The Golden Knights aren’t just entering a new era as a hockey team; the franchise is changing things drastically on the presentation side of things, too.

Vegas’ award-winning production team is revamping its game presentation for the team’s sixth season in a campaign it calls “the Golden Age.” The title fits with the Golden Knights’ switch to gold jerseys as their primary home sweaters, but it goes far beyond that. Certain aspects include the Golden Knight pregame character, played by Lee Orchard, donning new armor this season.

And if you’re less than enthusiastic about seeing the same pregame fight scene— the Knight taking on a cloaked figure holding the opposing team’s flag—for the umpteenth time, rest easy. The team plans to switch it up and do something different every few games this year.

“We’ll have more evolution of our show than we’ve ever had,” Golden Knights president Kerry Bubolz says. “After five years, it’s time to go to that next level.”

Other noticeable changes will range from new in-game videos on the Jumbotron to different in-game music. Fans who attended preseason games have experienced some of the changes including a Legend of Zelda-themed hype package and a SpongeBob SquarePants video.

“Each year, we do a refresh. The opening is always different,” Bubolz says. “We just felt like this year, we wanted to do more than a refresh—almost like a reboot.”

A big part of that reboot is promoting in-arena host Mark Shunock to the team’s vice president of entertainment. Shunock has been one of the in-arena hosts at T-Mobile Arena since the franchise’s inception and also serves as the in-arena host for the Las Vegas Raiders and a ring announcer for Top Rank Boxing.

“At the end of the day, this is a hockey team,” Shunock says. “It’s all about two points. Our mission is to support these guys in a way that gives them an advantage to win a hockey game. That’s something we’re really focused on this year.”

Shunock has collaborated with VGK vice president Andrew Abrams on several elements, including the siren used before every period. It’s now producing a louder and crisper sound than it has in past years. And after the game when the three stars are announced, the players will throw player-signed pillows shaped like poker chips, rather than game sticks, to the crowd.

“I’m joining a group that’s been here since Day 1, so it’s not like a complete, blind entry to what’s going on,” Shunock says. “I’m really in there as an additional team member that has lived and breathed this organization from Day 1.”

Though the Golden Knights have shown off a few elements of the new production during the preseason, the full unveiling will come in the regular-season opener against the Chicago Blackhawks on October 13.

“I think [the new] approach is going to create that head tilt, that unique fresh perspective,” Shunock says. “We’re not reinventing the wheel. We’re just spinning it a different way.”

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