Playing in the Stanley Cup Final brings a number of potential distractions.
There’s securing tickets. Getting family and friends flights and hotel rooms. Arranging for transportation to and from the game. Making time to visit.
The task of keeping the Golden Knights’ distractions to a minimum fell to Rick Braunstein, the team’s director of travel services, and Katy Boettinger, who is the director of hockey administration.
“They’ve done a great job,” defenseman Nate Schmidt said. “They took care of everyone’s requests and it never became an issue.”
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare said: “It’s been that way from the start.