The Vegas Golden Knights summoned a trio from AHL Henderson earlier today, as several key players are returning from the Olympic games, affecting their status for tomorrow’s action against Los Angeles. Dylan Coghlan, Tanner Laczynski, and Kai Uchacz have joined the team and could play tomorrow, each of them offering some degree of NHL experience.
Head Coach Bruce Cassidy, himself returning from assistant coach duty for Team Canada, offered updates on a number of Golden Knights, as reported by Danny Webster of The Las Vegas Review-Journal. Gold medalists Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin will not play, and they’re expected to rejoin the team Friday in time for the team’s game in Washington. Silver medalists Mitch Marner, Mark Stone, and Shea Theodore‘s status for tomorrow is yet to be determined.
Coghlan brings the most NHL pedigree out of the bunch, with 114 games, including a previous stint with Vegas from 2020-22. The 28-year-old defenseman is the club’s top blueliner call up option whenever in a pinch, subject of several such transactions all season. They haven’t led to much opportunity however, as he’s skated in just two games so far this season with the Golden Knights, otherwise playing in Henderson. Never recording more than 13 points in a year at the NHL level, Coghlan is much more offensively capable in the AHL, as he’s recorded 24 points in 37 games.
Laczynski, a 28-year-old center, is the Silver Knights’ top scorer, with 43 points in 40 games. The efforts have helped him earn stints with Vegas over the last two seasons, where he has one goal and three points across 17 games, nine of which coming this season. The Ohio State University product was a sixth round choice of Philadelphia in 2016, carving out a strong AHL career and 55 total NHL appearances as a Flyer and Golden Knight. The 6’1″ righty is capable of slotting in down the middle or on the wing in the bottom six.
Meanwhile, Uchacz stands out as the youngest, still just 22 and in his second professional season. Undrafted out of the WHL, the 6’2″ center had a respectable 30 point debut campaign for Henderson last year, so far on a nice step forward as he needs just three points to tie the mark at just 44 to-date in 2025-26. Uchacz made his NHL debut February 4, also playing the day after, averaging just shy of 12 minutes between both and picking up a fighting major. The Calgary native will likely need to lean into that grit as he faces a difficult path to a full time NHL role, but he’s already a trusted call up for fourth line fill-in duty.
Vegas will take on the Kings tomorrow, and outside of what could be a patchwork lineup in the white and gold, eyes will be on their opponents as Artemi Panarin will make his Los Angeles debut.