Quick Strikes for Monday, August 18

  • Anschutz Entertainment Group, former owners of the Los Angeles Kings, are partners in one of two sports venues planned for Las Vegas, Nevada. [Las Vegas Sun]
  • David Parkinson has designed hockey sweaters for Major League Baseball teams, and they are all influenced by local hockey teams. Here is Part 1, representing American League teams. [Icethetics]
  • Hockey can be played in all sorts of places, but did you think you would ever see hockey in the Himalaya Mountains in India? [YouTube]
  • After the Tampa Bay Lightning decided to part ways with 39-year-old Sami Salo, Sarah Garrett looks at teams that could land the veteran defenseman. [LightningShout]
  • The Buffalo Sabres are expected to announce on Monday that they will host the 2015 NHL Scouting Combine. [The Buffalo News]