BUFFALO, N.Y. — It didn’t take long for Nick Holden and Jonathan Merrill to discover a shared bond: a lack of sleep.
The Golden Knights defensive partners both added to their families in training camp, giving them something easy to talk about as they try to build chemistry. Holden’s wife Angela gave birth to son Ryer on Sept. 19 while daughter Jolie joined Merrill and his wife Jessica on Oct. 2.
“It’s nice you can relate to each other and connect,” Holden said. “We both talk about how much sleep we’re getting and how the kids are doing.