Today is SinBin’s 9th birthday!
The site was officially launched on August 26, 2015, more than two years before the team played its first game. Let’s see how well you know the site and the people behind it!
Question 1
True or false: The website has never been redesigned since day one.
A) Correct
B) False
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A) That’s right – and there are no plans for it either!
Question 2
Where did Ken grow up?
A) Columbia, Missouri
B) Tampa, Florida
C) Palos Park, Illinois
D) Las Vegas, Nevada
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C) Palos Park, Illinois – Southwestern suburb of Chicago. College in Missouri, Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan for unknown reasons, never left Vegas.
Question 3
What day does SinBin usually NOT publish articles?
A) Sunday
B) Monday
C) Friday
D) Saturday
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A) Sunday – There are at least six new pieces of content on the site every week, even during the long off-season!
Question 4
Which of these pages is NOT a permanent page on the site that is updated daily during the season?
A) Injury report
B) Jersey Records
C) Line progression
D) History of VGK quotas
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B) Jersey Records – It will be here soon!
Question 5
Which of these SinBin events did NOT happen?
A) Celebration of expansion
B) Cinema Watch Party
C) Shirt Off Your Own Back (clothing donation from the former team)
D) Drive-In Playoff Watch Party
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Question 6
What does “Points To Elimination” illustrate?
A) How many points does Jonathan Marchessault score after leaving VGK?
B) If the Golden Knights do not make the playoffs
C) How close the Golden Knights are to securing a playoff spot
D) How many more points does Ken need in his traffic register before we have to close the site?
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C) How close the Golden Knights are to a playoff spot – you can see it in the sidebar (bottom on mobile) throughout the season. I’m an excellent driver, so don’t worry about D.
Question 7
Ken and Jason created the website because the radio host they worked for kept asking if there was any news about the hockey team coming to Las Vegas and there was never any news. Who was this radio host?
A) Dave Ramsey
B) Jim Villanucci
C) Chet Buchanan
D) Kevin Wall
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D) Kevin Wall – Dave Ramsey is the financial advisor who has a national show, he’s way too big for us. Jim Villanucci was the other host we worked with, but he couldn’t have cared one bit about hockey. Chet Buchanan is a morning host in Vegas and a huge fan of VGK and supporter of SinBin…but we never worked with him directly.
Question 8
How many posts have been published on SinBin.vegas in the 9 years of our existence?
A) 390
B) 1,787
C) 4,415
D) 13,166
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C) 4,415 – Stay tuned, we will reach 13,000 soon.
Question 9
What is VGK Horology?
A) VGK’s record in every jersey
B) The exact time at which each VGK goal was scored
C) How much money would you win (or lose) if you bet on VGK on every game?
D) A collection of the best and worst tweets ever sent by @SinBinVegas
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Question 10
Which of these Las Vegas legends has never contributed permanently to this site?
A) Mike McKenna
B) Daniel Negreanu
C) Kevin Iole
D) Steve Carp
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B) Daniel Negreanu – We will get him to come on board full time one day!
