James Giacin is a results-oriented investment professional who has more than two decades of experience in the structured finance realm. With an extensive track record coaching and playing professional hockey, James Giacin has a longstanding interest in the sport. The 2023 season was one of the most memorable in NHL history, as the league’s newest team, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, won the Stanley Cup.

A remarkable aspect of the championship-clinching 9-3 Game Five victory against an exhausted Florida Panthers squad was that the core of the team, known as the Misfits, had been with the team since its 2017 inception. Coach Bruce Cassidy started five Misfits, with a sixth entering the game on the second shift. With rapid passes driving an explosive Las Vegas attack, the game was relatively close going into the second period, when captain Mark Stone’s hat trick and three Jack Eichel assists led a six-point flurry.

Beyond the offense, goaltender Adin Hill capably defended the net, anticipating shots and allowing very few to score. Across the series, he had 31 saves and was a major factor in enabling the Golden Knights to move forward. Interestingly, this season was not the first time Las Vegas made the Stanley Cup Finals - miraculously, that happened in their inaugural season.