The Golden Knights lost a member of their hockey family as amateur scout Mark Workman died Wednesday from liver cancer.
He was 47 years old.
“Today is an incredibly sad day for the entire Vegas Golden Knights family and especially our hockey operations staff,” Knights general manager George McPhee said in a statement. “Mark Workman was a tremendous scout, coach and an even better person. He played an integral role within our amateur scouting team and was instrumental in our preparation leading up to our inaugural amateur draft last summer.
“He had a keen eye for talent, a great sense of player evaluation and simply loved the game of hockey.