SAN JOSE, Calif. — School was still in session Wednesday for 11-year-old Madeline Ellis when she hopped into the co-pilot seat of a single-engine airplane for the Golden Knights’ latest playoff ride. She and father Brad, a pilot, departed from Henderson Executive Airport around 1 p.m. Five hours later, standing outside an SAP Center entrance gate, they were ready.
Gold face paint. Gold hats. Gold pants. Gold shoes.
She wore a gold sequin jacket, gold-tinted aviator sunglasses and held an illustrated sign of right winger Ryan Reaves eating shark sushi.
“It’s fun bonding,” Ellis said. “I told her today when we were flying out, I wish my father did this stuff with me.