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Biden honors Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights at White House

The NHL champions returned to the White House for the first time since 2021.

Win McNamee/Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a hockey sweater presented by Las Vegas Golden Knights star Mark Stone and President of Hockey Operations George McPhee during a ceremony honoring the Golden Knights in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 13, 2023.

President Joe Biden honored the Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights in a ceremony at the White House on Monday, marking the return of an NHL tradition.

The Golden Knights are the first team to visit Biden at the White House since the Tampa Bay Lightning in April 2022, when they celebrated their back-to-back titles won during the pandemic in 2020 and '21.

The 2022 champion Colorado Avalanche were unable to make a visit work last season because of scheduling conflicts.

The Golden Knights' visit came as Biden deals with the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and before he heads to San Francisco for a meeting later this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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