LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A Vegas Golden Knights original misfit has turned into a Hall of Famer. Deryk Engelland is one of five members being inducted in the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame 2025 class.<\/p>\n
\u201cKind of shock,\u201d Engelland said. \u201cA guy with my skill set you don\u2019t really have the Hall of Fame check list goals to achieve and to get honored like that it\u2019s pretty special, especially here in Vegas where we\u2019ve been living for 20+ years. Don\u2019t see ourselves moving any time in the future, so it\u2019s an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deryk Engelland played 11 seasons and over 670 games in the National Hockey League, three of those seasons and 202 of those games with the Golden Knights. <\/p>\n
During the 2017-18 season, Engelland won the Mark Messier Leadership Award, and during his time with the VGK, he put up 41 points, blocked 388 shots, and recorded 401 hits. However, his most memorable moment wasn\u2019t with a hockey stick; it was a microphone. <\/p>\n
Nine days after the tragic events of 1 October, Engelland delivered what is now the \u201cVegas Strong\u201d speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was nervous. My wife prepared the speech because that\u2019s not my strong suit. Neither is talking in front of 18,000+ people, so the nerves were definitely there, but looking at my career and being in hockey, that was easy; the speech was not for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking over my entire career, that\u2019s going to go down as one of the biggest things in my career in my eyes. I still meet people who tell me how the speech and that year over the course of that year helped them or change them, make them hockey fans, however it helped them. It still gets brought up and makes you feel real good. I was hesitant to do it because I don\u2019t like talking in front of people, but it\u2019s one of the top things I\u2019ve ever done in my career and it\u2019s not even hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than five years after his playing career, Engelland remains active not only with the team but the community as well. He serves as Special Assistant to Golden Knights owner, Bill Foley, he is part of the TV broadcast team and is the President of the VGK Alumni Association, which helps raise money and donations for the VGK Foundation.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think Hall of Fame, you think top players in whatever it is, with the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame is the community side as well, not just the sports and I pride myself my whole career trying to give back and get out and do as many things as I can. It\u2019s rewarding, it\u2019s a great honor to be inducted to any HOF, especially here at home, but the community aspect is a big part of my career and post-career, it\u2019s a rewarding thing that you\u2019re going out and helping other people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWithout the fans, the community I wouldn\u2019t have a job. I played with some great players in Pittsburgh with (Sidney Crosby) and those guys and seeing how the top players in the world treat the people and do the things in the community, really shows you if the top guys can do it, everyone can do it. Being at home is an extra bonus to get out there and do more. I also have two young boys that play sports, that you want to show them the right way as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably the most rewarding thing that I get to do as part of my job is get out there and be with the kids in different sports or give back and it\u2019s a lot of fun doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame takes place Friday, June 13th at Lee\u2019s Family Forum.<\/p>\n
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