The Golden Knights and UMBC became best friends and the thread is fantastic



The Vegas Golden Knights departed for Vancouver on Monday night to wrap up their first regular season in franchise history with a three-game road trip through Western Canada. The team sent out a tweet with a picture that included a lot of Golden Retrievers on a plane and it sparked a conversation with another team’s social media department.



This isn’t a live look at the team plane but we kinda wish it was



Off to VAN 👋 pic.twitter.com/gAN4bFBnn6 — y - Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) April 2, 2018 sup — y - Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) April 3, 2018 nm nm hoping to make some waves in the postseason soon, u guys got any tips on that? — y - Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) April 3, 2018

This year’s UMBC men’s basketball team became the first 16th seed to eliminate a 1st seed in the history of the men’s tournament and their team name happens to be the Retrievers, so the school’s athletic department reached out to the Golden Knights and it sparked a new friendship.



It didn’t take long for the two underdogs to become good friends on Twitter and it’s all thanks to a picture featuring a lot of dogs.

(H/T Twitter/GoldenKnights, Twitter/UMBCAthletics)