The amazing subconscious.
It really is a million times more powerful than our conscious mind.
Deep into that part of our brain, which we must trust to guide us toward our goals, is where those who play defense for the Golden Knights traveled early this season.
It gnawed at them, how to react to that which wasn’t planned.
“I think we knew inside something had to happen, that we had to elevate our game because we didn’t have the perception of who was supposed to be back there in goal,” Nate Schmidt said. “It was very much a sense of the unknown.