One of the coolest stories about the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is about a teenager who probably won’t get anywhere as close to the ice as the Zamboni drivers at T-Mobile Arena and Staples Center in Los Angeles.
That also was the case when 19-year-old Dylan Ferguson was summoned to be the Golden Knights’ goalie behind glass — in case of emergency, break it — the first time he got called up this season.
Ferguson was so far down the Knights’ depth chart that he was assigned jersey No. 1, the traditional number for a goaltender that few choose to wear these days.