city. There is always a lot
to do. With mountains, hiking,
biking, shows and restaurants
everywhere you look, it’s been
a few really good months.”
For a kid who grew up in
the south end of Winnipeg,
Vegas is certainly a couple
rungs up the status ladder.
Still, despite taking in the
bright lights of Nevada’s largest
city on a nightly basis, Eakin
hasn’t had any issues holding
true to his Manitoba roots.
“Hockey and the outdoors
have always gone hand-in-hand
for me,” he said. “It was simple
things like going to watch my
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watched Maxime Lagace
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is the next best thing, and
to -30 C weather may almost
Dylan Ferguson steer the
so I definitely spent a lot of
it’s always a load of fun.”
seem strange, as both Dallas
ship following the injuries to
hours on those sheets of ice as a
Winnipeg will always be
and now Vegas boast average
fellow netminders, Marc-
kid. Obviously the outdoor rink
Eakin’s hometown, but now
winter temperatures far above
Andre Fleury, Malcolm
by my place in Linden Woods
the 26-year-old must adapt
freezing. Although the frigid
Subban and Oscar Dansk.
was also a fixture, but boy, it’s
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finished 2017 as the NHL’s
all,” Eakin said. “I wasn’t
the former member of the
first place in the entire
hottest team. With high-class
informed I would be going to
Twins, Monarchs and Wild
NHL. They had three more
Manitoba talent and veteran
the Knights until much closer
says nothing can beat the
wins than any other NHL
leadership coming from
feeling of “coming back home”. to the draft so that definitely
expansion team has ever had
caught
me a bit off
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about it, I got pretty excited.
the chills in warm-ups and
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shoulders of a Winnipeg boy,
So far, things have worked
during the anthems. Every
“I don’t know if we really
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out quite well throughout
time, the experience is so
expected to do as well as
the first half of the season.
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