

A lot of people outside Nevada didn’t expect the Vegas Golden Knights to get very much local support throughout the year, but they’ve managed to become the most popular thing in Las Vegas and so much more than just a hockey team.

Since day one the team has made it known that the fans mean everything to them and the fans have found many different ways to return the favour. May 18 was a big day for the franchise and all of the fans as the Golden Knights eliminated the Winnipeg Jets to clinch a berth in the Stanley Cup Final, but it was bigger for a different reason for a Las Vegas couple.

Lauren and Brad Sugars welcomed a girl on the same day and named her after Reilly Smith, saying the team brought positivity into their lives after the tragedy, according to KLAS-TV.

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The couple happens to be survivors of the mass shooting that occurred last October at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas and turned to the Golden Knights during the tough time.

"Route 91 was a very big negative, but our city turned it into a really big positive, and I think the Golden Knights has been a really big part of that," Brad Sugars told KLAS-TV. "It's helped immensely to have something positive to focus on."



The Golden Knights have rolled with the Vegas Born slogan all year long and now they’re taking it literally as babies who are born during the team’s playoff run have been going home in Golden Knights gear.



#VegasBorn Vegas babies 👶



These little ones are Golden Knights fans since day one



LITERALLY! pic.twitter.com/JKvnE6UqqD — Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) May 29, 2018

(H/T KDKA 1020)