from Vegas is Hockey,

Bill Foley, majority owner of the newly awarded NHL franchise in Las Vegas, and Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, LLC, announced today that Misha Donskov has been hired as the team’s Director of Hockey Operations.

Donskov joins the Las Vegas NHL team from Hockey Canada’s Men’s National Teams where he served as Manager, Hockey Operations/Analytics & Video. On July 1, 2016, he was appointed Assistant Coach/Hockey Operations for the Men’s National Teams.

He has won a gold medal with Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Championship in Russia, the 2015 IIHF World Championship in the Czech Republic, the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal, and with the 2013 Under-18 Team at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In addition, Donskov won a bronze medal with Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team at the 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship in Finland.

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