Original Golden Knight Deryk Engelland looks forward to next chapter in Vegas
The Full 60 with Craig Custance
The Athletic
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Deryk Engelland, the original leader, on and off the ice for the Vegas Golden Knights, joins Craig to discuss his 11 year career, his decision to call it quits, and his new exciting opportunity working for the Golden Knights as a special assistant to owner Bill Foley.
Deryk talks to Craig about what it was like when he gave his famous speech opening night after the tragic events on the Vegas strip, winning the Mark Messier leadership award and going to the Cup final in the first year of existence for the franchise.
Deryk also talks about his connection to Vegas from the ECHL, the art of the fight and how he battled for 6 minor league seasons before he made his NHL debut.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Full 60 featuring Craig Custins and presented by The Athletic. |
| 0:11.3 | Each week we'll dive into the biggest stories in hockey while bringing in unique voices to entertain and explain all aspects of the game. |
| 0:20.4 | Hey, this is Craig and welcome to this week's episode of the full 60. |
| 0:24.5 | And I am thrilled to have as a guest the newly retired Derek Engeling. |
| 0:30.8 | Derek, first of all, as Jeff just said, producer Jeff, congratulations on an incredible 11-year |
| 0:36.4 | career. |
| 0:37.6 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:39.8 | So as we record right now, and I honestly don't know, like we're probably a week |
| 0:44.2 | off from this being public, but as we record right now, the NFL season is about to start. |
| 0:49.4 | Like we're literally like hours away. |
| 0:51.8 | Like I've talked to players in the past. |
| 0:54.3 | What is that like from your perspective as somebody who's, |
| 0:57.6 | you know, |
| 0:57.9 | made this decision to stop playing? |
| 1:01.6 | Yeah, |
| 1:02.0 | it's, |
| 1:02.4 | it's going to be different for sure. |
| 1:05.3 | I think, well, |
| 1:07.1 | you know, |
| 1:07.5 | full circle, |
| 1:08.2 | it's, |
| 1:08.5 | it's a weird year. |
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