from Mike Cranston at NHL.com,

Near each goal five people sat in front of laptops. Behind them stood six spotters, watching, instructing and yelling. It was a whirlwind of activity as a scrimmage during Vegas Golden Knights development camp was played in front of them.

"No. 55 with a hit on 63," one of the spotters shouted. Another called out a line change. And when an extra skater came on the ice, "goalie pulled," echoed through Las Vegas Ice Center.

As the players on ice worked to impress Golden Knights officials, a different Vegas team was going through its preseason work in the stands.

They were the off-ice officials, the behind-the-scenes team of NHL employees who record the information from every game, from goals and assists to time on ice, hits, faceoff percentages and more. Every NHL arena has a team of off-ice officials working each game, and now a 31st group has been added. More than 20 people were hired and trained by NHL officials for the fast, high-tech work that starts with Golden Knights games at T-Mobile Arena in October.

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