Then she came to see the real thing.
She arrived in Las Vegas on March 30. She was so jet-lagged she was going to watch the Golden Knights play the St. Louis Blues at a bar that night, then attend the regular-season home finale against the Sharks the next night.
"I couldn't stand the idea of sitting next to the game and not actually seeing it," she said. "So I got one of the standing-room tickets. … Through the TV you could hear the crowds, so I was kind of expecting it to be loud, but [television is] nothing compared to the actual atmosphere. That place just rocked."
When the Golden Knights wrapped up the regular season with road games against the Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames, Dravo followed along. In Calgary, she was at a bar before the game and spotted a fan in a Golden Knights jersey outside. She waved him in and struck up a conversation. He had an Aussie accent.
"He's like, 'Yeah, I'm from Perth,' " she said with a laugh. "What are the odds of that?"
Dravo went back to Vancouver to see friends and missed Game 1 of the first round. But she was at Game 2 and at the watch party for Game 3 in Las Vegas, then caught the bus to Los Angeles for Game 4 and saw the Golden Knights complete the sweep of the Kings at Staples Center.
"I had the best time," she said. "Seriously, I came home, and I was like, 'I highly recommend a sports-themed holiday.' … I met fans so many places who were like the nicest people. I had fun at every single event I went to, because I just made friends with the people there. It was so good. It spoiled me for holidays for a while."